thief! - Page 2

dogfaeries · 12-30-2012, 02:27 PM

That's the pig toy I bought Sage. I love the pig noise.

llombardo · 12-30-2012, 02:53 PM

I don't know how you can train her not to be a thief?? I got a really good laugh with this one....I'm just imagining the dog stealing stuff and lining it up outside, not eating it, just stealing it...its priceless

wolfy dog · 12-30-2012, 03:31 PM

*chuckle*
For serious tips: remove the doggy door and clean up "stuff". Then exercise and crate time. Unless, of course, you are actually enjoying this sneaky cute habit. Or train her to put all these "must-haves" in a box.

dogfaeries · 12-30-2012, 05:47 PM

If she tore things up then I'd seriously have to do something about it, but she doesn't even put a tooth mark on anything. She just loves to steal things.

Years ago I had a Dobe that would steal things and hide them in her crate. One time I looked in and found a fleece blanket (still folded up), my tennis shoes (lined up neatly) and a small package of Cheetos (they had been opened, but the top folded over - they were still that way when I found them). Why?

FlyAway · 12-30-2012, 06:25 PM

I have gone outside in the morning to find my bras in the back yard.

wolfy dog · 12-30-2012, 07:12 PM

Maybe we should call them hoarding dogs.....

Daisy&Lucky's Mom · 12-30-2012, 08:02 PM

Lucky only takes out his stuff however he will if you are talking on your phone and have extended your hand out w/ your sandwich see that as a gift he must accept. He also sees a cereal bowl left on the endtable in the am as you rush to get the phone or your coffee as obviously abandoned.

Mooch · 12-30-2012, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelE

1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my mouth, it's mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
6. If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine.
7. If it just looks like mine, it's mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours.

11. If it fit's in my mouth it's mine
12. If I can somehow manage to carry it it's mine

My male dog is a terrible thief - he is so funny, he doesn't tend to tear stuff up but he loves stealing it. Playstation controllers and the TV remote are a favourite.
He'll sort of sneak up to an item then geeeeeently reach out and grad it - then look at me in a "got it" way and make off with it

12-30-2012, 02:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
dogfaeries Master Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma City metro Posts: 980	That's the pig toy I bought Sage. I love the pig noise. __________________ ~ Diane in Okla Carly - AKC CH, Herding Instinct Certificate Sage - Ch. pointed, Herding Instinct Certificate Russell - GSD puppy

12-30-2012, 02:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
llombardo Crowned Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,925	I don't know how you can train her not to be a thief?? I got a really good laugh with this one....I'm just imagining the dog stealing stuff and lining it up outside, not eating it, just stealing it...its priceless __________________ Misty- Samoyed Mix Tannor- Golden Retriever CGC Robyn- German Shepherd CGC Cats-Thunder, Harley, Miley, Bandit, and Ferah RIP Boo..Black Lab "A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than he loves himself."

12-30-2012, 03:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
wolfy dog Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,291	chuckle For serious tips: remove the doggy door and clean up "stuff". Then exercise and crate time. Unless, of course, you are actually enjoying this sneaky cute habit. Or train her to put all these "must-haves" in a box. __________________ To know if you are doing things right, you should be willing to trade places with your dog.

12-30-2012, 05:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
dogfaeries Master Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma City metro Posts: 980	If she tore things up then I'd seriously have to do something about it, but she doesn't even put a tooth mark on anything. She just loves to steal things. Years ago I had a Dobe that would steal things and hide them in her crate. One time I looked in and found a fleece blanket (still folded up), my tennis shoes (lined up neatly) and a small package of Cheetos (they had been opened, but the top folded over - they were still that way when I found them). Why? __________________ ~ Diane in Okla Carly - AKC CH, Herding Instinct Certificate Sage - Ch. pointed, Herding Instinct Certificate Russell - GSD puppy

12-30-2012, 06:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
FlyAway Master Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The Cold Midwest Posts: 558	I have gone outside in the morning to find my bras in the back yard. __________________ "And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."

12-30-2012, 07:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
wolfy dog Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,291	Maybe we should call them hoarding dogs..... __________________ To know if you are doing things right, you should be willing to trade places with your dog.

12-30-2012, 08:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
Daisy&Lucky's Mom Crowned Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,666	Lucky only takes out his stuff however he will if you are talking on your phone and have extended your hand out w/ your sandwich see that as a gift he must accept. He also sees a cereal bowl left on the endtable in the am as you rush to get the phone or your coffee as obviously abandoned. __________________ Daisy 11/26/99-7/25/12- Lucky- GSD Rescue 2/16/2002 Thunder from the East: adopted 1/25/2013 Miss Chevy Cruz - adopted 1/25/2013

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