What does your Ridgeback "help" you with?

[melissap]

You notice how effectively they have already emptied the dishwasher?  Good little workers!

Alice

earning their keep, huh...

[Dechen]

I have a new one.  Finn likes to help me maintain my identity and he makes sure everything gets shredded - even before I see the mail.

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Who needs one of those expensive shredders when you have the Rhodesian model right in your own home. 

Denise

LOL! I have been known to hand Eko the credit card offers while going through the mail ... He also likes to keep wildlife safe by ensuring that all plastic is ripped into tiny pieces that can't cause harm.

He vacuums the floor - there is never any cat food to be found on the floor. He also serves as a cat food taste tester. Looking for poison, I presume. Altruistic pup, isn't he?

[Susanne]

I'm about to have the downstairs bath remodeled, and the sink's been removed and they stuffed paper towels into the waste pipe opening.

Songai keeps 'helping' with the remodeling by pulling out the papertowel and eating it - then shoving his nose into the waste pipe and inhaling deeply.

yuck!

[Tracdun]

Lucy likes to help me out by reminding me that exercise is good - that even when I truly DO NOT want to get out there and walk or run - well, I don't have a choice.

Lucy also likes to help me cook. Placing her head strategically between my body and the butcher's block, she ensures that pieces of food do not fall unto the floor.

Lucy loves to garden.  Pulling the snow peas off the vine - well, actually destroying the whole plant by yanking the snow peas... nothing like fresh produce.


You know, I could go on and on ... with a 14 month old curious RR in the house... there is always a funny anectode... and a smile on my face. 

[machem]

Junebug is very helpful.  She helps everyone keep their shoes picked up (or they will end up shredded).  She makes sure anything on the coffee table is not in our way in case we'd like to lay down on the couch --- nose pokes take care of that. 

Cheers

Mike

[rrmom]

What a fun thread - I have enjoyed reading the posts.  Kumba also likes to help with the grocieries from the car to the house.  Often he will try and take one of the bags to take the load off me and it is very considerate of him.  I mentioned to Bruce I would love a pool and so far Kumba has dug enough craters that we wouldn't need to hire anyone to dig the hole, we could just ask him to keep digging.  He counter surfs to make sure there is nothing there that will impede any cooking being done or anything that might harm us while we are sponging off the counters.  He is a walking vacuum cleaner.  He knows that socks disappear in the washing machine so will always try and take care of the ones left behind, I think he feels sorry for them that their partner went into the washing machine hole in the sky. He makes sure the dishes are clean before they are washed and tries to make sure they were properly cleaned when finished. Prunes the trees that are hanging over the fence.  Will help with mowing by eating the grass - (it's a funny thing, he is a grazer. Our other two were like that, just liked to graze on grass like cows.). I am going to teach him how to polish furniture next and fold the laundry instead of depositing it in piles all over the place.  He is a very helpful boy.