I have a bone to pick with you!!!

[lindamarie]

I am almost enbarrassed to post this.
Nothing like this has ever happened with Bogart before. Kindly tell me it's okay and to LAUGH!!
It all goes back to the dang garbage! Here I have a sick dog, well, he's better now..........and this is what happens.
Picture this........
Our kitchen has a sliding door to the hall to the back door. Last night, we had put the garbage behind the sliding door where Bogart couldn't get at it until be took it to the garbage can in the garage which we do nightly.
I went outside to check for skunks before letting Bogart out.....and dummy me.......I didn't close the sliding door.
So, after the skunk check, I called Bogart to go outside for his final biz until morning. He came running out.........and about 10 feet from me, he looked like he was vomiting again! I went over to him and with my flashlight noticed he had a HUGE T-bone steak bone in his mouth! There was still a lot of meat and fat on it. He had the jaw grip on it very tightly. I said.."NO! LEAVE IT!"
He wouldn't. So I went to get it! I got a very low grrrrrrrrrowl. I grrrrrrrrowled back and said "NO!"
Long story short, at around midnight Bogart and I had a growling match!
I finally pryed his jaw open above the growls and removed it! This was a good thing because when I did it, I heard part of the bone crack, meaning a large portion that was in his mouth could have been jagged and swallowed on his already sick tummy!
Now.............what the heck was that all about other than a nice, juicy, fatty, meaty steak bone??
First off, I DO have a starving doodle eating chicken and rice and HUNGRY!! But I have NEVER, EVER gone through this with him before. He is the most sweet and gentle doodle! What possessed him??
Please tell me someone else has gone through this. It's like all training went down the toilet!
I was sooooooooooo ticked!! Walt laughed at me later and said that Bogart should know better then to mess with his MOM!
Yeah! Really!! I am the ALPHA dang it anyway! Plus........Bogart.........YOU serve me! Not vice versa...............GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

MAN VS BEAST
I WON............LOL

[Jac]

Ohmygosh, Linda! You and Bogie could write a book!

Of course he is going to growl at you...this is one hungry dog...eating STEAK! C'mon...if he didn't fight for that I would wonder what was wrong with him! LOL

You handled it well...and you won...the only thing I would have done differently is to remove the meat from the bone (right there, with my fingers) and fed it to him.

One of the things we teach puppy families is that when your pup (in this case, dog) has a really PRIZED treat, he WILL guard it...so you have to take it away and give it back several times...or take it away and replace it with something as good! That way they won't feel a need to guard because they know you won't take away their prize for ever and ever.

[tuffystar]

The only time I was ever afraid of my dog Tuffy (that is gone now) was over stolen chicken bones! Linda you won and you made me laugh! I love the way you write!

[Raleighsmom]

Ok Bogie my man...I'm sending you a virtual T-Bone all for you....what kind of Doodle are you anyway??? Ya should have hid the sucker under the cushion on the living room couch for future use after yer Mom and Dad went to bed!!! Do I have to get on a flight to Michegan to give you some pointers???? Sheesh!!!!
Yer pal,
Raleigh!


Linda..... Glad to hear nothing went down the hatch!!! Poor starving Bogie......

[lindamarie]

LOL KATHIE!!!

Jac.......great idea! I'm not sure with the LOCK he had on it that I could have picked meat off. I also should have rewarded him, YOU ARE RIGHT! Now he may not DROP anything after that tussle!



MINE! MINE! MINE!

[Jac]

You are so funny, Linda! Great graphics! Thanks for the laughter!

[KingstonTodd]

I am not sure how to help, a hungry dog can do crazy things. Hershey hasn't jumped the baby gate to her room in years, until we left a cooked chicken in the kitchen. She jumped the gate and ate the whole thing. The only thing you can do is put food garbage behind something secure. A bit of a pain, but worth it if they dont get impaled by a bone.

Nice story, and a nice pic. But I am not sure how scary you can be showing the white lace, although I bet you bet you let out one big scary growl!!

[lindamarie]

Nice story, and a nice pic. But I am not sure how scary you can be showing the white lace, although I bet you bet you let out one big scary growl!!

[MaxandMe]

you know LINDA, bogie may not have recognized you with your new du!

and all male dogs i've had i do as they mature they will at least once or twice challenge me with a growl
and i stay prepared mentally knowing it can happen BUT i've had some that never did it either.
BUT once you show them you can growl and/or show them your top dog it disappears and doesn't happen again.
OR should i say show them it isn't tolerated...and like a mom dog it's a quick swift correction and then forgotten
(till if happens again if at at all)

anyway ......you got some great advice
and come on, he had one awesoome tasty tbone with steak on it.....he is a dog and that was a dream come true
till you intervened

Kathy you had to put up that pic...........makes me want one now

[lindamarie]

In reading all these comments over again, it really does make me laugh!
I soooooo wish I had a video of this! Me growling and Bogart growling.......the stare down.........the emotion!
It would have been GREAT!! I would love to have seen ME in this mess..........LOL

OH! I forgot to add that when all this was going on, we were about 20 feet from an open window. I dragged Bogart over there, both of us growling and started yelling WALT HELP!
Well.........it's a good thing I wasn't being murdered! He was walking around the house in his underwear and slowly went to put on some pants and flip flops! All the while, saying........"I'll be right there!"
I guess he need blood curdling screams or something! I just wanted his help b/c I was soooooo afraid that with Bogart's currently BAD STOMACH that he'd swallow the T part of the bone! Um........I expressed myself to Walter after the episode! GOOD JOB walkswith poop! :P

[Jac]

hahahaha with a watch dog like Bogie and a body guard like Walkswithpoop, maybe you could also ...you know, just as a back up...take karate? hahhaha...Not that you'll NEED it...so long as you don't walk around the house with scary hair!