Livid

mjledwith

Background: we have two dogs. Both old enough and well trained that one would think they would be good but no.

so the routine is I take the smaller one out for a morning stoll with DS after his bottle and the bigger dog out in afternoon- they both get about 45 to an hr walk. DH feeds and lets out both in early am so it's not like the big one has to wait forever to go or they are deprived of activity.

well just now we got back in the house and its always DS naptime so I immediately take him upstairs to rock and I walk into the bigger dog throwing up the wall( I don't even know how it's possible.) he has punctured a bottle, the top and chewed half the stopper (dr.brown bottles) open and punctured the formula container( the one with three slots) eaten the formula in it, knocked overly half full coffee cup and otherwise made a complete mess upstairs.

My son is screaming because he is tired and I now have to deal with this ***. Oh and the little dog wants to eat the vomit. I am so furious I am crying- don't even know what to do LOL.

Yes DH is at work and yes the dog was fed and let out this morning. Oh and all of the above eaten things were up on a counter. Yes I know she could reach them but didn't think baby bottles and formula would be tempting, so does anyone want a free dog!

RondackHiker

I have been there. I love my dog. He is awesome most of the time. He gets lots of exercise and training. But occasionally he pulls a stunt like this.

Usually I put him in his crate for an hour while I clean and remind myself of why I love him.

Does your dog do this a lot? Crate training would likely help if he does.

mjledwith

That's the weird thing is normally she is the better dog of the two. Guess not lol. No we don't have a crate but I think I will be investing in one today

[Deleted User]

How old is your child?  Even the best trained dogs will have to adjust to new people in the house. 

I can see being frustrated by the situation, but livid?  I mean, animals AND TODDLERS do thisshit.  You're in for it.  

RondackHiker

sofamonkey:

How old is your child?nbsp; Even the best trained dogs will have to adjust to new people in the house.nbsp; I can see being frustrated by the situation, but livid?nbsp; I mean, animals AND TODDLERS do thisshit.nbsp; You're in for it. nbsp;

I kind of read it as overstating the anger. I mean, I have cried in frustration and anger. And this sounds like a big stinking mess at a reall unconvenient time. As long as she isn't abusing the dog or truly dumping the dog, and she is taking steps to prevent this, I think ranting is fine.

OP, how is your dog? He must be feeling pretty sick after everything he ate.

mjledwith

Yea livid was an overstatement and FYI I have not or will not hurt or punish my dog I know this is bound to happen I just was frustrated due to working all weekend and getting no help from DH lately and then walking in on that mess at 9 am. 

DS is 5 months so its probably still an adjustment for the dogs and the dog that did the damage is 8 and the little dog is 6. 

mjledwith

Oh and I took the dog out  again and called the vet. They said to watch her but surprisingly she is acting very normal and hyper still- go figure ha.

RondackHiker

I am glad he is okay. I would consider keeping him off carpet for a few days. My dog has, uh, "special" digestive reactions to dairy. Depending on how much formula he got... Yuck. Hope he keeps feeling okay! I get pissed when my dog pulls a stunt like this bc I am terrified of a blockage or him getting sick and needing surgery.

It could be an adjustment thing or it could just be him being a dog. We all have days we do stupid crap. This was his. He probably had a ball, right up till he puked. Too bad he can't connect the two.

jaecat521

I know how you feel; my dog is a working breed so anytime we leave the house he literally goes looking for things to get into. If we are not perfect about keeping stuff picked up where he can't get it, he will eat it. We have a crate and he is trained for it, but we generally leave him out in the house while we're gone because we've been broken into before.

It makes me so damn mad when I get home to find he's eaten all of our food, but at the same time, it's my own fault for not being vigilant!

marchbaby

Sorry, I know how frustrating it can be.  Though, i'd be happy if my dog only ate a baby bottle...mine tends to gravitate towards more difficult things to replace...my couch, my front porch, yesterday was the quilt that my MOTHER made! ARGGGG!  And he goes to daycare two days a week and to work with me two days.  Yesterday I let him stay home since my husband was home....big mistake!

PeonyPumps

I'm sorry. We have two chihuahuas and since DS was born we've realized we can leave nothing out on our kitchen table because they climb on to it and eat whatever is on there. Even if the chairs are pushed in they still figure out a way to get themselves up there somehow.

We've also had to baby gate them downstairs because they will eat diapers at every opportunity. Disposables from daycare which is just messy and disgusting to our cloth diapers we use at home which is really expensive to constantly be replacing. I feel bad for limiting them to part of the house only, but in reality it is good for my littler dog's knees not to be going up and down the stairs.

Anyway I hear you. While you love and value your pets, there are times where they do things that make me need to step outside and yell my fool head off it is so frustrating. It's just frustrating when you make the effort to keep them happy and content as well and then they turn around and shiz in your bed.