For many dogs, the fridge is a place of wonder and delight. What sights! What smells! Most importantly, there are so many amazing things to sample. Any dog would give its canine teeth to have free reign for a little while, and it seems one of them got its wish. It was caught in the act, but it still caused a little bit of destruction while it was in there.
It got at some big cuts of meat, knocking them onto the floor while also giving them a good, hard gnawing. While it’s a lot safer for dogs to eat raw meat than for humans, it can still come with some risks. It also made a mess, which means the owners have to clean up, and this dog gets no treats for the day.
The Dog Knows
Experts in training dogs say that berating a dog for something that it has done long enough ago (a few hours, say) will just be confusing for the dog. It might not be sure why you’re upset. You’re going to have to make sure the dog knows that you’re upset at it for something in particular.
In this example, we see that it’s a recent mess, the owner is pointing it out to the dog, and the dog seems to be getting the point. And we could just be reading into the dog’s expression a little too much, but it seems to understand that what it had done was a bad thing, too. Nice to know that it can work, sometimes. You have to be firm when you train them.
I Don't See Nothing
Their sense of smell is something like fifty times more powerful, and they have a lot more brain power devoted to making sense of smells, too. Their ears are keen, and they have comparable eyesight. Still, if they don’t want to notice something, nothing is going to change their minds.
Like how this dog is ankle-deep in a huge mess (looks like it’s the stuffing of a pillow) and seems to have no issue with the scene. A lot of dogs will look ashamed at what they’ve done, but not all of them will. Maybe that pillow was bothering the dog a lot more than all the others, and the dog finally got its revenge. Or the dog just doesn’t care that it’s been destructive.
There's a Hair in My Wine
A lot of people seem to like wine, but we don’t understand it. Dogs and most animals, on the other hand, don’t really care that much. But that’s not true for all of them, it seems: this pooch wanted to sample a little of the vino while the owners were away.
But his big, clumsy paws had a hard time with the corks, and he tried the next best thing – smashing the bottle open. He got to try a little bit, and it seems like it might be to his taste. Maybe it’s just because of the fur on his face, but he seems a little too pleased with himself. Well, at the very least, he just smashed it on the concrete, and not on the carpet.
Gotta Chew Something
One of the best pieces of advice for new dog owners is to stock up on chew toys. Dogs of any age have to work their jaws, but puppies need a lot more than older dogs. Their teeth are still coming in, and they want to strengthen their jaws – it’s an instinctual action. They’re going to chew on something, and it might as well be something you don’t want destroyed.
Amazingly, this dog has the strength to chew right through solid wood, so much that the chair was rendered structurally unsound. “Give a dog a bone” isn’t just a nonsense saying. They need them. Or other things to chew. Maybe this was an old chair, and they gave it to the dog on purpose? No, it’s still not that safe to chew wood.