Oh, my goodness . . there are some things I probably should not share and this would definitely be one of them.
I said I wasn’t going to give Oscar treats for going outside because my previous dogs have “needed” to go out 30 times a day just for a treat and how do you know when it’s real and not real? And, when they say they have to go out and I say “NO! You just went out!”, how can I fuss at them if they go on the floor? So . . no treats for going to the bathroom . . until Oscar’s 150th accident in the house in the first month!
I bought the little mini Milk Bones. When we start to go out, I show it to him, then I put it in my pocket so he knows, it’s worth the effort to go out and do something besides chase butterflies! If it’s about time for #2, I’ll break the little milk bone in half and he gets half for #1 and then if he does #2, he gets the other half. If not, I keep the half in my pocket.
Yesterday I had been upstairs and came down with a couple of crunchy cheese crackers in my hand. I was talking to Vince and not paying any attention. I grabbed the little milk bone, hooked Oscar’s leash and was walking through the garage and popped what I thought was a cheese cracker in my mouth, totally forgetting that I had a milk bone in my hand too. I ate the whole thing, swallowed it and thought . . that didn’t have much flavor. That’s when it hit me . . the milk bone was gone; the two cheese crackers were still in my hand.
I apologized to Oscar that he had no treat for using the bathroom and gave him a milk bone when we got back inside. I told Vince . . I just ate Oscar’s treat! Vince said “I know how he feels! You’re always sneaking my treats!” Poor Vince.
pat edinger says
i put treats in my pocket too but it is in the right hand side only.
the other side is my own pocket and they know their pocket too. they are very smart.
Joyce says
I’m sorry, but I laughed out loud at this. At least milk bones are not harmful to humans! And now you know what they taste like! LOL Poor Oscar. 🙂
Barbara says
I have dog treats in a jar by the front door because the dog gets a treat for coming inside. Yes, he tries to go out, stand outside the door and then come back in to get a treat, but he doesn’t get one. He still tries.
During the pandemic I kept the jar full with sourdough discard crackers, there are so cheap and the dog loves them, and I eat them too, although mine usually have spice sprinkled on top and the dog’s are plain. Once in a while I’m out and not in the mood to spend a few hours making hundreds of crackers, so I use Charlie Bears, which look EXACTLY like oyster crackers. I’m so afraid I’m going to eat them that I never, ever buy oyster crackers so that I never make that mistake.
I just saw a Tik Tok about a guy that accidently ate his dogs meds doing just about the same thing you did. It happens. I’m just waitng for it to happen to me.
vivoaks says
That’s just too funny!!!
Donnalyn says
Oh Judy, I am sorry but I too laughed out loud! I hope you don’t start to scratch your ears with your hind feet………
Cindy F says
That made me giggle and then I thought of my husband. He ate the milk bone treat on purpose as a teenager! Boys!! lol We have the tiny milk bone treats for our 80+ lb dog. If you say “good boy” he will run over to the treat jar. I also tried to get him to pee faster by saying “be quick” and then give him a treat. There are times he takes so long to find the perfect spot in the back yard.
Carolyn says
Lee and I shared a laugh when I read him your post! We’re driving back home from Florida and with the amount of traffic we needed a good laugh!
Dot says
When my sister and I were little, we used to eat our dog’s Walter Kendall Fives biscuits. They came in five flavors, each a different color and shape.
Cilla says
Once I needed my pill and a pup needed hers. I took mine first, went to give the pup hers and was horrified to learn I just swallowed her med. Now to call poison control center. They looked it up and assured me I would not scratch or lick inappropriately in public. We all did have a good laugh.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I’m sorry you took the wrong pill and had a scare but it would probably have been worse had you given the pup your pill. I guess we all do these things.
Nelle Coursey says
Somewhere I have a recipe for making your own treats! If you have cookie cutters with a capital I, you can make them look like bones! And everything is fresh. I believe it uses pure canned pumpkin.
Rebecca says
..So now your teeth are nice and clean! (I know you take good human care of your teeth; I just had to laugh!j
Curious that it didn’t have much flavor. I guess dogs have finer-tuned taste buds than we do, to go along with their sense of smell.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I was surprised at the lack of taste too. But I had been eating human cheese crackers so maybe that’s why the dog biscuit had no flavor. No . . I’m not going to eat another one to see if they taste any better without the cheese crackers.
Rebecca says
Oh, good! LOL