<p>I think this is why so many Americans have allergies; seclusion and not enough outside activity. I cannot think of a single chap back in the old country who was allergic to: pollen/ragweed/grass/hay/peanut butter, etc</p>
<p>One of our two dogs also does the dishwasher thing. We call it ‘doing her chores’. :)</p>
<p>A previous dog of ours also loved pre-washing the dishes. That is, until the day that his collar hooked onto something in there and when he moved the entire lower rack came out with him. With each movement, dishes and silverware went flying and caused him to move even faster. You can imagine the trail across my kitchen!</p>
<p>Our wonderful dog (half lab/half golden) not only tries to pre-wash the dishes, but he also continuously volunteers to “recycle” the trash!</p>
<p>our dog has eaten the funniest things
a bag of disposable contacts that hadn’t made it into the bathroom yet rsulted in several that had punctures.
the ever popular catfood/poo
when she was a puppy and we didn’t realize the extent of her garbage hunting skilz, she would love to get the paper towels that we had used to drain bacon.
To see us come home from Costco with a ream of paper towels was to be in ectasy of anticipation.</p>
<p>“Mythbusters” did a segment on this topic. They completely busted the myth.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, my dog is a paper freak too. No toilet paper or trash can is ever safe around him. He has been known to take huge bites out of the whole roll so often that we had to take it off the roller! And diners beware, at dinnertime hold tight to those napkins or my canine pickpocket will heist it right off you lap and eat it before you know what hit you!</p>
<p>We, too have a dish-cleaning, paper-eating Lab mix. We think the mix is goat.</p>
<p>Have any of you had the paper napkin come out whole the other end? That’s happened to us. our two Jack Russells will eat anything but may not be able to digest it.</p>
<p>My D did her science fair project on : wait for it :</p>
<p>Dog saliva and its killing germs power!!! She called it</p>
<p>Its Okay to Kiss Your Dog</p>
<p>We rotted meat, and got those petri dishes, etc, and grew lots of fun bacteria, and the dishes with rotten meat and dog saliva had much less bacteria than just rotten meat alone</p>
<p>One Knarly disgusting project</p>
<p>Our border collie was a bit tired of having her mouth swabbed, but the pictures are great!!!</p>
<p>As an aside, I once found a good chunk f candle in a pop pile…blech</p>
<p>As for debuniking the myth, whats a little dirt…man are we a paranoid neatfreak society</p>
<p>Somehow growing up, camping, playing in the dirt, sharing food and drinks, I never ever got sick</p>
<p>While we have created a headlice that is immune to medications because of over medications</p>
<p>Back to good ole nitpicking</p>
<p>DLM123, yes we have experienced the whole napkin/toilet paper passing thru quite a few times. H calls it pre-wiping! Dog is over 9 years old and will still eat almost anything. He just got through chomping down part of an apple core that S left lying to close to the edge of the table!</p>
<p>Re dishwasher-assistant dogs: my one-year-old German shepherd LOVES to lurk by the dishwasher, standing on the open door if possible, so she can grab a spoon or fork and then run off to the adjoining den with it. She doesn’t hurt the flatware, just likes to play with it. But one day, I found her playing with a sharp paring knife! Whoops! I am back in don’t-take-your-eyes-off-the-toddler mode.</p>
<p>Sorry, all. A 2004 Ig Nobel Pruize was awarded to a group of students who proved the 5-second rule was valid.</p>
<p><a href=“http://improbable.com/pages/airchives/paperair/volume10/v10i6/speeches-10-6.pdf[/url]”>http://improbable.com/pages/airchives/paperair/volume10/v10i6/speeches-10-6.pdf</a></p>
<p>re doggie “chores”: my border collie mix LOVES peanut butter, so when we are down to the end of a peanut butter jar, I give her the empty one to clean out for me before it goes into the recycling bin…she spends a very, very long time getting that jar quite clean!</p>
<p>She also pre-washes the dishes in the dishwasher at times, and has also been known to have her way with an entire roll of unsuspecting paper towels…as we have at times come home to find chunks of them scattered all over the kitchen floor. She delights, however, in picking these up and giving them to me to throw away. She just loves having jobs…
She is a delight!</p>
<p>Prewashing-- THAT’s what we need to call it!!!</p>
<p>We are being very ecologically responsible having our doggies prewash our plates</p>
<p>We, too, have border collies, it is true, they are smart, clever, and fun, and work</p>
<p>Each has there own job, and if we have the three dogs, but only two dirty plates, I have to dirty one up, so all is equal, and believe me, they can see who has more gravy and left over spuds on their plate</p>
<p>What is fun is when all are done, the rotate plates JUST IN CASE someone left something behind</p>
<p>Trixie can polish a pea like nobody’s business, somehow sucking off the gravy and leaving a small pile of pretty, shiney peas!!</p>
<p>Polishing peas!!! I love it! </p>
<p>Wow, you have THREE border collies??? Citygirlsmom, you must have either a VERY large yard, some sheep/ducks or something for your dogs to do, or a very active household for them to “run”. I know my dog is at her best when I am on MY toes thinking hard and fast giving her things to do…</p>
<p>We have a pretty small yard, though, and so she does NOT have sheep (other than her people-sheep). She has developed pretty serious frisbee skills, though…and we like our walks…and obedience classes are great (she need the disclipline or she will RUN ME!!!).</p>
<p>Any way, I give you kudos for having THREE BC’s!!</p>
<p>They are a bit older now- 9, 10, 12, so we are down to two long walks a day, I do the 7am one, and my mom does the afternoon one, on Fridays we treat ourselves to a dog walker</p>
<p>We are lucky, we have lots of off leash parks, beaches, and hills to wear them out.</p>
<p>They are all rescue, and it took some time to figure out each ones needs. Its jsut fun to watch them thinking.</p>
<p>The best thing is the car rides in my van, each has their seat, and if my Ds get in the car, they have to switch around, and drama of the switch is pretty funny. One dog actually takes shotgun, she is the bossy female type</p>
<p>Yeah, they are great dogs, mucho fun, and great plate washers…</p>
<p>Bless your heart!!! </p>
<p>“Just fun to watch them thinking…”</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean! </p>
<p>My dog is the only dog I have ever known who actually, at any given time, looks distinctively inquisitive, puzzled (head cocked over to the side…ears up, then down) and/or (excuse the expression) sheepish (like right now as she is watching me type and wishing I would get up and DO something already! But she knows she is in a bit of trouble since she was just recently pitcing a fit over a dog passing by outside…)
But…she also some times …and I kid you not…winks and smiles at me. That is my favorite…she recently pulled that out for a new young lady who met and appropriately admired her and I thought this young lady was going to have to be revived or something…</p>
<p>Any way, as I said, bless you!!!</p>
<p>driver,</p>
<p>I thought dishwashers were at the level they are to facilitate canine pre-clean? Note: they don’t do it when guests are around. And with two dogs, we use a schedule. First come first lick leads to battles.</p>
<p>Edit, I have fond memories of the difference on the floor between a meal out and at home when our D was in the high chair. Yes, the dogs were VERY efficient!</p>