Guess what miss Bad Dog did over the holiday...
Pebbles (my service dog) had a large box of large-sized Milkbones in her box (a plastic tub I keep her stuff in). The box was open. I normally leave it open in the dorm and she never bothered anything, so I thought it was ok.
I was wrong. I walked in the room and saw crumbs on the floor. I was like "That's weird. Did I give her a treat and forget about it?" I walked out and Pebbles was in the living room with me for a while and I got to talking to my friends. I walked back in the room and caught her red-pawed with a Milkbone in her mouth! She left it when I said "Leave it" and gave me a guilty "Oh man, she caught me!" look. I looked in her Milkbone box and they were all gone! (It was less than half full to start with).
I put the last remaining bone in the box, scolded Pebbles and put her in time-out under the table. But did she learn her lesson? No.
Later she got the last Milkbone out of the box and ate it too--I found out cause the box was now empty.
She knew it was wrong because she took such great care to make sure I was in the other room when she did it.
Just had to share. Pebbles is often too sneaky for her own good. I have to keep a sharper eye on her...