Ripping Plastic Bags Apart

[brindlehound]

I thought about putting this in Cute and Funny but am putting it here. Ever since I adopted Joy a year ago, she has been obsessed with ripping apart plastic bags. She doesn't eat the plastic; just rips it up. Usually she waits until the bags are empty but I have been known to find the contents of a bag strewn along the hallway or on the stairs as she takes the bag downstairs.

 

Does anyone else's hounds do this?

[Fostr_Mom]

Gracie Mae is afraid of plastic bags, but Kyle will grab a bag if it smells like food.

[greysmom]

I think they use plastic bags as training lures sometimes. I know they use them in coursing events. And Toni goes nuts if I use one on our lure pole.

[Dawnnziggy]

Myrtle is afraid of them!

[Guest AimeeBee]

George loves them and will shred them if he can, he won't eat the pieces -- just tears the bag apart. Also, he goes crazy if I tie one to a lure pole for him to chase around.

[GreytHoundPoet]

Yup! Mine have all been lure coursing hounds at one point (or are going to be when they grow up) so it is kind of natural. My puppies start chasing them at 8-weeks-old and we let them "kill" the bag so that they get the prize (but don't let them eat it, obviously).

Edited June 6, 2016 by GreytHoundPoet

[GreytHoundPoet]

Here is Finnegan doing a puppy run with a bag that he ripped off the line in his mouth. He ran muzzled after that to save the bags because he'd destroy them at the end.