Since graduating from obedience class, Treasure and I have been training for a new adventure ... K9 nosework! Well, the instructor wanted us to start training at home to give Treasure a head start. (Class actually doesn't start until January.) So I've been teaching her to find food hidden in various cardboard boxes around the room. She is getting so fast that I can barely reload and move the box before she has found it! But there is a side effect that I hadn't counted on ... Treasure is now even more adamant about finding ANY food, ANY time, ANY where! As we were loading the dishwasher after Thanksgiving dinner, I turned around to find Miss Treasure climbing up into the dishwasher! She looked very proud of herself. After all, this is what I had been rewarding her for, wasn't it? Finding hidden food? Hee, hee, hee.
If I had found another one of my dogs in the dishwasher, I probably would have told them to get out, but because it was Treasure, I ran to get my camera instead. It's so fun to see her trying new things and doing little naughty things right along with the other dogs. And, of course, it wouldn't have been fair to get upset with her for doing something I had taught her to do. Words of wisdom ... be careful what you teach!
I have many blessings to be thankful for this holiday season! I hope you and your families do too! Treasure is very thankful that we don't rinse our dishes very well before we put them in the dishwasher!
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