Malcolm's Dad Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 I wake up this morning and Malcolm is not in the bed. Thats ok, he sleeps in his bed or the laundry basket sometimes. Nope not in those. So I look for him in the living room, not there. I'm wondering where he could be. Under the couch? He crawls under there sometimes. Nope, not under the couch. Now I'm getting a little worried, bathroom? He never sleeps in the bathroom. I look, not there either. So I go in the kitchen and look under the table. Not there. Then I turn around and there he is sleeping on the kitchen counter. I told him NO picked him up and put him on the floor. How did he get up there? I got a new coffee maker and put the box in front of the garbage can. Little did I know that made a perfect set of steps for him to climb and get up to the counter. And then once on the counter there was a bonanza. I carry treats in my pocket in a baggie. I take them out of my pocket and put them on the kitchen counter. So there was a sleepy little dog and a torn up baggie on the kitchen counter. Tuesday (a new member) thought these dogs have a little mountain goat dna, that is for sure. Malcolm is good at climbing. Mostly he is a good dog, he comes in when called. The other night I let him out to go before bedtime. I go to call him in and there he is with my sock. That was good for a chase around the yard. The easiest way for me to put up a picture is to use the avatar. There is the little sock thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuesday Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 That is so funny! See, I told ya'll they are part goat! (I work with a lady who had her rescue mutt DNA tested, and it has some Cairn in there...she has found her pup on the dining room table on more than one ocassion) ETA: Your sock story reminded me that if Murphy had a theme song it would be the theme to Benny Hill; he does the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dempsy's Mom Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Great story! You just never know what they are going to do next. Good description - mountain goat. Elsie, Max, Meeko & Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanford Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 One of the cutest cairn stories I've read in a long time. Thanks for posting this. I sent it to friends to brighten their day! FEAR THE CAIRN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy_Putter Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Life is an adventure when you live with four-legged fabulousness. Hairy Putter www.HairysBlog.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie&holly Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 What a clever dog to have worked out how to get up there! Lovely story www.cairnterriertalk.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TazTalk Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Malcom, you little devil. Way to go! (from Taz) I'd imagine he was too frightened to get back down, so he decided to camp up there. Thanks for sharing! BTW - did you happen to get a Kuerig coffee maker (we just bought one)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanford Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 - did you happen to get a Kuerig coffee maker (we just bought one)? I just got one as a gift. These are great idiot-proof machines for lazy people like me, who are too bleary-eyed & incompetent to function in the AM. Lord help me, but in case of a fire, I'd grab my cairn in one arm & my Keurig in the other! P.S. I think Taz is right...Just like a cat, (to whom Cairns have been compared) Malcolm could climb up and may have been too frightened to get back down.... But I can't help imagining how baffled you might have been if he had come down on his own before you went into the kitchen. After discovering the empty bag on top of the counter, you might have thought some little varmint (mouse) was living in your kitchen... and of course Malcolm would have looked & acted completely innocent! FEAR THE CAIRN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TazTalk Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 These are great idiot-proof machines for lazy people like me, who are too bleary-eyed & incompetent to function in the AM. Lord help me, but in case of a fire, I'd grab my cairn in one arm & my Keurig in the other! We love our Kuerig. Even a cairn could brew a cup w/ one! Scary thought - a cairn on caffeine. Oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetsyNoodle Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Way to go, Malcolm!! My dearly departed Cairn mix, Betsy Noodle, was always finding a way to climb up on my countertops. Aren't they thoroughly amazing little mischief makers?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm's Dad Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 I think you are right. He found a way to get up on the counter, but couldn't get down. He does remind me of a cat too. He walks on the back of the couch like a cat and will lay on the arm of the couch on those rare occasions he takes a snooze. I got a cheap coffee maker. I'm tired of spending money on coffee makers that work for a year or two and then quit. I get the cheap ones now. They work for a year or two and quit like the expensive ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hheldorfer Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Two paws up, Malcolm! My mom always puts the boxes in the garage as soon as she empties them. She says it's because we have a tiny kitchen; I say it's because she doesn't want me to get the treats! Buffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 That IS FUNNY! Ozzy pretty regularily jumped on the coffee table when I first got him. I THINK I've about got that beat out of him, but once in a blue moon when he gets wound up he'll vault over it to get to the couch quicker and use it as a kind of spring board. I have the ugliest coffee and end table in the world. I considered getting new ones before I got Ozzy. Between him and the grand-girls I think I'm going to wait a few more years! I of course was kidding with the "beat" comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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