Dogs are disgusting - but we love them anyway

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, My dog thinks everything on the ground belongs to her - no matter how rank, smelly or questionable. If she finds it, she’ll casually drop down onto it for a bit of a roll around - the canine equivalent of a squirt of Miss Dior at the Farmers counter. She sniffs it, her version of reading the evening news - ‘Oh yes, Tiddles at number 16 is on a diet. Rolf at 47 has a cat in the house! Shocking!’ Or she eats it - gross. When it comes to the first two, dog owners love a bit of harmless anthropomorphism. It’s how we relate to these strange and wonderful furry creatures we share our lives with - and it’s kind of cute to imagine the neighbourhood dogs leaving little coded messages for each other. Eating random things, however, is not cute. In fact, it’s dangerous, as a recent trip to the emergency vet proved, [after my dog ate something mouldy.]( It is possible to control a food-obsessed dog, I’m assured. So I’ve enrolled us both in some training classes. We’re going to learn a solid recall - she’s good, but not when it comes to a tasty bit of road kill - and a solid ‘drop’ or ‘leave’ command. I’ll report back and let you know how it goes. Happy weekend! [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Kylie Klein-Nixon [padding] Homed Senior Reporter [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Lifted to royal heights [spacer] The Passmores thought they might have to sell the home they built in the 70s when access became an issue - then they discovered home lifts. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Southland calling [spacer] Forget Queenstown - this couple chucked the high life for Riverton, the so-called “Riviera of the south”. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] How to beat the cost of living [spacer] "The only expense we have is I buy a bit of food at the supermarket once a week. No power bill, no water bill, [and] our rates are $500 a year." [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] A-OK home in Canterbury [spacer] The “as-is, where-is” property is uninsured and uninhabited, but it has magnificent views. A renovation would be “a challenge that’s not for the faint-hearted”. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Ponsonby in your pocket [spacer] It’s amazing just how much land you can “discover”, even on a tiny plot when you clear away all the extraneous stuff – a scraggly bush, some broken paving and nondescript plants. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] A grand round house [spacer] Grand Designs NZ: The 12 sided house will look round once all the cladding is on. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]