This bleak little picture is of the iron in my sewing room. No, I am not particularly proud or fond of this iron. Perry challenged me to post on the subject of my iron, and I have to admit, it is a bit of a sore topic. You see, this is the THIRD iron I have purchased since Ozzie came to live with us. This is how the other two met their sad demise:
You see, my dog Ozzie hates my iron. I pay attention to it sometimes and completely ignore him. He resents that very much. He has destroyed two irons in this same manner. I absent mindedly leave the door to my sewing room open and he sneaks in there and kills the iron. The first one he murdered was a nice Rowenta, which I was particularly fond of. My husband replaced it with a Shark brand from Costco. Never heard of it, but what the heck, it gets the job done.
Whoops, I did it again. Left my sewing room door open and the iron unattended. Ozzie sneaked in and poof, another iron bites the dust:
Now, please do not tell my husband about this. I went back over to Costco and bought a replacement Shark iron and threw both the old iron and the new iron's packaging away in a trash bin in the Costco parking lot. I wonder what the trash men thought when they found an iron in the bin with the hot dog wrappers and soda cans? Anyway, I knew my DH would be exceedingly annoyed about the fact that Ozzie ate two irons within a few weeks time, so I destroyed the evidence.
These shameful episodes occurred back in October, and we have had no further instances of Ozzie attacking the iron.
He really does try to be good.
PS: In case anyone is thinking of reporting me to the SPCA, I am now ever vigilant about Ozzie not getting near cords of any kind. I am also proud to relate (in a twisted sort of way) that the reason he doesn't electrocute himself is because he ever-so-carefully unplugs the iron before he chews the cord to shreds.
I continue to think of him as adorable but now he is also brilliant as well.
I loved your entry about Mary yesterday. What a lovely lady.
Posted by: dee | March 05, 2008 at 06:10 AM
He is just the absolute cutest...glad he's leaving the iron alone now. Gets expensive...but he's worth it. :-)
Posted by: Carol | March 05, 2008 at 06:47 AM
I hope your hubby doesn't read your blog! lol
I also enjoyed your post about Mary yesterday. What a pretty quilt she made and what a sweet lady.
Posted by: Julia | March 05, 2008 at 07:08 AM
What a smart....albeit, baaaaad doggie!!!! LOL
Posted by: Paula | March 05, 2008 at 07:59 AM
I'm glad Ozzie puts safety first!
Sorry that you've had to resort to underhanded behavior. Rocket ate one cord and that was it.
Posted by: pam | March 05, 2008 at 09:07 AM
That is too funny how you disposed of the evidence in a Costco trash can! What is it with pets and cords? We have 3 cats, two are mine and one is the neurotic one that my husband brought in when we married. That cat is a piece of work. She chews every cord she can get her paws on! We had to get a new computer keyboard because she chewed the keyboard cable, now that took some work, because she had to get it out from behind the desk. But she does chew on everything else. She's just been lucky so far she hasn't electrocuted herself!
Posted by: Beth | March 05, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Nicole you need to unplug ihe iron after you use it and get hubby to put a hook on the wall near where you use the iron so you can hang the lead on it when not in use then ozzie cant get at it.then that ozzie is so smart he would find a way to get at it.I can just picture you at the bin looking over your shoulder to see if anyone is watching you LOL you naughty girl.
Hugs Mary.
Posted by: Mary Wood | March 05, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Oh yeah...um, bad puppy! Sorry, I'm kind of laughing at this one. Then again, I have to make sure mine is unplugged and the cord is out of reach due to a small human. She doesn't try to chew on cords, but well, she has been known to see one and say disturbing things like "jump rope" (shudder).
Posted by: Angela | March 05, 2008 at 01:32 PM
We had a rabbit who ate cords. Did you know that it's pretty easy to splice the cables back together? My dad usually did them, but the appliance repair folks can also help. I had a TV plug redone at a local repair place and only paid $10.
Posted by: Deana | March 05, 2008 at 01:50 PM
What a wonderful, thoughtful little dog Ozzie is -- he's just looking out for you. He see you slaving over a hot iron and he just can't bear to see you suffer so. He's a keeper! And the hubby doesn't read the blog does he????
Posted by: Thimbleanna | March 05, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Omigosh... what a funny story! I love the way you shared the adventure!!
Posted by: quiltdivajulie | March 05, 2008 at 02:53 PM
LOL - yes, let's hope your hubby doesn't read the blog. I know mine reads my blog sometimes. Gotta have our little secrets. Glad to know Ozzie is safe, even when he's naughty. Clever doggie to unplug first! How are the puppy classes going?
Posted by: Lisa D. | March 05, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Sure hope your DH does not read the blog of the jib is up! Yep, it is simple to splice on a new plug end and a lot cheaper. Ozzie is way to cute. It has to be really hard to be angry with him.
Posted by: Lynne in Hawaii | March 05, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Maybe Ozzie is iron deficient? Yuck Yuck!!!
My friend's Mom was sewing happily along one day when all of a sudden her sewing machine stopped dead in it's track. She looked down and her new puppy had eaten through the cord that was PLUGGED IN! It's a wonder he didn't fry his little self. What is it with cords?
Hugs to Ozzie
Posted by: Miss Jean | March 05, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Besides not electricuting himself, the puppy is lucky the iron doesn't smack him on the head? Or maybe that is the problem, he pulls at it, it falls, hits him on the head and THEN he goes after the cord as revenge. Perhaps that's why he is scared of Seagulls, they might look like big, flying irons about to land on his puppy head! Poor guy. I'd hate the beach, too!
Cheers!
Posted by: LizzyMae | March 05, 2008 at 06:35 PM
oh Nicole Ozzie is such a ratbag we had a puppy once that chewwd the cord of dhs welder ohh well hope he grows out of it soon
hugs Beth
Posted by: Beth Dasecke | March 05, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Oh my goodness you sound like me, only my culprit was a rabbit and I won't tell how many cords it chomped through and I had to hide the evidence.
Posted by: Carey | March 06, 2008 at 12:19 AM
I think you have met your match with Ozzie. Why don't you just teach him to iron, then maybe he wouldn't destroy them? lol
Posted by: Perry | March 06, 2008 at 12:23 AM
That Ozzie - he's just the cutest and it sure would be hard to be mad at him :). Sounds like a smart cookie also.
Hugs - karen
Posted by: karen | March 06, 2008 at 05:06 AM
I'm glad he unplugged the irons first before chewwing began. How could anyone be mad at him, though, as he has the cutest face! I bet that has got him out of many a hassle. Hi to Ozzie!
Posted by: Jeanne | March 06, 2008 at 09:36 AM
I love it when you're twisted ...and for the record I had a sneaking suspicion Ozzie was smart enough to work this out.
hee!
Very Brainy Dog to Love, *karendianne.
Posted by: Karen Lee | March 06, 2008 at 01:57 PM