Grandpa vs Dogs - Page 4

Michele, you can't try to trick a Chihuaha with habeneros.  He's mexican probably loves spicy food.

Jim

Michele- OMG- PugXChichi and you lived to tell...?!?!?  I'm sure food stealing was the least of your problems....

Pientje,

She asked for suggestions:  "So I was thinking about putting a mouse trap on the table, but before I do, does anyone know if the little snapping neck type mouse traps  are strong enough to do some sort of serious injury to the tongue or lip or whatever gets caught? 

Clearly, she had no intention of just doing it willy-nilly; she came here asking for information and suggestions, not approbation.    People have come up with far worse solutions for far less good reason. 

Okay, so what country are  you in?  It's always interesting  to get perspectives from other cultures and traditions.

What about a scat mat? Y'know, those pads you can put down on the sofa, etc., to chase the critters off when you're not at home? Scat mat taped to table, cheese set temptingly just beyond....cure Gramps of that nasty cheese habit! Bet that's not the only thing he blames on the dog! hee-hee! jh

 I have used them many times, no scars, rarely does the dog actually get caught. However, I have had them think they were good fun and they would set them off and chew on them.

Snapping a mouses neck requires almost no effort. I saw a post somewhere that the poster seemed to think this was some great undertaking. : )

I've snapped them on my own fingers a few times when setting them.  The little mouse traps didn't feel good but I've never been injured by one.  Now rat sized traps really hurt.  The ideas to modify and place under a piece of paper would be my option if the trap was used.

Three of my dogs can be left unattended in the house with the bowl of dry cat food in the kitchen, about 95% of the time they leave it alone. 

This is a modified mouse trap, so you do not hurt your dog. You set them up in the area you do not want them to go into. I have used it. GREAT, WORKS WONDERS. However, pick only 1 or 2 things to use it with, took the most stuboorn dog one time. The first time I used it, It was so great I got carried away and thought of a whole bunch of things to keep him from,  he was to smart, he began to just set it off and go his merry way. But he never did return to the old habit of stealing food. I gave mine to a friend to use, she never returned them, OUCH!

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OOP! I just read that. Before you start in on me. I never used it for pain. that is not the way it works. It makes the loud noise and the addition of the flap prevented the dog from getting caught in the trap. The only thing the dog got was loud noise, and the flap flying. NEVER ONCE WERE ANYONE OF THEM CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.

why not just buy grandpa some tupperware so when he's done eating he can put his leftovers in a container so it's not so enticing to the dog.