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When you're guilty...

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#1 ·
When you've successfully stolen a tortilla without anyone noticing... then you realize they've noticed... you avoid eye contact and hope they'll not notice your stealth abilities to steal food.


Oh, Dory!
 

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#7 ·
Tortilla? What tortilla? A Golden boy I had year ago was a master counter surfer. One time he came walking into the living room with an entire loaf of French bread! I said "where do you think you're going with that!?" And he gave me that look. He was always getting caught with stolen food and my son would say "My client is innocent."
 
#8 ·
Isn't Dory the dog you had trouble with stealing bacon and leaving teeth marks on your daughter's neck? I know the photo is cute, but after what you have been through with her, I was hoping that you were practicing tighter management with her around food. The more often she has success the more ingrained the habit becomes.
 
#9 ·
I often wonder why dogs are held at a higher standard than people. Is her mistake, from months ago, going to be held over her head every time she sneaks a piece of food, or looks the wrong way, or anything someone may deem inappropriate.

She is, after all, a dog. She made a mistake. It scared me. We sought help. The professional gave us pointers, still comes over monthly, and stated it to be a mistake. She's not food aggressive- with the kids or anyone else other than one occurance. So, while I appreciate the judgement, know that while she may steal a random tortilla- she is a behaved girl who has ONE incident of bad judgement that doesn't require ridicule every time she makes a "mistake".
 
#12 ·
Interesting article about the quilty look.

Decoding the ?Guilty? Dog | PawCulture

Those calming behaviors can become a learned response by the dog from just one episode where the owner or an authoritive figure shows stress or anger when a dog acts inappropriately.

Reisner Veterinary Behavior Services, LLC on April 19th had a great post on their facebook page about this. Check it out.
 
#13 ·
Interesting article about the quilty look.

Decoding the ?Guilty? Dog | PawCulture

Those calming behaviors can become a learned response by the dog from just one episode where the owner or an authoritive figure shows stress or anger when a dog acts inappropriately.

Reisner Veterinary Behavior Services, LLC on April 19th had a great post on their facebook page about this. Check it out.
:frown2: I am sure her response is in reaction to being corrected in the past. However, even when she is given a treat, she doesn't eat it immediately. She goes to the couch and has her snack(or next to the couch). I am not sure if this is something we have done unintentionally, or lots of "wait for it" sessions. But, nonetheless, this is her. We're not in the habit of intimidating our dogs(or kids), but sometimes when correcting I am not sure how she may perceive it. Sigh.
 
#14 ·
I do believe that Nolefan is looking out for Dory's interest. She is still a young dog with a puppy brain and it is important to be consistent and not let her act in an inappropriate manner. She knows that you love Dory with all of your heart and she pointed it out so that you can evaluate what happened and maybe make adjustments for even more successes. We are human and make many mistakes and our pups are such opportunist they almost always catch us in our mistakes. When you have a smart dog which most of these goldens are we always have to be on our toes.
 
#16 ·
I agree. Sometimes when written the responses aren't read as intended.

You're right. We do love Dory & invest a lot of time(and money) in doing what's right for her. My issue here isn't the advice to continue to monitor her, but that it felt as if my harmless photo, of my harmless puppy, was misconstrued into me failing in her trainings. If it had been any other dog, it would have been laughed at. In fact, there is an entire thread of "guilty goldens" in the picture forum.

So while we know she shouldn't steal food this was a safe incident and a harmless occurrence that we thought was cute. For what it's worth- we've trained our kids to NEVER take food from her and we've worked diligently on trade and the like to avoid future occurnces. This time, we allowed her to consume her prize. Whoops.
 
#15 ·
Goldens almost always want to please us and they can feel our stress/anxiety. Many will offer those calming signals when they weren't even involved. I didn't post it for you to in any way feel bad that she is giving calming signals as it happens to the best of us. I just wanted you aware that it most likely isn't really guilt. Each time we learn something we end up giving them so much more. Dory is lucky to have you.
 
#19 ·
I think we all make mistakes. If we were perfect what fun would that be. :)

I have said before that a lot of us get lulled by their really good behavior, then they pull a little stunt and it doesn't seem important. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't.

Your stories about Dory have made her part of all our lives. I would guess that we all love her and feel she is family. Dory is a typical golden puppy. She is a beautiful girl, devoted, friendly, intelligent, opportunistic, and mischievous.
 
#21 ·
Oh Dory, You are adorable. I love the look. You know, I actually never correct the counter surfing of my dog Glimmer.... I look at her and ask "What did you find?"... and then I practice our give command... where I pull out a better treat... and ask her to come, sit and give the treasure. I kind of assume that if I've left it within reach, then it's my fault. Honestly, after Merry died, I promised that the life of my next dog would be filled with joy each day. LOL a few days ago I picked up the phone for a business call and forgot that I left my toast on the counter...it was only after the call when I was looking for my breakfast that I realized.... she ate my toast. Hugs to Dory...:)

I am not promoting bad behavior... I'm just stating that the picture and the story was cute and gave me a smile for my day...
 
#22 ·
I recognise that look and I remember Dory being about the same age as Cedar! Although I would never be able to take such a photo, Cedar would gobble it down super quick if its food.

I understand having to be strict since Cedar is such a wilful and independent dog. But sometimes I also thought I was too strict when he was 3 or 4 months, not allowing every other thing, when some behaviors he eventually left behind by just growing up.
 
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