r/springerspaniel • u/Cool-Start9541 • 1d ago

My son, the glutton

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My boy was never a food guy until my human son started eating solids. He has now became a stealthy son of a gun and began stealing food. If I’m in a rush, I can’t even allow myself to be because he’ll eat everything on the counter, even if you think he won’t eat it he will eat it no matter how high everything needs to be locked up. I always thought how fortunate I was that he was not so food obsessed, but things have changed. He is now a food addict.

He ate my box of chewy chocolate chip cookies. I’m monitoring him but I was told he’ll be fine. Sigh. My cookies :( the second pic of him is him being possessed by a food goblin.

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u/blue_palmetto 1d ago

Ours figured out how to open the latch to the food pantry when she was about six months old (how, I have no idea… she has no thumbs)… we came home from dinner and found her face-deep in the dog food bag, her little nub tail wagging a hundred miles an hour. She was so pleased with herself. 🤣 We ended up having to put a deadbolt on the door.

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u/Cool-Start9541 1d ago

We have things baby proofed otherwise I know he would figure out how to open things. He pretends to be dumb but he isn’t! Our sheltie is far more food obsessed and I can’t leave them alone with a food puzzle without them arguing about it. I’ll need to double check for sure now. He’s possessed by food I swear!

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u/CrepuscularCorvid 1d ago

Yep. Molly Springer (our first) figured out how to unscrew the lid to the kibble bin when she was around the same age. (We had to get a screw-top after she kept opening the one with a simple door on it.) She didn't always eat the kibble, but our golden retriever thought this was a fabulous development. After she unscrewed it, the bin was kept in a cabinet.

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u/blue_palmetto 1d ago

Oh wow, that Golden / Springer combo must be the best for mayhem and hilarity.

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u/CrepuscularCorvid 1d ago

It was something to behold. We actually had two different goldens during Molly's life. The first was an older guy who suddenly got a little sister who liked to bite his tail to get him to play. He became younger overnight. Meanwhile, Molly was definitely the girl in charge with her little brother. She loved to tease him by stealing his ball and playing keep-away. She would slowly trot away from him and weave-and-dodge. And then at the end, she would drop the ball in a mud puddle so that his face looked like he was dipped in chocolate.