Karl Katzke

Or, “Why You Shouldn’t Combine a Buster Cube and a Rhodesian Ridgeback”

We bought my Ridgeback puppy (now 15 months) a Buster Cube, figuring it would stimulate her and entertain her to work for her food once in a while.

The problem: It’s made her a better scavenger. Ridgebacks are already great scavengers.

Today, I came back in from watering the lawn and pruning bushes to find every single dirty dish that had been laid carefully in the sink lifted out of the sink and licked completely clean. She’d only broken one bowl, likely by dropping another on it in as it slipped out of her mouth in the sink. The Buster Cube had taught her that if she lifts something that smells like food carefully and then drops it, she’ll be rewarded with food.

Of course, it’s my bad habit to leave dirty dishes in the sink. Is there a training device for that?

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