Norm Stories: The Only Time He Grabbed Food Off the Counter (and It Was Meant For Him Anyway)

More Norm The Dog stories.

This is an example of how Norm came to my house knowing the rules, never having to be taught them, and just following them. Norm loved food and loved to eat. But I could leave food out on the counter and he would not disturb it. Not even show interest in it. I could thaw meat on the counter worry-free. I could leave a plate of food on the end table in the family room (which was snout high), get up and leave the room, and the food would not be disturbed. Only one time in all the years he lived here did he ever grab food off a counter. And that was a big steak bone that I had taken out of the freezer to thaw a bit before giving it to him. So the one time he grabbed food off the counter, in all of his years, was his own food.

I only heard him grab the bone off the kitchen counter because I heard, all of the sudden, the dishwasher suddenly turned on. That was because the steak bone was on the counter right above where the dishwasher was, and in jumping up to grab the bone -- his bone -- he accidentally turned on the dishwasher. Otherwise he would have gotten away with this crime undetected.

PS: Those strong pit jaws meant that the steak bone did not need to thaw out before it was complete deliciousness.