Stop Thief!

I've had many a sandwich go missing thanks to pet dogs. My cat doesn't usually steal my food though. So I don't deal with it anymore. The thing for me is that animals are so adorable that I can't handle being mad at them. so I'd be okay and you know, I don't need that food anyway!

I have to remember to put any food away off the sides and if still warm will keep in oven or microwave until safe to refridgerate as a neighbours cat will come and hijack and my daughter has had a half of a sandwich stolen from her hand by a hungry seagull before now which has given her a fear of them now. Ellie:D

Oh, yes, and the scariest time was when it was a big bird that swooped down and grabbed my hard-boiled egg right out of my hand just as I was going to take a bite. I guess it was a hawk. This was up into the hills behind our home, where I where I used to hike to get away from the books once in a while during the year that I spent writing my dissertation. I had only taken one egg and a few cubes of cheese, and when that bird took my egg, he left me mighty hungry. I had about 2 hours walk left to get home on an empty stomach!

The squirrel story is pretty funny. About ten years ago we had some stray cats that were looking for food. They wandered around our neighborhood and I was surprised that very few people were willing to help them. I counted at least three houses that had a bowl of cat food outside of their front doors. Problem was that groundhogs were also in the area and were beating the cats to the food. It was the strangest thing. And at that time we used to throw bread outside for these ducks that would migrate to our yard ever year. Except the ducks didn't get to it first because the cats were eating it. This happened for at least a year before the cats were finally taken in by animal rescue.

Hi my new Pal:

I have had monkeys take a lot of things from me. They go into my pockets and take out the food and anything shinny.

Crows will eat anything and the buckey may have caught his eye. I'm sure he was waiting for you to turn away from the bucket.

Have a great day.

Ivor

I have never had my own pet, but I have been in peoples homes who have had dogs who seem to enjoy trying to eat my food right off my plate or out of my hand.

Seven years ago, when my best friend was pregnant with her first child, I gave her a stuffed animal of some sort. Her dog must have thought it looked tasty because he disappeared with it and when it was found, it had no head. It was rather sad.

I have also seen dogs find their meals in bathroom trash cans. Yum!!

Your first mistake was leaving anything red in sight. Animals are attracted to bright colors. I know because I sleep with earplugs, which are hot pink in color, and the other night while I slept, one of my kitty cats, climbed on top of me as I slept and pulled the earplug out of my ear and took off with it to play. She did this without waking me. I found it later next to the litter box.

And, in regards to the pecans, you should never leave pecans or acorns within accessibility to a squirrel or chipmunk. They will take them every time. I wrote a children's story about a squirrel that got mad at the other animals in the forest for teasing him about his name and he gathered up all of the acorns and nuts he could find and used them to declare war. He started throwing the nuts at all of the animals below as if they were ammunition and would laugh nastily every time he let one go. Maybe the squirrels that took your pecans are planning a war on their fellow animals like my character, Herbert, did. Hee Hee Hee

LOL...Let me first say your the cutest bear and your post make me smile all the time...Ok I use to help my grandmother grow tomatoes and we had a bunch of dogs...Each day we would go outside to check our tomatoes and a lot were missing...We at first thought it was some neighbores just helping their self...Well we watched for a couple of days and found out by watching that a few of the dogs loved tomatoes and would eat them right off the vine...lol

Yes, a couple of times this has happened..One was these black walnuts I was leaving in the driveway until we could get the hard husk off..Before we could, I think every squirrel in the area was happy for the free meal..

Then, when my son was about 3, his Dad had brought home this stuffed duck that was like a puppet and when you squeezed the mouth open and shut, it would quack out, "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" (VERY ANNOYING)

Now this is before we had a cat or dog and I really missed having an animal to care for. One day, while my husband was at work and my daughter was at school, my son and I were coming home from our neighbors house and this really cute dog have met us at the top of the road..This dog followed us home and was very friendly, so I let him in and leaving the door opened, I went to help my son with something and next thing I know, this dog took off with this duck..(Yay, shhh, don't say anything)

Anyways, to this day, I am the Only person to know this happened and that the toy is gone..hehehe

The best animal story I have is my own cat, who, upon seeing me open up a chicken dinner I'd just brought home from a local restauant, grabbed my chicken leg, and ran off with it!! LOL