This is always scary when our fur babies eat something they shouldn’t such as grapes, chocolate…. we got a urgent message from Mom that Marley had gotten into quite a bit of chocolate!

Marley has been standing on his hind legs which makes him really tall and taking things off the dining table while knocking other things down in the process. I am worried because he got a box of pralines off there that a friend brought back from Georgia and he ate the whole box. I don’t know if Gracie is helping him. Then the other he got into boxes of fudge that were gifts for friends and ate all that and that was about 3 lbs. He has done this in the past but not with such frequency. I am really worried he is going to get critically sick or die from this behavior. He needs to stop it.  Thanks

As we connected with Marley, you’ll see he had no idea he was really doing anything too bad. He knew he probably shouldn’t have gotten his tasty treats and maybe concerned that he didn’t share with Gracie…

Marley said Marley knows Mom is upset about the tasty treats Marley has been retrieving. Don’t worry Marley did share a little. Marley begins by smelling these treats then Marley gets curios and goes exploring and finds them. Really everything is put in places for Marley’s benefit and easy reach. Marley gets bored and then sometimes just wants to look around. Boom! There it is some yummy something calling Marley’s name. Marley thinks it might be better if Mom gave them one at a time because Marley eats the paper sometimes and stuff Marley is not sure is a real treat.

Candy told Marley you must STOP eating anything that is not given to you by Mom, because Marley you could become very sick ad have to go to the Vet. Marley can only have the things food that is put out by Mom. No more exploring.

We heard back from Marley’s Mom:

It totally sounded like him.  I can see him being bored and his curiosity getting the better of him. When I go to work they are usually stuck outside but at our new house they have a doggie door so they can go in and out.  Since they are older I want them to have that option but he has to stop finding stuff.  This morning I felt so bad for him, I was cooking steaks for work and my grill pan gets so hot and smoky that it sets off the fire detector in the new house. It went off this morning and the poor boy was so upset he was shaking like a pile of jello. I felt so bad, I just loved on him and tried to reassure him he would be okay.  In sure he will be when I get home. Thanks again to both of you for all you do