nom, nom, nom, lick, lick, lick, nom, nom, nom...

[TorchTheWitch]

After this post of funny dogs noming on empty jars of peanut butter... I decided to take some pictures of Yoshi noming on his since I just finished up a jar myself...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/116113643#post14

I decided to take some pictures of Yoshi noming on his since I just finished up a jar myself...













Excuse the mess on the sofa and coffee table. I'm simultaniously getting paperwork organized to file away or throw away and doing a sewing project.

[frogmarch]

1. :-D Love the pics!

My doggies love pb too, but I've never given them a used-up jar of peanut butter to lick. I'd never thought of it, but now....

[Curmudgeoness]

2. That is hilarious.

I especially like how, over time, he got very comfortable as well as good at holding onto that jar. It must have been a real laugh to watch him get the jar clean.

[TorchTheWitch]

3. He'll work on it for hours

Every. single. molecule. of pb has to go from jar to mouth. LOL!

I actually got the idea when someone emailed me some of those photos that I put in the post I linked to, and it gave me a lightbulb moment. What dog doesn't love peanut butter and nobody can scrape and scrape and scrape to get all of it out of the jar (that last bit on the bottom of the jar just seems to run around in circles avoiding the utensil to get it out and onto the bread). I started giving the empty jars to Boo and he just loved them, so when I got Yoshi I figured he'd like them, too. Since it takes so long to get through a whole jar of peanut butter when you're only one person it's like a really special once in while treat for him.

Usually he runs it straight to his binkie and lays right down immediately, but this time he was a little put off with the camera so he stood up for awhile making sure he could grab the jar and run in case Mr. Scary Camera decided to pounce on his treat. That photo with his ass in the air was right after he put his front end down but it took about 10 minutes for his butt to finally hit the floor. He does that ass in the air position all the time for some reason.

I'm going to have to teach him a different word to mean "sit" since whenever I tell him to sit he flops his chest on the floor and puts his ass in the air. Since it never fails to make me laugh no matter how hard I try not to, I can't convince him to sit the proper way with that word. The first time the vet told him to sit he dutifully did the ass in the air thing, and the vet said something like "Well, you have the general idea anyway." Dr. P who is usually the one to see him has a rather serious personality, and though he'll freely crack a smile I don't think I've ever seen him actually laugh no matter what silliness an animal is doing. He's probably become immune with animals doing their best silly tricks to convince him not to poke them with a needle, touch their man/lady bits or do any other scary yucky things they have to have done to them at the vet. Since Yoshi hates the table that rises up and will throw himself off of it he's more than happy to slide around full length on the floor to look at or touch whatever he needs to, but he does it with grave professional seriousness which actually makes it look funnier.

Once Yoshi's finally decided after a few hours that he's gotten every last peanut butter molecule out of the jar he wants to keep it for a few days just to play with since any plastic bottle or jar is such great fun to throw around, chew on and chase after. After about a week when it's turned into a flattened chewed on hunk of a plastic I can usually finally toss it out without him giving me the sad face wanting it back.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. That's great....hours and hours

(or days and days) of fun from a used up peanut butter jar. That ought to keep him out of trouble, at least for a while.

I suppose that you could try using the word "bow" instead of "sit" to get him to sit, since he is confused already and bowing when he should be sitting. Of course, you will have everyone else totally confused.

[TorchTheWitch]

6. OOOOOH! you mean bow as in bow wow wow!

Holy cow, I was thinking for some dumb reason that you meant bow as in bow in my hair. I dunno, I've been watching the Robin Hood BBC series again while doing my sewing project so I guess I had bow and arrow on the brain or something. Ok, nowwwww I get it!

Actually, that's not a bad idea. I've been struggling to come up with a good word that doesn't sound to him like another command word. Bow would actually work well. I don't suppose it would confuse anyone anymore than his sticking his ass in the air when I say sit.

Oh dear, now I think I may be confusing myself!

[Curmudgeoness]

7. As I typed the word "bow", I knew it could be a problem

for you to interpret it....which is why I tried to go into enough detail to get the right word in your mind.

I just knew it would be confusing. Why is English so screwed up????

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Back when I could eat peanut butter, I would cut the jars in half with a

box cutter to that it was easier for my dogs to get all the goodness. I'd have to save up to have enough jars for each dog.