Grubs Up

I'm ranting about something tonight, that any dog owner, will come across most nights.

I went to feed our dogs tonight, and couldn't find one, single, bowl.

We have 3 dogs... An Irish wolfehound, a Staffodshire bullterrier, and a corgi.

The Wolfhound, has this terrible habit, of, when she gets bored, she'll stroll through the house, looking for something to do, or some trouble to cause.

You might be sitting there quietly reading, and she'll come up to you, sit down on the lounge next to you, and bark in your ear. She's a bitch! (no pun intended)

Or, she'll go running past you as your sorting the washing, and nick off with one of the socks your about to pair... you have to chase her under a bed to get the sock back.

Well tonight, as we find on most nights, there were no bowls in the kitchen for their dinner.

I searched the entire house, outside included, every single room... no bowls, i don't know where they are...

In the past we have found them, in our beds, under our beds.. under the unironed clothes, in the laundry. In the dogs beds... under the dogs beds... outside in the garden...behind lounges and piano, under curtains... and sometimes, it takes us weeks, to find a missing bowl.

Our dog bowls aren't lead lined ceramic things, they're empty icecream containers... Faith (the wolfhound) and Bundy (the staffy) enjoy a few ends of soccer with the bowls, when they're feeling slightly energetic. So, upon finding the dog bowl.... its sometimes rather useless...being.. flat and full of holes.

We have started using old bowls from our cupboard... bowls that don't have a matching set anymore, cause we keep breaking them, but that is prooving rather hazardous to our health.

When faith is hungry, she'll pick up a bowl, sit down, drop it on the kitchen lino, and bark 3 times. Not only does the CLANG from the bowl take 10 years off your life, the barking leaves your ears ringing for a good 10 minutes.

I think we need to get cement bowls or something, and nail them to the floor... that'll stuff her...

Even with the water container, if she thinks the water container needs refilling, she'll pick it up, spilling the remainder of the water, all over the kitchen, and carpet, carry the bowl out to you, and drop it at your feet. Or, if she thinks the water is to dirty, old, hot, or whatever, she'll stick her front paws in it, and try to get the offending particle out.

Argh!

Do they do it on purpose? Is this their way at getting back at us for things like Frontline, Worming tablets and Chum?

Who knows...

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