Quote Originally Posted by Sowa View Post
I don't really like the thought of my dogs licking plates either. I also don't want them getting into a habit of thinking it's ok to sniff around my plate. Sometimes I get up for a minute (I have a low coffee table) I don't want them to think it's ok to take something off it. They have licked stuff off the plate when I wasn't looking, it's not really a big deal. I'd just rather they didn't.
I used to let Casey do this, but now that I think about it, you are probably best not to let them do this. Casey was a TERRIBLE food thief. I am thinking if we would not have started giving her bites of things she wouldn't have been this way.