The Dog Who Ate (all the) Christmas (cookies)
Yes; that would be the Harry Dog.
We went to town yesterday afternoon to see In the Heart of the Sea - most excellent - and have dinner. We got home a little after 6. We locked Sam in the well-appointed mudroom. Harry has the run of the living room and kitchen. This always works fine. They can't fight or instigate one another to get into more mischief than either would get in on his own.
I doubled checked the door locks, lowered the thermostat, closed extra doors, and turned out lights.
I had several empty cookie racks stacked up near the stove, and several plastic containers filled with cookies on top. Which I had forgotten!
Two different neighbors had brought over large trays of cookies, candies, and all sorts of brightly colored goodies. I was going to package and freeze them into small portions since my sugar has to be severely limited. (I've asked them to bring only two cookies on several occasions, but they insist on bringing large platters full.)
We came home a few hours later. I knew Harry would be anxious to go out. Harry "waddled" up to his; his stomach was so distended he looked like a beer keg on legs.
I walked into the kitchen. Cookie racks were strewn about, and carefully opened (not damaged at all ) plastic containers were everywhere. Not one crumb of cookie, candy, or treat was left. Harry had a big ole party all by himself.
We did not feed him dinner, but gave him a large scoop of pumpkin, kept just for such tummy troubles. He kept going out last night, and even had to go out in the middle of the night, but we can tell he's feeling much better now.
This morning we gave him 1/3 of his normal breakfast, with more pumpkin. Wes just hitched them both up for a refreshing, long Christmas walk around town.
Merry Christmas to all!
It's an old photo, but maybe I'll get a good updated one tomorrow!
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Comments (21)Oh wow...there is alot missing from the Death cookies, isn't there! I never noticed before and I've made this recipe countless times. I use the 12 oz bag of chocolate chips. I go big on everything! ;) Pat here is the Lemon Pistachio Cookie recipe from Mary. LEMON PISTACHIO COOKIES (Mary) 2 Cups flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 Cup butter or margarine, softened 3/4 Cup plus 3 Tbs. sugar, divided 1 Large egg 1 Tbs. lemon zest, grated 1 Tbs. lemon juice 1/3 Cup pistachio nuts, finely chopped In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Cream butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, mixing until just combined. Add lemon zest and juice. Blend in dry ingredients, mix to thoroughly combine. Wrap dough in plastic and chill for 1 hour. Combine pistachio nuts and remaining sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in pistachio-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press cookies down with a small glass to flatten slightly. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until golden. Transfer to racks to cool. NOTES: I add the zest from a entire lemon. And I add about 2 T. fresh lemon juice. I worked and worked on a lemon cookie recipe and it took me about a year before it dawned on me to add cream cheese which made the cookies just perfect. I have to admit they are the best lemon cookies I've ever eaten but of course they are to my taste and puckery lemon. Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies (My recipe) 1 c. butter 1-3 oz package of Cream Cheese 1 c. sugar 1 egg 1 TBL fresh lemon juice (you can add a bit more juice I DO!) Grated lemon Peel (I grate the entire lemon) 2 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp baking powder Lemon Glaze Juice of 1 lemon Grated Lemon Peel (I grate the entire lemon) Powdered sugar Cookies: Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar, egg, lemon juice and rind. Add flour and baking soda and blend into cream cheese mixture. Chill dough. Use cookie press, drop and crisscross with fork or press flat or you can roll out and use a cookie cutter. Cool cookies before glazing. Glaze: Mix lemon juice and rind and add powdered sugar until you have a nice glazing consistency. You can grate more rind and sprinkle on top too. Michelle...See MoreThe dog ate my debit card!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments (14)Bud-I think stacy is in her fifth wheel in another state where her DH is working. Hope you get this cleared up soon Stacy.I did what little shopping I had to do online this year and had it all delivered to the people I bought for.So conveinent! I have a new little Chihuahua.Well,she's actually DH's baby but sometimes he doesn't watch her very well.I keep the charger to my cell phone on the bedside table in my room plugged into a power cord on the floor by the bed along with the air pump to my mattress and the plug for the adjustable bed.She is suppose to be confined to his room when he's not around to watch her because she can't get into anything in there,no cords on the floor or anything like that she can reach.Well,a couple of weeks ago she sneaked into my room (guess who wasn't watching her?) and I found the charger cord chewed into 3 pieces.(Thank goodness it wasn't one of the other cords!)DH went to Wal-Mart and got another one and yep,you guessed it she chewed that one into two days later! She isn't bad about chewing on other things but seems to have a thing for power cords.Aren't puppies just precious!LOL...See MoreMy dog ate a pop-up timer
Comments (33)I feel your pain!! I had an Afghan Hound that ate every thing! I had roasted a whole chicken with potatoes and carrots in one of those cook in bags, we ate the chicken and stuff but the carcass was still in the bag on the counter to be put in the trash, quick as a blink he jumped up grabbed it off the counter and snuck off with it. He ate the entire thing! bag, chicken carcass and all. All in one gulp it seemed. Well we were very worried and followed him around and lo and behold a couple days later he was out in the yard trying to do his business and have a bit of a problem. My husband had to put on some plastic gloves and lend assistance!! It was the entire bag still in one piece. No sign of the chicken LOL I had one of my Great Danes that would eat the rocks that were below the bbq grill where the grease would drip down on them, no matter how much we tried to cover that up she dug till she got those rocks and ate them. Never a problem she would pass them. That same Afghan hound had got loose from the original owner and gone trash can hopping, had apparently eaten a large wad of aluminum foil. Well that was a problem because it will not pass and will not deteriorate quickly. In fact this is how I became the owner of that dog, my vet called me and asked if I could take it on that the current owner traveled and just could not deal with the dog. I said sure. We ended up having to give him special digestive enzyme pills to help break down the foil, his other bad habit was drinking toilet water and I had the blue cleaner stuff in my toilets, well that nearly killed him, it ate holes in his stomach. I had no idea he was drinking in there. But to this day I will never put anything in my toilets again I had no idea that stuff was so dangerous Long story short he lived to be a very old dog and ate many more things in his long life including an entire Christmas ham and an entire Christmas Turtle Cheesecake! and a shoe or 2. And survived testicular cancer and the removal of um them. I hope that makes you feel a little better and know I am praying for you and your dog!!...See MoreMy crazy dog, Leroy, ate my Christmas goodies!
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Everyone! Harry sends his heartfelt thanks for all the good wishes. He's back to "normal" now and just waiting for the next feast.
Ole Joyful - I was worried for him. Chocolate is not good for dogs; I understand it, and raisins, builds up toxins in their liver. There were just a few of the treats that had chocolate chips or drizzle, and he's a big active boy, but I'm sure he's had his limit for 2015 and 2016.
Sam wasn't' left out in the cold, LOL. But he was locked in the mudroom so he couldn't "share" in the bounty.
He's still Harry the Perfect. It doesn't mean he doesn't get creative and mischievous now and again, he just does it perfectly! LOL Sam the Not often follows his lead.
Phoggie - I don't know if pumpkin would help our tummies or not. It probably wouldn't hurt to try it. I don't know the science of research on pumpkin, but the vet once recommended it so I keep a few cans on hand in case either dog seems to have an ache.
Socks - Harry the Perfect has never once in his 12 years, 11 months, and 2 weeks (give or take a few days!) had a boo-boo in the house. Not even when he was a baby puppy. Of course, had the cookie feast resulted in an accident, I would have understood. I would not like it; but I would understand.
Watchme - Sam is the world expert on "stinky." He has two favorite treats when he's out on the prairie for a hunt. Mice, and Moose Poop. He ranges so far out that Wes can only watch and wonder what he's into now. Mice are easy; both boys do the coyote jump, up high, down on the front paws, grab the mouse, toss it in the air, jump up, catch it, and swallow it whole. Disgusting. But coyotes will be coyotes.
Harry (the Perfect) does not bother any type of poo. Neither does Sam - except for moose poo. Oh Gracious. It's nasty (like huge, huge rabbit droppings) and he has major, loud, nasty, gas for days and days after he gets into some. Wes is trying to break him of this habit, but once Sam goes after a moose trail he's so far out there that Wes can't see him. We don't hunt moose; Wes tries to avoid them, but Sam is bound and determined to "retrieve" one. Little Goofus.
Lukkiirish and Jo Mooney - Harry and Sam are both Deutsch Drahthaars; a German breed of versatile hunters. They hunt, retrieve, track, point, anything from a quail to a bear. My boys hunt upland birds, waterfowl, and small game. I've told Wes they are not allowed anywhere near even the scent of bear or pig. That's for other people and their dogs - not mine! They are as serious and dedicated in the field as they are silly and uncontrolled in the house.
Upland bird hunting...Sam on right. Harry is actually much bigger, but he doesn't look it here.
Sam in the duck boat wearing his floatie vest.
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