My Kitchen Rules - the Tiggy episode
After my initial horror and the provision of strict rules and instructions for all future MKR escapades I saw his point but I could not be amused as Wayne was, I'm far less of an optimist than he is. Synopsis of the practice session. A mean vegetarian satay stirfry was being whipped up by our chefs. Wok on the gas cook top, tofu and lovingly prepared vegetables (take one bag of stirfry vege from the freezer) in the wok. Wayne turned around to the island bar to prepare the satay sauce (open the bottle). Tiggy was left to supervise the wok. When Tiggy cooks with me she supervises all culinary efforts from her bed on the other side of the kitchen but she and Wayne have a much closer working relationship  Wayne turned around to check on the supervisor to discover that she had felt the need to really check out the cooking process. This required paws up on the edge of the counter and nose up close to ensure that all was going as planned. A true chef is always intently focussed on the fine details of the food  Tiggy was so focused on the food that she failed to notice a small detail - her left paw had caught fire.  Luckly Wayne turned around right as it happened and grabbed a teatowel and smothered it before she even noticed, let alone felt anything and started running which would obviously have mad matters far, far worse. There is a barely noticeable singed bit on the tip of her paw. Tiggy NEVER puts her paws on the counter when I'm cooking. Wayne is most put out at the strict new cooking rules that I have implemented. I have determined that she must stay on her bed, that Wayne must insist that she stay on her bed, that Wayne may not leave the cooktop while it is turned on unless Tiggy is crated. All on pain of death. |
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| Wow! That could of been much worse for Tiggy. So glad she's OK. Tiggy, don't you know too many cooks spoil the soup?  |
Oh Tiggy!!!!! How frightening for you, a litteral hot dog   You should always patrol the floor from your bed, that's a vantage point for supervision and falling morsels. Quick thinking on Wayne's part saved your marriage  |
auntybren wrote: Quick thinking on Wayne's part saved your marriage My thought too. Holy cow. Tiggy Tiggy Tiggy. You are already fabulous, you don't need to be flaming. Please be more careful Tiggy!  |
| Oh that could of turned out much worse. Tiggy, you must supervise from your bed, it's a much better prespective. |
| wow that was close. Years back a dog we knew called Heidi tried to "help" stoke the fire unfortunately she decided to do it with her very lovely long tail! Thankfully like Tiggy it was put out very quickly but she did get a short hair do for a good while after! Stay on the bed Tiggy and wait for the treats to fall from a guilty daddy! Next time he is cooking you can be sure of lots of treats!!!!!! Oes  |
| Oh Tiggy I will take a tip from tiggys tale. Russ here is the strict enforcer sit in the kitchen entrance whereas I am let them watch me from my side that is until they get in the way...now no more....kitchen entrance observers they will be. |
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| Oh my Tiggy! So glad you are ok! Years ago--my Persian kitty PJ--loved to check out what was cooking--one evening he sat down on the island near the stove and his tail caught on fire. I was across the kitchen at the table and did a flying leap and landed on top of him before he could run! He never even knew that he was on fire--but he had a hairless tail for about 6 months! I was grateful that night for LOTS of fur! It was like a wick--the fire was traveling toward his body when I landed on him! |
| My poor girls didn't understand tonight why they were banished from the kitchen while I was cooking. I told them to ask Tiggy, that she was responsible for the new rules. |
Oh Miss Tiggy we are very glad that you are ok !!  Please dont be reading the hunger games any more, you dont want to be "the girl on fire" Tilly say to tell you hello |
Hopadogmom wrote: Oh Miss Tiggy we are very glad that you are ok !! Please dont be reading the hunger games any more, you dont want to be "the girl on fire" Tilly say to tell you hello Good one Monica, I didn't think of the hunger games. Like some other dogs Tiggy is also somewhat bewildered by stricter enforcement of rules as she was blissfully unaware of anything being wrong and due to the long hair she didn't feel a thing. Tiggy says hello to Tilly right back. |
| That was a scary one! I hope the "responsible adult" learned his lesson....  |
got sheep wrote: That was a scary one! I hope the "responsible adult" learned his lesson.... Me too! Only time will tell. Attention to detail is not the responsible adults forte. SIGH |
| mim, try this, might be tougher with engineer types, but worth a shot.  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashi ... d=all&_r=0  |
MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  David and Wayne are definately related ME THINKS  Syd was the chicken bones out of the rubbish bag when dumb dumb realised they were missing , gutso had paws up on the bench, snoofer in the rubbish bag, and WOO HOO an extra treat. Me in the kitchen all 3 supervising but "Away" or as an Aussie says it, "P..s off" and they are never allowed near the stove.Think "Toddlers, Human lil uprights"? Tiggy SO GLAD Daddy did not let you go UP IN FLAMES!!!! Gawd MKR Chef needs to be sacked. |
guest58 wrote: mim, try this, might be tougher with engineer types, but worth a shot. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashi ... d=all&_r=0 Thanks for the reminder about incompatible behaviours. I've use training techniques on DH before but there are two problems. One being I can't positively reinforce behaviour that never occurs and two Mr Smarty Pants has studied psychology even more recently than I have so he knows what I'm doing. But I've not gone down the incompatible behaviour road for ages. It works with Tiggy except for her chasing so why not DH? Mind you just like you can't stop a badger from digging and you can't stop Tiggy from chasing small fluffy creatures, I suspect you can't stop DH from being blissfully unaware of much of what is going on around him. He's too busy doing engineering stuff in his head. |
| Oh, Tiggy, I am very happy you're ok and still going strong. Somebody sure need a superviser......not only Tiggy. Human beeings are also animals arn't they.........just had to laugh when I thought about your husbond and read what we often say about our dogs: "It's never the animal's fault.".........   |
| Grete, my husband insists that I say it's always his fault. My answer is I only say it's his fault when it is his fault. Can I help it if that is often? |
Mim wrote: Grete, my husband insists that I say it's always his fault. My answer is I only say it's his fault when it is his fault. Can I help it if that is often? Sounds like a 24 hour job............... |
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