What I find interesting is what this says about dog intelligence or morality. Clearly Sissy knows that she is not supposed to counter surf because she NEVER does it when I am in the house. She doesn’t do it at night when I’m asleep (overturn the garbage cans). She also doesn’t do it when I’m in the yard. It’s almost as if she waits to hear the engine start on my vehicle before she heads into the kitchen to check out her opportunities.
What is going on in her pea brain that has been able to make a distinction between “not allowed” and “I can get away with this”?
She’s twelve years old and this behavior has only started in the past year or so.
In my own defense, the things that she usually gets from her stove and counter surfing are either warming up from the refrigerator prior to cooking or cooling down on the stove before going into the refrigerator.
