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A day out at the market tuckered then out big time!

The naughtiest of my two would have to be Marble - she’s too smart for her own good! Despite being a very delicate and small mini (5kgs), she managed to knock over a pile of stuff we were intending to move to the spare room, squashed some things down until she could climb them, and got up on the kitchen counter top.

Upon reaching the counter top, she immediately ate the last half of an apple tea cake and realised she couldn’t really get down. We found her chilling up there the next morning.

A secondary highlight was breaking into the cupboard and gorging herself on her food bag. We got child locks for the cupboard and she chewed them off. We then got different ones to lock the double doors, and she would just weasel her way through the tiny gap under the door. She also chewed through the lid of a plastic tub we attempted to hide the food in. Now all of her biscuits are stored in a food vault in the laundry sink!

Some other highlights of things she’s either eaten or tried to eat and been caught:

• Half of all of the hot dog buns she managed to leap up and rip off the counter (the plastic was hanging over the edge). She nibbled every single bun in half.
• Knocked over the bins (which weigh much more than her) and chewed up a lasagne container (we now have child locks on the bins)
• A pile of tissues my partner left unattended while he was sick
• An ENTIRE LEG of a pair of tights, and the top of a sock (this one resulted in a vet visit and surgery). She vomited most of it up but they couldn’t get all of it!
• A dead possum I had to wrestle out of her mouth
• A dead bird I had to wrestle out of her mouth
• My newly planted potatoes in the garden

Shes not an anxious dog, and happily spends most of the day asleep when we’re not out walking - but she has the food obsession of a Labrador. We’ve basically had to rearrange the house to keep absolutely everything away from her 😆 Shes an angel when you’re watching, but as soon as she thinks she can get away with it when you leave the room, she’ll give it a good go!

It’s winter here, so of course everyone must cram into my lap at once

At least her breath is nice and fresh now!

He’s also the only dog we’ve ever looked after that my grumpy old girl will play with!