Camaro_94
02-03-2010, 04:31 PM
No, its not broken... But it might as well be!
Heres my situation. 2 days ago, I went to go cook breakfast and used the toaster to cook toast (who woulda thought? :hmm:). I guess there was a piece of bread or something on the bottom that was burnt and sent off the smoke detector. I see my german shepard sprint towards the basement because she didnt like the sound of the smoke alarm. I run to turn it off because I knew she didnt like it, and pull the toast out after I go to shut the smoke alarm off. I went downstairs to see what my dog was up to, and tried to get her to come upstairs. She went into the laundry room and was laying down.. I went upstairs and let her calm down in the basement and waited until she felt comfortable to come back up. I cleaned out the toaster while she was downstairs..... And figured nothing of it.
Yesterday, same thing happened. I guess I didnt completely clean the toaster out, and the smoke alarm goes off again! Same process as monday. She sprints downstairs, I run to turn the smoke alarm off, and go downstairs with a dog treat for her. I go back upstairs, clean the entire toaster out, and make sure theres NOTHING left behind so this wont happen again.
My dog comes back up 30 minutes later, and I give her a bunch of treats as an appology.
Today, I go to make toast again. The toaster was cleaned, and no smoke alarm. As soon as I put the toast in, she sprints back downstairs, eventhough theres no smoke alarm. I think she put 2 + 2 together and thinks that whenever I use the toaster the smoke alarm will go off. Good logic from a dogs point of view, but its not fun from mine! So now I cant even use the toaster without her getting afraid of the smoke alarm, even though it doesnt go off!
What do I have to do now? I dont want her to be scared of the toaster... And its a perfectly fine working one too... But I think the only way to solve this is to buy a new one...
Anyone else ever deal with something similar to this with an animal before?
Heres my situation. 2 days ago, I went to go cook breakfast and used the toaster to cook toast (who woulda thought? :hmm:). I guess there was a piece of bread or something on the bottom that was burnt and sent off the smoke detector. I see my german shepard sprint towards the basement because she didnt like the sound of the smoke alarm. I run to turn it off because I knew she didnt like it, and pull the toast out after I go to shut the smoke alarm off. I went downstairs to see what my dog was up to, and tried to get her to come upstairs. She went into the laundry room and was laying down.. I went upstairs and let her calm down in the basement and waited until she felt comfortable to come back up. I cleaned out the toaster while she was downstairs..... And figured nothing of it.
Yesterday, same thing happened. I guess I didnt completely clean the toaster out, and the smoke alarm goes off again! Same process as monday. She sprints downstairs, I run to turn the smoke alarm off, and go downstairs with a dog treat for her. I go back upstairs, clean the entire toaster out, and make sure theres NOTHING left behind so this wont happen again.
My dog comes back up 30 minutes later, and I give her a bunch of treats as an appology.
Today, I go to make toast again. The toaster was cleaned, and no smoke alarm. As soon as I put the toast in, she sprints back downstairs, eventhough theres no smoke alarm. I think she put 2 + 2 together and thinks that whenever I use the toaster the smoke alarm will go off. Good logic from a dogs point of view, but its not fun from mine! So now I cant even use the toaster without her getting afraid of the smoke alarm, even though it doesnt go off!
What do I have to do now? I dont want her to be scared of the toaster... And its a perfectly fine working one too... But I think the only way to solve this is to buy a new one...
Anyone else ever deal with something similar to this with an animal before?