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These stories are funny even though the care takers of the animals don't find them funny. We used to have a dog who could open the refrigerator with her nose. She ate everything she could. My dad started putting a rope around it so she couldn't get it open. My Suzy will dig up the carpet with her nails if I leave her in the living room when I'm gone. I hardly ever go out without her. But when I do I put her in the kitchen where there is no carpet. It's really a good sized room but she doesn't like me to put her in there. She is so very happy when I get back and barks at me for putting her in the kitchen. lol
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LPC, I forgot about your father's dog eating money. That was funny.
The frig door opening can be a bit more serious. Animals can eat anything. If my guinea pigs ever figure out how to open the door, they will just keep on eating. Fortunately GPs are pretty passive so my frig is safe.
Suzy may be safer in the kitchen, but I am sure she would love to get into things. I am sure our pets do all kinds of things that we don't want to know about.
When I had quail, I would find feathers on my rocking chair in the other room. They were always back in their pen when I got home. The dwarf hamsters did all kinds of crazy things. I had a set of them who moved out of their enclosure and set up behind a bookcase. I let them do it because I was curious to see what they would do. Every night I would see hamsters running around. If I tore up paper and left it on the floor, they would gather it as nesting material.
Dogs are still the best at getting into things. They can't resist chewing shoes and tipping over garbage. Dogs are just big kids at heart.
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I remember that story about Dazzle eating a £1 note LPC! That was funny. Of course £1 had a lot more value in those days. I remember when I was about 5 or 6 asking my Dad what the lowest wage for a working man was. He said about £3. 10 shillings a week, or maybe a little more. So that £1 note would be the equivalent of maybe £70 or £80 now! We used to be able to buy a loaf of bread for tuppence.
I'm glad your Dad got the dog-eaten £1 reimbursed by the bank in the end!
Catherine -I thnk it is so nice that the Hamsters could make their own den. You knew where they were, so weren't going to move furniture around.
Misty never went near the fridge. I don't think she associated it with food. Probably because most of the things I got out of it didn't interest her much -like lettuce or broccoli, etc. I kept meals or her in the freezer just above it, and brought them out to thaw every day, but I don't think she ever saw me do it.
I kept the rubbish bin in a niche behind a curtain in the kitchen, so she never bothered that either. But she was not a 'naughty' doggy! She was very trustworthy with things. Even when I left my dinner on a low table, to go back into the kitchen for salt or pepper, she never moved from her bed.