Dog Treat Scam
By vikingswest
@Vikingswest1 (6305)
United States
January 9, 2022 5:08pm CST
I have been buying store bought dog treats lately that come in a bag similar to the Sweet Baby Ray's Teriyaki beef jerky that I eat.
The dogs literally beg for the jerky.
I believe they would steal it out of my mouth while I was chewing it if given the chance.
When I pull out the dog treats, they seem disintetested and reject them.
I pull out the jerky and I have to push them away.
I have offered them THEIR treats while I was eating jerky but they want no part of it.
They want the treats from my bag.
So.
I emptied a bag of the jerky (yum) and dumped their cookies into the empty bag.
I set the bag down in it's usual spot next to me.
When I pick up the bag, I can see that I have their attention.
I offer treats that they had previously rejected and they can't eat them fast enough.
They now LOVE their cookies.
It's been working for a couple of days now.
I am ashamed that I had to pull a scam on my dogs but the result was successful.
Have you ever tricked your pets to get them to eat something they didn't want?
This applies more to cookies or treats and not to meds.
Everyone has to trick their pets into taking meds.
Do you lie, cheat or scam your pets into doing something they don't want to do?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
9 Jan 22
No... my fishies will eat anything I put into their tank. I even have to be careful adding the salt crystals when I do a water change or they'll try to eat those, too.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
9 Jan 22
As a kid, we had guppies. I watched in horror as they ate their own offspring.
Fish will eat ANYTHING in the tank. You're right. Fish are different.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
9 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I have guppies now and watch them eat their own offspring with... not exactly glee, especially when I can get Pretty to watch, but more of vindication... 
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
9 Jan 22
Just more clever than the dogs lol.
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I remembered I mixed some food that my dog liked to eat together with her dog food. As she had to dig to find the rare food, she also ate her normal dog food.@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
15 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I tried to same trick on some cats, it didn't work. They just pick what they want to eat, and left the rest. 
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
15 Jan 22
@kaka135
Cats are harder to trick. They don't fall for anything but a laser pointer.
@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jan 22
Glad I saw this post.
Yeah, he's destroyed at least one pair of house shoes so now I keep them hidden most of the time plus I have to keep my bedroom door closed cause he gets bored and then he chews up my pillow, boy did that tick me off and the worst part is I can't blame him so I can't yell at him 
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
10 Jan 22
@rebelann
All the doors are closed here and shoes are kept in the closet.
My youngest one has a thing for shoes or things with laces.
He won't go for slippers thank goodness.
I lost a down pillow to dogs one time.
What a mess. I'm STILL finding feathers years later.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
10 Jan 22
A year old. Wow. Roscoe was JUST that little biting machine of a pup.
Lucky he eats anything but I hope that doesn't include shoes lol
Nice to see you again 
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@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jan 22
I have seen people do that to kids but never pets I do have one dog that willing takes pills when she has needed them.
I do have one dog that willing takes pills when she has needed them.1 person likes this
@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
10 Jan 22
I had a Doberman that was like that.
If I was giving it to her, she ate it without complaint.
My oldest Terrier will be 15 in a couple of weeks but her days are numbered now.
Her last puppy will be 6 this year.
I have to trick them with their meds too.
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@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 It is my oldest doberman. She will eat about anything.
My beagle mix would even try to work the pills out of ground turkey.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
10 Jan 22
@wolfgirl569
I had to switch to peanut butter for pills. It's the sure thing.
I've found pills behind chairs too many times over the years.
My Doberman would eat anything except black olives.
She would pick them off a bite of pizza before she'd eat it.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
10 Jan 22
They had been eating them but seemed to think my treats were better and refused to eat their own.
I've never had dogs that would just walk away from treats.
I'm glad it's settled.
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@just4him (306113)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 I'm glad it is too.
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@Letranknight2015 (51513)
• Philippines
10 Jan 22
I don't know. Some pet owners are just really smart.
@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
9 Jan 22
It's nice to know that I'm not the only one lol.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Jan 22
@Vikingswest1 Not at all. All of us parents do the same thing.
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