This morning's panic! Health

So much for me saying on another thread how careful I am with medication.

I fed the dogs this morning, giving Witty his Benefortin tablet at the same time. What happened to distract me from my normal practice I don't know, but somehow I left the foil strip of tablets on the worktop. I wondered why Pepe hadn't come out into the garden as usual after his meal, and found him with the foil strip. Empty apart from half a tablet. So he'd had five and a half tablets.

I rang the Vet immediately, but he's reassured me that it is very unlikely that they'll have done him any harm. Fortunately he is a big dog and the tablets were for a little dog.

So now I've got to make an unplanned trip into town to get some more tablets for Witty.

Thanks for that Janet, it made me laugh out loud..wicked Witty..stay off the pills

naughty pepe. glad they wont do him any harm

They certainly didn't seem to have any effect on him at all - it's over 24 hours now and he's absolutely fine.

So, this morning I was obviously ultra-careful. I kept all the dogs out of the kitchen while I was preparing their breakfast and the medication, and put the tablets safely away in a cabinet. Fed them, then took Witty out in the garden (he always finishes his first so I take him out immediately otherwise he tries to dive in and pinch the others' meals). Waited for Pepe to join us. Didn't come, so went to investigate and found that this time he'd pinched the wooden spoon which was in the porridge which was cooking on the hob. He was lucky he wasn't burnt by the gas flame!

wow pepe sounds like such a character. he must keep you on your toes

Oh dear, naughty Pepe

I am glad that he is OK from the tablets but now pinching the spoon from the porridge?!

Pereg does not often nick things but when she does she usually rushes outside with them. These include a turkey neck which I dropped as I was putting a load in the freezer, half a white cabbage which was in a poly bag on the counter in the kitchen - I was also in the kitchen but had my back to her...

...and woe betides if I get a baguette or challa from the macolet and just hang the polybag on one of Xanadu's handles instead of putting it in my bag. It will be off the instant I drive through the door!

Your very naughty Pepe be more careful or you be going to the vets

So far he's been very very lucky - everything he manages to eat comes out one end or the other. Socks are sometimes vomited up, sometimes they go right through. Where does he get them from?

I do need to devise a Pepe-proof routine with regard to socks (he's not bothered whether they're clean or worn) because one day his luck will run out and, as 6JRTs says, he'll be having to visit the vet!

Luckily Pereg only eats food. And tissues. And small tasty pieces of sun-dried crunchy poo!

[only her own though! ]

How enchanting!

Bogie's favourite delicacy is finding and digging up cat poo.

I can't believe how Pepe grabs any opportunity.

A couple of minutes ago, Witty asked to go out. As he needs to go a lot because of the tablets he's on. I hurried to let him out. Came back to see Pepe triumphantly trotting down the hall with something in his mouth. It was the carton of cream - unopened - that I had been about to stir into the curry I am making.

I quickly removed it from his mouth and said nothing to the rest of the family.

I am not laughing
I am not laughing
I am not laughing
I am not laughing
I am not laughing

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[I am a liar ]

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Oh dear...glad she is ok, I remember when Millie ate a packet of my hubbies heart tablets , she spent the evening in the vets , but was ok !

Janet, I had the same problem with my Jap Chin when visiting friends that have cats..

Oh goodness haha Thank heavens the rascal is ok.
I had a dog that was a master thief. Have you consider if he can open the closets to get the socks? My Cody would open drawers and closets to get my bras out
She would also pickpocket my jacket and hide my keys while I got ready for work, she stole and ate all candles and even managed to nick them out of silver candleholders off of a glass table without making a sound
She had me on my toes every day of our five years together and I loved most minutes of it

Sounds like there was never a dully moment with Cody around!

If we can't find anything, the first place we look is the dog beds! Sometimes there are so many shoes there that there's hardly room for a dog! But in the past I've also found wallets,spectacles and a hearing aid!

Im glad phoebe doesnt have doggy friends as they could be teaching her all this naughty stuff and shes naughty enough on her own

OMG Janet I'd be a nervous wreck, thank gawd my 2 tea leafs Milan and Diesel are only interested in nicking food, I think the worst they've managed was a whole loaf of bread left to defrost on the side, they ate the whole loaf between them semi frozen.