Dog wants potato.

[rug]

Badly.

[irisblue]

1. I had the King of Counter Cruising Dogs for 12 yrs.

This dog is a worthy inheritor.

[rug]

3. I'll be, there's a name for that.

My dog won't even get on the couch if I don't help him.

[irisblue]

4. He took many things from the counters over the years....

A 5# uncooked roast beef, a $20, and 6 out of 8 oatmeal peach muffins; all of those were before he was one. I finally learned to clip a lead from his collar to my jean belt loop so he was almost always supervised. I miss that dog so much.

[rug]

5. Thanks for sharing that memory.

I can imagine him gorging himself on 5ive bounds of raw beef. Heaven.

[irisblue]

7. my first dog too. He was such a joy that 2 other dogs got a home b/c the Handsome Prince

[rug]

8. They give as much as they get.

[Doremus]

19. Ever try to catch a greyhound with a roast in her mouth? lololo

That girl was smart. After being scolded for taking the whole box of donuts she learned to take them one at a time. By the time you realized what she was up to she was finished with the dozen.

Good times.

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Did we have the same dog?

He made many scores over the years, including a pound of butter, half a dozen muffins and half a rack of lamb. He eventually learned to push a stool to the counter, jump up and riffle through the upper cabinets. We even made a WANTED poster for our miscreant with a $1,000,000 reward for counter surfing.

On edit: Mine was a pointer breed as well (the potato hunter is a Viszla)

[hobbit709]

2. My little monster would have been up there to get it.

there's not much that can keep a Basenji stymied for long.

[rug]

6. They are good hunters, aren't they?

[Laffy Kat]

9. I once had a dog that took the Easter ham off the counter.

She ate a little and buried the remainder in the garden. Fortunately, we had already eaten a lot of it. Ham is way too salty for dogs. Anyway, when we figured out what had happened we were laughing too hard to get mad at her.

[mythology]

10. My basset hound once managed to get a loaf of garlic bread off the kitchen table

Which is impressive when you think about the physics of trying to stand her 70 pounds up on her 4 inch hind legs. She also had amazing leaping ability when scared by thunder. Our foreign exchange student came in late one night, flopped into bed without turning the lights on, only to realize that he had a drooling bedmate.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

12. My dog swpied a calzone off the counter once.

Once.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. My cat swiped a pork chop.

But there's no keeping cats off counters, or anything else.

[lillypaddle]

13. awwww...

somebody give that doggie a tater!

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Animal cruelty.

[Bibliovore]

16. Awww! That dog should take lessons from...

...this dog:
http://littera-abactor.livejournal.com/7748.html?thread=461636

[irisblue]

17. that article is so true! thanks for posting this

The Handsome Prince was fed a homemade diet for 10 yrs to try to lessen his seizures; sweet potatoes, yams, root veggies were major components, Alex did score raw veggies as I dragged in the other groceries.
That article was my life. Good times& good memories.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. I think that poor guy needs his nails trimmed.

[Red Mountain]

20. agreed

[alphafemale]

21. ....tots. nt

[mopinko]

22. i had a counter surfer who once got a jar of peanut butter

jar broke into a thousand pieces, but she ate it anyway.
came home to a kitchen covered in blood and broken glass. no peanut butter, tho.

we always said about that dog that she had a good heart, it just wasnt pumping enough blood to her brain.