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24 Fabulous Pet Fails At Thanksgiving

Lisa Vaught
Nov 22, 2015
3 min read

Hello!

I scoured the Web looking for Thanksgiving 'memories' of our trusted pets sharing the holidays with us. The one theme that kept coming up was not to trust them around all that wonderful food. It's much safer, and kinder to let your dog crate in his very own crate~ out of the hustle and bustle and screaming kids. There may be little ones that don't know how to play kindly with pets, and it's better for everyone to separate them~ especially if these little ones aren't well known to you.

Be careful 'mixing' family dogs together. The best behaved dog may lose it on the holidays due to stress and things being so different. A safe crate with frequent breaks to go outside might be the best idea. Better than winding up in a vet clinic or ER with people/kids/dogs hurt.\

With these things in mind, I give you the top 24 fabulous Pet Fails At Thanksgiving...

Heard a crash, and the collie dog pulled the Thanksgiving turkey off the kitchen table and ran for it into the living room!
Dropped a knife pointed tip down, just barely missing dogs head
Walked in dining room in time to see cat remove head from inside of turkey cavity and lick it's paws
New driver sister hits a dog on the way to dinner. Dog is marginally OK, bonds with drunk uncle
Thanksgiving 1994 the Wonderdog Balloon gets loose and is wandering over NYC, went up on roof to see it~ got locked out and by the time got back to the apartment everything was burnt!
From the butterball turkey talk line: “How do I get the Chihuahua out of the Turkey (dog had jumped up on the table and was eating the inside of the turkey!!!
Dog ate his owners wallet and contents while family ate dinner...no black Friday shopping for them!
Dog pulled down the pumpkin pie from the kitchen shelf while everyone slept, pulled it to his bed and ate just the crust of the pie! (His 'moms' favorite part!)
Dog ate the turkey off the rotisserie on the grill in the backyard
Dog took 2 sticks of butter from grocery bag...ate it...then smeared the third on the couch...family is still looking for the fourth!
Dog ate only the cool whip off of the pumpkin pie...
A black lab ate all the cooked yams...ALL of them!
Dog ate the pumpkin bread. Isn't at all ashamed.
Dog jumped up on the table...licked all the plates!
The family felt badly for their dog, having to watch them eat Thanksgiving in front of him while he looked in the sliding glass doors. So they went upstairs with their plates...looked out the window, and he had climbed up the one tree and was eagerly looking inside the upstairs windows.
A husky stole a 21lb turkey defrosting in the sink, family came home to a 'turkey massacre', partially buried parts of turkey all over the backyard, including the gravy packet and potatoes which weren't found till the following YEAR!
Cat at part of a turkey leg before the turkey was even roasted in the oven! They had no other turkey, so they cut the leg off and roasted the rest of the turkey...Uncle took the turkey to the table and carved it just as though one-legged turkeys were the norm...!
Brother's dog stole a turkey breast that was being smoked for a wedding luncheon...
Put turkey outside in the Colorado snow to keep, since it was too big for the fridge, and put it 'too high' for the dog to reach...dog ate it ALL. They ate a lot of sides.
In the middle of dinner, the cat strolled into the dining room...with a live rat! Then released it! All hell ensued!
3 mo. old puppy got loose and ate the middle out of the pecan pie.
Pet 'accidents' (it happens!) on the new carpet
Sick pets, as in barfing uncontrollably...probably because they ate the ham!
Fed dog ham...didn't know ham made dogs barf uncontrollably...and spew the other end too!