Originally Posted by
Arietna
sorry, had to share this.. with the talk of moving the cat food out of the way..
my parents have a golden labrador called Bracken. She's not very bright, getting on a bit, has a gammy leg (deformed) which means she can't walk very far. She also has a HUGE appetite, which is not indulged because as she can't exercise, she would be enormous.
Yesterday, my parents were talking to visitors in the afternoon, and noticed Bracken was chewing something. It looked like bread, but as Mum was busy, she finished chatting, then went into the kitchen to see what it may have been (it was all gone by then). There was nothing she could see missing, no bread on the counter or anything. It was only when my stepdad came back that they realised there'd been a cheese plate on the dining room table with a quarter-pound of fresh BRIE on it! This was, suffice it to say, nowhere to be seen. Bracken's guilt was further determined when she came back to help herself to the cheddar that was left on the table, wandering in quite happily and just putting her paws up on a chair and leaning over to eat the cheese. Luckily she doesn't seem to have had any problems as a result (no upset tummy or anything).
This is in a household where the cat, as a kitten, managed to vanish with a whole raw salmon (complete with plastic bag, which it was defrosting in) and come back hours later with a HUGE tummy and no sign of any fish..