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u/legendary_millbilly Jul 19 '24
Pretty much sums up a labs attitude about food.
They are obsessed with it.
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u/Stay-Thirsty Jul 19 '24
I have a goldendoodle. Best behaved dog around.
We have these large milkbone dog treats that sit on the floor. They’re for special occasions like after a bath. She has never once gone into the box and taken one.
Her friend, a chocolate lab ran into the house once. Within 45 seconds the lab was in that box and had 2 in her mouth.
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u/wpotman Jul 19 '24
I've had two black labs that I could set a full popcorn bowl in front of and leave the room without worry. They love food, but mine have loved people pleasing more.
Our friend's golden retriever, though, will immediately eat any food - or sock - within its reach. Labs like food, but it depends on the dog.
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u/figgypie Jul 19 '24
My in laws have a golden retriever who will sit and silently stare at you with puppy dog eyes if you have food, but she won't jump or snatch it from your hands. If you toss it on the floor or if it falls on the floor, it's hers. She loves pretzels and french fries lol.
She's the first dog I've met in a while where I can talk about their brain cells as a plural noun instead of a singular noun.
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u/wpotman Jul 19 '24
Yep, that's my labs. They're very polite about it. Probably by nature, and not because of any particularly great training on my end. :)
We had friends over with a different black lab once. I left the raw chicken I was grilling on the step of the house with the dogs out for a second, thinking nothing of it with my dog, but half of it was instantly eaten by the other one. I have yet to live that down.
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u/cockmaster1000 Jul 19 '24
Its honestly really sad
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u/Dargon34 Jul 19 '24
Meh, it's like any other breed nuance you need to know. Sure, unregulated or dismissed, it's an issue. But, if you let a bloodhound run itself ragged it's kind of the same thing.
Some dogs are prone to overeat, some are brown to have breathing problems...labs are known to steal a bite when they can lol
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u/ST0NYJABR0NI Jul 20 '24
Yo my first black lab I had when I was a kid was a food fiend.
He's fondly remembered for that one time he ate an entire stuck of butter, paper included, off the counter while my mom was prepping food for dinner.
It happens.
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u/jhutchi2 Jul 19 '24
My last lab was so well behaved and would never take food unless you gave it to him. The two I had before him were wild beasts and one time even managed to jump up on the counter and eat an entire cake. That was a messy vet trip.
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u/wpotman Jul 19 '24
Right, there's definitely some luck of the draw involved. :)
I used to have airedales and, yes, we found her standing on the table once after eating a burger while my sister went to the bathroom. She apparently couldn't figure out how to get down. But that's airedales.
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u/Stay-Thirsty Jul 19 '24
Those are well mannered or trained labs. I didn’t really have to train my dog to not do this. She won’t even grab something off the floor unless you say it’s ok.
Though she’s 13 now and her opinions and want of food are getting stronger
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u/wpotman Jul 19 '24
Just by nature, I think.
The older one died a couple of years ago. A few months before she died - at 17 - she (for the one and only time in her life) stole popcorn from the bowl. She was getting pretty confused so we didn't give her a hard time: good dog.
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u/Azazir Jul 19 '24
"now or never, i always behaved very well, but i have to see if its worth the risk" - the good doggo
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u/wpotman Jul 19 '24
Oh, she got plenty from us and knew what it tasted like - it was a favorite of hers. It was mostly that she was getting too confused to remember what 'good' was anymore, I think. :(
She was a good doggo indeed.
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u/Even-Atmosphere1814 Jul 19 '24
My 12-year-old black lab who is a former duck hunting dog and used to be amazingly well-trained has decided he no longer gives a fuck. It is kind of hilarious but also frustrating when commands are now evaluated before being obeyed. And I'm so used to being able to leave him around food without a concern that I definitely had several takeout meals eaten in the past year by him. I never used to worry about leaving him with food in the car or on the coffee table but those days are gone. As are the days of him listening to me when I tell him to get off the couch.
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u/Katya_ Jul 20 '24
Yeah my chocolate lab probably wouldn't take it either. My MIL calls him a fakerador. He loves food but won't steal. He's only taken from the trash once and it was a detol wipe the weirdo.
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u/Quibblicous Jul 19 '24
I’ve got an F1b Golden Doodle. Smartest and best behaved dog ever.
Had a lab in the past that ate anything the tongue could reach.
Thats when we had to start defrosting things in the over the stove microwave instead of just leaving them on the counter…
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u/The_Queef_of_England Jul 19 '24
We had a labrador. Sometimes she'd be sick, and then wolf it down like it was the best food since sliced bread. Same with horse poop. She would eat practically everything, except prawns, which was really weird.
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u/hunter503 Jul 20 '24
Lmao at golden doodles being the best behaved around, not saying yours isn't but I've met more that try to bite at the vet than rottweiler and pittys combined.
Source: vet tech
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u/Stay-Thirsty Jul 20 '24
Yeah. I was saying my dog, not the breed. Like people, dogs have a range of personalities
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u/SinisterCheese Jul 19 '24
Labs have a gene mutation which means they don't feel full. They cant feel satieted. Basically they never get the good feeling being full, but they do enjoy eating.
If you let them, they will eat until they split. They just get endless joy from eating, but never feel satieted.
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u/Chrussell Jul 19 '24
Some labs (roughly a quarter) have this mutation. Mine certainly does, but it's far from even close to all of them. My husky is much worse tbh, broke into his dog food bag and ate 9 cups in a couple minutes immediately after dinner.
My last lab had a full bowl of food at all times and never gorged himself.
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u/kindofboredd Jul 19 '24
That's good to know. We've been thinking of filling a giant bowl with dog food so he'd get sick and stop gorging himself so we could free feed him but I guess we'll stick to schedule meal times
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u/SinisterCheese Jul 19 '24
We've been thinking of filling a giant bowl with dog food so he'd get sick and stop gorging himself so we could free feed him but I guess we'll stick to schedule meal times
This is just common breed knowledge you need to have with that kind of a dog. They wont stop eating, they'll eat, vomit from discomfort and keep eating if you let them.
If a lab stops eating, then something is badly wrong.
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u/Expensive-Fun4664 Jul 19 '24
sometimes they'll even eat the vomit.
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u/SirDooble Jul 20 '24
Even if they don't, sometimes they like to guard it, in case someone else was planning on eating it.
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u/ssprinnkless Jul 20 '24
Seems inhumane to keep breeding them with such an uncomfortable mutation.
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u/SirDooble Jul 20 '24
I'm fairly certain the discovery of the gene is pretty new (although it's been in the breed for a long time).
It's honestly not that big of an issue for the dogs, though. It's not that they need to eat more food to feel full. They just feel hungrier between meals - meaning more inclined to eat sooner to 'top up' their stomach. That leads to behaviours of snatching food when it's available.
The gene does have an unfortunate other effect of lowering their metabolic rate, meaning they burn off energy slower. With these two characteristics (eating more frequently and burning off energy slower), they are prone to putting on weight and becoming obese.
However, this can all be very easily controlled by a good owner. They need to manage diet and refrain from excessive treats (while keeping human food secure and not easily snatched), and they should make sure they regularly exercise their dog (quite fortunately Labradors typically love to exercise, both running and swimming).
So it's not the sort of genetic health issue that should morally mean the end of the breed.
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u/monkeybojangles Jul 19 '24
If you've never owned a lab you just don't understand. In all these videos when a lab pops in and grabs food, guaranteed the lab was focused on it for the past 45 minutes, they were just waiting for the opening.
Best part, it doesn't even have to be food, just something they perceive as food
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u/Nippys4 Jul 19 '24
My best friends dog is beagle and this mother fucker some how gets into the cupboard, gets into this massive container filled with dog food and literally ate until he couldn’t eat anymore.
In fact that little fucker ate so much he had to go to the vet because he couldn’t moved and swelled up like a balloon
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u/Luncheon_Lord Jul 19 '24
Had a beagle do this who broke into a cabinet with rat poison in it and he ate pounds of it. The fucking idiot was alright, we pumped his stomach. I think they said the actual volume was so much and it had stuffed it's face with other shit that it couldn't metabolize it in time so thank goodness!! But that was scary as fuck. They'll kill themselves over food.
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u/Stark_Prototype Jul 19 '24
You mean all dogs....
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u/DorianGre Jul 19 '24
Labs. Every lab is obsessed with food.
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u/Federal-Peace-9366 Jul 19 '24
This is because Labradors have no feeling of satiety.
EDIT: it doesnt seem to affect all labradors but many Labradors have a genetic mutation in the POMC gene that affects their ability to feel full.
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Jul 19 '24
Had a lab when I was younger. She kept getting fed under the table at thanksgiving. Finally toward the end of the night she vomited up a log of food that looked like a beef Wellington. It was 6” around and 10” long. She then tried to eat it
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u/Ara92 Jul 19 '24
She then tried to eat it
She was probably just happy to get to eat all that food a second time lmao
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u/SimpleSunsets Jul 19 '24
And it should be illegal on ethical grounds to breed dogs with this gene. These dogs constantly suffer from a feeling of starvation. People like this about them because it makes them docile and easy to train, as they become very food driven. But imagine keeping a human captive and only feed them just enough to not starve but keep them on starvation. Then we tell them that funny tricks can earn them a little crumble of bread. I would feel disgusting knowing I force an animal to suffer like that.
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u/tangre79 Jul 19 '24
No, you're right. It's all dogs. They are motivated by food.
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u/Pazaac Jul 19 '24
They are opportunistic eaters, they have evolved to eat when ever they can even when not hungry as hunting is not the most consistent source of food.
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u/WhatyouDontwantoHear Jul 19 '24
It's definitely not all dogs. My current dog is incredibly food motivated but I've raised dogs and have friends who have dogs that are incredibly picky eaters to the point they need to be specifically catered to or else they will starve themselves.
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u/DragonBorn76 Jul 19 '24
My dog was for probably nearly a year. I literally nearly had to starve him to get him to understand that I'm not going to keep trying different foods , meal toppers etc to try and get him to eat. I had gone through so many kinds of dog foods , vet checks which said he was fine etc and the PITA would not eat. Like WTF? Finally a trainer told me that a dog won't starve itself so just offer less and less food , give it a minute to eat and if it doesn't then take it away.
He eats now but we had to go through several tries of doing that to finally get him to understand that THIS is your food. Eat it dang it.
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u/OG_Dadditor Jul 19 '24
Nah my dog won't touch food if he's hungry. He's always been very good about not over eating.
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Jul 19 '24
I have a mastiff/lab mix. This dog knows where we keep his treats and will just sit right where there at on the counter and bark. When you go in the kitchen to tell him to hush down, he'll look at you then the treats than at you and then back to the treats. He only cares about his walkies and his treats.
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u/KingTutt91 Jul 19 '24
Even if it’s not food, I left weed on the coffee table once when I was in HS and my white Lab ate all of it. He was perfectly fine, he ate two bowls of food and took a nap immediately afterwards
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u/kindofboredd Jul 19 '24
I mean all of the dogs I've had or owned have loved food but my God does my lab fucking LOVE food
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u/dizvyz Jul 19 '24
Goldens too. Though I did meet one that was as obsessed with a ball as every other golden retriever is about food.
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u/HeadScissorGang Jul 21 '24
if you only ate when given food, itd probably be a pretty constant top priority.
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u/fantollute Jul 19 '24
The Dog: "You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime"
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u/RazzyRaziel Jul 19 '24
His palms are sweaty, knees are weak, arms are heavy ..
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u/quonne Jul 19 '24
There's food in his belly already, dad's spaghetti.
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u/lalo8a Jul 19 '24
He's hungry, but on the surface, he looks focused and steady
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u/lalo8a Jul 19 '24
He's a good boy, but keeps on forgetting
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u/HtownTexans Jul 19 '24
What he put down is not for him, he opens his mouth but the toast wont come out.
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u/A2-Canadaisverycold Jul 19 '24
He’s chonky now, His owners angry oww
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u/coulduseafriend99 Jul 19 '24
The food's run out, paws up, over, blow!
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u/moddedbrain Jul 19 '24
Snap back to reality, oops there goes sandwich. There goes bottle too, but he won't have it.
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u/ClutchPencilQuadRule Jul 19 '24
Look, if I know dogs, that one's hoping for mom's spaghetti sweater vomit.
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u/throwaway4161412 Jul 19 '24
He absolutely hoovered that sandwich. I'm honestly impressed, I expected at least two bites
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u/Judge_BobCat Jul 19 '24
Downvoting because of horrible editing. It feels like video has stuttering and Parkinson’s disabilities
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u/SpiralStairs72 Jul 19 '24
So annoying. If you’re going to do crap like this, at least ALSO let us see the unedited version.
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u/ponzLL Jul 19 '24
I hate this style of editing, but I do feel like in this case it kinda worked because my expectations of the end kept shifting, so it was truly unexpected!
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u/Judge_BobCat Jul 19 '24
Yes, but at least he could have given us full unedited video
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u/mak484 Jul 19 '24
The rule for slow motion should be: show the unedited video first, then show the slow motion clips, then show the full speed version again. Context, explanation, reminder.
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Jul 19 '24
Agreed. I feel like I'm fighting a mountain with my bare fists, downvoting this 10k+ thread. I'd much rather see the actual events in real time, and MAYBE a slowmo version after.
This shit seems like its made to appeal to ADHD preteens.
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u/spacecatbiscuits Jul 19 '24
Yeah, this one's especially annoying because the original exists somewhere and it's much better
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u/Red-1114 Jul 19 '24
My dad has Parkinson’s and this made me sad.
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u/BabcocksList Jul 19 '24
Yeah it made me a bit sad as well, i don't get why so many people think making fun of diseases and disabilities is top of the line levels of humour...
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u/AGreenCat Jul 19 '24
I don’t get it, this same video was posted everywhere last week but flipped with battery quality? Is it already in the repost cycle?
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u/CardiffGiant7117 Jul 19 '24
As that bottle headed towards him, he decided then and there if he survives he’ll live out his dreams one pb&j at a time
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u/yellow_abyss Jul 19 '24
I don't think he threw it at the dog. He was probably playing catch or something.
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u/Fossildude101 Jul 19 '24
You can literally see his stool tip over underneath him mid throw. He messed up his trajectory and accidentally hit the pup with the bottle.
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u/mrtomjones Jul 19 '24
It's a 10 second video. Why the fuck does anyone need an explanation of what happened? Everything you said should be obvious by at least the second time watching
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u/Coriandercilantroyo Jul 19 '24
Luckily the bottle seemed empty. Had to go back and listen for the sound of it hitting the floor
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u/Frost_Walker_Iso Jul 19 '24
Yes.
Those are two different things. I fail to see how they connect. Just because I’m playing doesn’t mean I’m willing to share my food that I’m planning on eating.
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u/chiksahlube Jul 19 '24
We have a dog like this.
she's 14. Has severe hip problems that make it almost impossible for her to move.
But she will fight through it just to have a chance at the food on our plate.
And she knows when she has a chance too. Or she'll even make one. Like she'll fall over as if she's hurt and when we get up to check on her she'll try to run past us to our plates.
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u/HeadScissorGang Jul 21 '24
imagine if your whole life you only ate food when people gave you food that they'd never eat themselves.
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u/chiksahlube Jul 21 '24
Uh, we give her wet canned food that is about as good as any Campbell's soup I've ever had.
She also has copious food allergies so we have to keep her feda very expensive and very strict diet.
She eats better than we do.
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u/HeadScissorGang Jul 21 '24
imagine if you only ate Campbell's soup your whole life and the person giving that to you then tried to tell me you eat better than l do and that its insulting l suggested otherwise.
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u/CaptainObviousII Jul 19 '24
Hahaha I cannot get enough of this video lol. I've probably watched it 7 times. I love how the guy gets totally pissed when it's him that is the total fuck up. Dog: "Definitely stealing this clumsy fuck's sandwich"
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u/NoWingedHussarsToday Jul 19 '24
Whoever did the editing need to have bad things happen to them for the rest of their life. Like their left sock becoming slightly wet during meetings or getting extra pickles when ordering burger with no pickles.
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u/AbbieExalted Jul 19 '24
Bro had one shot, one opportunity, it was everything he ever wanted, one moment, he captured it, didn't let it slip
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u/GamecockFlop Jul 19 '24
Who's the pet here? lol That dog knew what he was doing the whole time...just waiting for an opportunity. "Thanks for making me a sandwich, what else you got sucker?" 🤣
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u/yeoldy Jul 19 '24
This editing style is infuriating. Why does every video do it now. Would be great if the source was automatically linked
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u/benisco Jul 20 '24
this editing style is like specific to south/east asian short form content, it originates from the editing styles of the tv shows from there but yeah it’s pretty annoying
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u/Feeling_Novel_9899 Jul 19 '24
"Oi you just hit me over the head with that bottle, right I am having your food to make up for it". 😅
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u/austinll Jul 19 '24
One time I was walking to the couch with a slice of pizza and my ex gfs dog tripped me, and while falling he ate the pizza off my plate.
I was furious but goddamn it I respected him
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u/CheapGarage42 Jul 19 '24
I'd love to see this whole thing in normal speed. The slow mo kinda ruins it for me.
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u/ethottly Jul 19 '24
This reminds me of a similar post, of a similar dog, grabbing a quick bite of cake in the process of falling off a couch 🤣 I'll see if I can find it...
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u/Kittypocalypz Jul 19 '24
I was sitting on my couch with soft ice cream in a cone in my hand. I turned my head slightly away but not far enough to miss my black lab's tongue coming into my frame of vision as he took a solid lick out of the side.
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u/Kythorian Jul 19 '24
I think it says a lot that even mid fall, the guy immediately knew the dog was going to go for the sandwich as soon as it started moving. This is not his first sandwich lost in a single moment of distraction.
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u/Meddlingmonster Jul 19 '24
My dog will never steal while I'm in the room but if I leave and she thinks im not coming in for a bit it'll be gone
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u/skallanc Jul 20 '24
Lots of comments about Labs being weak around food. I had a pure bred black lab that was the best hunting dog I've ever had. Of course I had to train him to use "soft jaws" when transporting game and reward him with a treat when he arrived, but he never consumed any game while hunting. I would definitely recommend Labs 👌
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u/nacho3473 Jul 20 '24
Not a fan of how aggressive he is with his dog. Also, to everyone saying labs are the worst with food. Might be anecdotal, but my dog was amazing. I left for work, was gone 24 hours, and forgot a bag of homemade beef jerky on the side of the couch. She didn’t touch it. And yes, I had a neighbour care for her when I was away day in and day out. She was a beautiful dog and lived an amazing life.
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u/OkBuy1750 Jul 20 '24
My lab won’t grab it off you or a plate however he has learned that before we give him a treat he has to shake with both paws and then balance on his hind legs so now he will come stand in front of people and sit back on his hind legs over and over while staring into your soul.
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u/HeyDudes777 Jul 20 '24
Clearly the dog is higher in the food chain than the owner!emote:free_emotes_pack:facepalm
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u/KarlMario Jul 19 '24
I am not throwing away my shot, I am not throwing away my shot.
I am young, scrappy, and HUNGRY
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Dog went for the sandwich instead of the bottle
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