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    My wife and I got a new puppy about 3 weeks ago. 2 days after we got her my wife was sitting on the floor with the puppy drinking some cold brew out of a glass. The puppy smelled the cold brew and tried to put her head in the glass. My wife lifted the glass up and away from the puppy, but the puppy tried to climb up her body and then up her arm to get to the cold brew. She cemented her place in the family that day.

    Yesterday we drove up the coast to a holiday house with some family and friends. This morning I made a round of coffees for everyone and one person out there coffee on the floor next to the couch. The puppy ran straight for it and stuck her face straight in it. Luckily it was a single shot flat white and she mostly just overflowed it onto the floor instead of drinking much as she's just over 2kg at the moment.

    I may have to do an experiment with instant coffee to determine if she's a true Snobber :P

    Does anyone else have a coffee-loving pet?

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    Perhaps cute L3N but very unwise to allow dogs to drink anything containing caffeine, they don't handle it well.

    https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/pe...onous-to-dogs/

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    • #3
      Originally posted by level3ninja View Post
      My wife and I got a new puppy about 3 weeks ago.
      Don't tell us your kids were running amok at the local cafe?

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      • #4
        Our cat insists on his milk when we have mid-morning coffee, so we call it his pussycino, although unheated.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Yelta View Post
          Perhaps cute L3N but very unwise to allow dogs to drink anything containing caffeine, they don't handle it well.

          https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/pe...onous-to-dogs/
          Thanks Yelta, no plans to let her have any, I was quite worried when she went for the coffee this morning but was relieved to see she'd spilled it rather than drank any. It would not be pretty/safe if she got any!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by flynnaus View Post
            Don't tell us your kids were running amok at the local cafe?

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            Haha I wish she was free!

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            • #7
              Animals always have played a big role in our family, at the moment have a much loved and pampered Lab and a very aloof Burmese.

              Like all Labs Missy loves food, except salad type stuff, cat, Woger, typical fussy bugger, both great to have around.

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              • #8
                Our 2 now departed (aged 13 and nearly 15) Cavaliers were both keen fresh from the roaster bean munchers (only ever gave them a few on roast days) and cup licker outers, the small amount of caffeine didn't seem to do them any harm, the silly one would go a bit zoomier for a few minutes after her beans, but the vet said it was o.k. and they quite enjoyed roast days.
                The only things they wouldn't eat were lettuce, raw potato, celery and citrus.

                We now have a new dog, 9 month old Pug x Beagle and are trying hard not to feed her, except out of her bowl, she's too smart and has worked out what we eat is worth getting for herself and she's a determined little miss.

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                • #9
                  I have red wrigglers, hundreds of them! They eat the grinds without fuss. They say the coffee grinds slows their eating down, but they going ok.

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                  • #10
                    Haha awesome... our Cavalier just can't stand coffee! Anytime I put my espresso or latte cup near her just to smell, she pulls away, she doesn't like the smell at all!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by level3ninja View Post
                      My wife and I got a new puppy about 3 weeks ago.
                      Is it a Coffee Spaniel per chance?

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                      • #12
                        Our two dogs supervise every roast I do and on the off-chance that a bean or two escape the cooler when I'm fiddling about, they (the beans) never get a chance to hit the floor. Snaffled up before you can say Piccolo Latte...

                        Mal.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Yelta View Post
                          Perhaps cute L3N but very unwise to allow dogs to drink anything containing caffeine, they don't handle it well.

                          https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/pe...onous-to-dogs/
                          That is valuable information for pet owners. Some things that seem quite innocent can be lethal to our pets. Witnessed what happens to a dog who eats chocolate when an uncle who thought he was being kind to my mum's dog, fed it some Easter chocolate treats under the table. Similar to the caffeine poisioning symptoms in the link but with a seizure that was fatal. Not something you ever want to see again.

                          Our house cat absolutely hates the sound of the steam wand in action, not happy Jan....

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by CafeLotta View Post
                            That is valuable information for pet owners. Some things that seem quite innocent can be lethal to our pets. Witnessed what happens to a dog who eats chocolate when an uncle who thought he was being kind to my mum's dog, fed it some Easter chocolate treats under the table. Similar to the caffeine poisioning symptoms in the link but with a seizure that was fatal. Not something you ever want to see again.

                            Our house cat absolutely hates the sound of the steam wand in action, not happy Jan....

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                            Most unfortunate re your Mums dog, people do things with the best intentions, not realising the consequences, its devastating losing a pet in this manner, have been through it.

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                            • #15
                              A bit more info on the topic here, to add to that of Yelta's link above...
                              https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-p...xicity-in-pets

                              Mal.

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