The toilet, the plunger, the dogs?

[Baloo]

Well, it was a first for me. I've had many things plug my toilets over the years, but never a dog. No, neither one is toilet trained (be nice though), but it seems one of them has found a new hiding place for their bones! One of the kids told me the toilet was plugged, so armed with plunger off I went. I soon spotted some odd looking stuff sticking out so I plunged my hand (eewwwww) in and pulled out reconstituted pig skin....a rather large amount (it was a big bone). I don't know who to blame....I just know it was one of the dogs...the cat is much better behaved. And closing the lid is pointless....crafty little buggers know how to open it. So now I have another thing to keep an eye on....grumble....can't get them to put their toys back in the basket...grumble.....but they can lift a lid and hide a bone!!!

 

[KodysGrandma]

Well, lets see. Some kind of removable screening in place when people are not using it to catch all deposits??? How do you teach the kids to put it back. :lol:

 

[mudji]

Love the visual.. Glad mine are not talented enough to lift the lid!

hannah

 

[luvxl k 9]

Don't they make a lid latch to keep toddlers out and away from the water? That might be the easiest thing to do. The trick would be teaching the kids to reattach it after each use.

 

[ladybugnessa]

http://www.babyearth.com/mommy-helper-lid-lok-toilet-safety-latch.html

 

[Newfs Forever]

That is tooooo funny! :!rolling::!rolling:

 

[luvxl k 9]

http://www.babyearth.com/mommy-helper-lid-lok-toilet-safety-latch.html

Thank you Nessa, knew they had to have them somewhere.

 

[jane]

Yikes!!!! Definately time to close the lid and if need be latch it:!rolling:

 

[angie j]

Get a bigger bone!! lol.

AJ

 

[suse]

That is funny!

 

[Doc's Mom]

That is so funny, but glad it didn't happen to me! Good luck!

 

[ina/puusty]

For those who are not 'affronted' by Darwinian type thinking..stop and consider this..and all the other 'house sharing' canine life form activities and creative actions. Stop and consider..what the original wild canines..had to become conversant with..thousands of years ago. Ok..got the ..'they drop food..we eat food, we snuggle, grab food..we snuggle drool stay put..and food drops from their mits..to us..most/MORE often'..and to the here and now. Indoor dogs..depending upon their mental ability..are stimulated..by what they experience..in-home. Enough exposures..enough..permutations..and they solve first this..then another, then more ..'conceptual'..thinking..happens. Concept folks..putting two and two together. Now..try telling that to a none-dog..person "Hey..did you hear that dogs are building bigger brains or, higher brain functions..as a result of living inside with their humans"? You will get laughed out of their home/apt/cubbie..asap! Sitting here..on my side of this moniter..and watching/evaluating..all the situations that I have watched flow across NN..since I joined..it is a no brainer. I deal with the outdoor effect..because my focus is on NOT becoming a texting/cell phoned-umbilicaled human..in a consumerish, 'Me oriented society'. I like, cherish..am fueled by, watching what makes things strong..and what eats humanity..slowly, silently..like an invasion of Killer Moths..eating a ...Wool-E World. So..taking to hiding a toy/bone..whatever..in a water-hole.. Brilliant!!! ina n HB n Kesa ps. One might..also consider the experience with chewing a chew toy of that sort..the idea of 'moisture'..makes it softer"..is NOT being..Lost..upon the quiet 'at think moments'...

 

[Leonard and his bud Snuffles]

Hehe, I use to have some plumber friends. They have told me stories of what they have pulled out. I never heard that one though. At least you did not have to pay a plumber to fetch the bone

 

[CMDRTED]

Years ago I had a Chesepeke Bay Retriever that would do that. I used to put a net under the seat to "catch" errent items. Coco was so bold about it he would do it while you watched. He figured it people could "hide things" in the toliet, so could he.:whistling:

I'd use a fishing net with a handle.:uhoh2:

 

[nowhavethreebears]

I bought one of those baby proof lid latches when Gabe was a puppy, hoping it would keep him from drinking out of the toilet.
He cheesehead had it off in less than half the time it took me to put it on! Finally had the hardware on the bathroom door replaced. (which had been broken by guess who?)

 

[Emma & Nigel's Mom]

Ina when you write, I see the world through a whole different lens! Brilliant!

 

[Ursa]

That is just too funny! Luckily for us, our kids are now out of the house so we can keep the bathroom doors shut or else Fargo will go in and either destroy the toiletpaper or pull everything out of the trashcan.

 

[Lori]

We had a "lid-lifter" here also. Chelsea would flip it open to get water. You would hear this noise and wonder what it was? She wouldn't always get it on the first try, and we could hear it hitting the seat! She was a clown! She was also my toilet paper queen, must have been something about the bathroom!

 

[R Taft]

Sorry not really a laughing matter, but sooooo funny :lol:

Maybe you can have a little catch lock on the outside of your door. Lock on the inside and lock on the outside. even just a litle cheap hook catch. High enough so a nose cannot push it up, because it sounds like they would be clever enough to do that too.

Ronnie

 

[4ondafloor]

OMG That's hillarous! (sorry but it is) I hope you find a solution soon. Who knows what will lurk in the depths next......