Speck’s nickname has been “The Dishwasher Dog”. He loves the dishwasher and I know . . it’s probably horrible to admit this but he loves to check out any remaining bits of food/gravy/pie left on the dishes going into the dishwasher. No! I don’t rinse my dishes before they go into the dishwasher.
He was just a little guy when he stuck he head through the wires on the dishwasher tray and then turned his head and got stuck. Always being the wimp, he was squealing and flipping around . . it was about like trying to catch a greased pig. Vince had to come help me get him loose so that’s how he got his nickname.
I think Rita’s nickname can be “The Anti-Dishwasher Dog”.
She makes her little nest on the sofa each night.
Rita
A couple of nights ago, she woke up barking and she was obviously startled or scared. I got her all tucked back in on the sofa, convinced her she was safe and I went back to bed. About 10 minutes later, the same thing happened. I doubted she heard a burglar but thought maybe she knew some kind of critter was outside.
Last night . . same thing. She was barking and making lots of noise right before 1 a.m. That’s when I realized . . I set the dishwasher to come on 3 hours after we go to bed and the dishwasher noise was scaring her. It’s so quiet . . I didn’t even notice it the first night but last night, I could hear it. I took Rita into the kitchen and she was afraid of the dishwasher.
Isn’t it funny the sounds that some dogs notice? When we first got Speck, his crate was in the laundry room right next to the kitchen. He slept in his crate and I guess he just got used to the dishwasher but maybe Rita has never heard before coming here. My guess is that up until now, she’s been outside when it was running or we had enough other noise in the house that she didn’t notice it.
I guess we won’t be setting it to come on during the night any more . . not if we want to sleep through the night.
Dottie N. says
She’s a guard dog for sure! Thanks for the chuckle.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Maybe you can condition her to accept it, but during the day, for sure! (If you’re there to “hold her hand”, she might get used to it.)
Cute “nest!”
Karin Vail says
Our St.Bernard is a ‘dishwasher dog’ too. We rarely give her table scraps (we are afraid of her getting overweight and cause hip problems), but she does love to lick the dishes going into the dishwasher. I try to do it when she is out on her run, but about half the time she is inside. I can’t keep her from doing it, so I just let her. The dishwasher will santitize the plates anyhow 🙂
swooze says
She is just reminding you the electricity isn’t free at night and you should run that thing during sunshine hours! LOL
I had a dog get her head caught in the dishwasher rack. Broke quite a few dishes in the process of getting her free. I don’t think it deterred her though.
Sibyl Scott says
We have prewashers for our dishwasher also. No matter what we have had–they have to go and make sure that there are no morsels on the dishes so the washer will clean the dishes the best. Your Rita is cute–she reminds me of one of our Chihuahuas we used to have—they live forever—ours was about 20 when he passed away. Little Miss Addie will get to play with her when ever she comes to visit you.
Dorothy Schreyer says
Our Chihuahuas ignore the dishwasher, but are under foot if you are cooking! They just know you are going to drop something, for them of course. My daughter’s cat hates the furnace, every time it kicks on he starts going through the house and meowing! Loudly! At 3:00 am, he doesn’t care. (at our old house he would jump every time it kicked on!) Needless to say, he hates winter…
Joyce Barham says
My border collie Rose hates the sound and vibrations of the washer and dryer. If they are running, she will not eat that day. She’s all right with the dishwasher running. Dogs light up my life!
Joyce Barham.