Dog Opens Cereal Box While Owner's Out, and You Can Guess What Happens Next

A small dog's rummage that led her to be coated with sticky cereal has sparked laughter online.

In a viral video, uploaded by the U.K.-based TikTok account thethreeamigosandme on December 17, shih tzu Crumpet was seen covered in the cereal.

The poor pooch had pieces of the sticky Sugar Puffs cereal, a popular brand in Britain, clinging to her fur and as the clip continued it became obvious how the incident happened.

The TikToker went into her kitchen where several cereal boxes were scattered on the floor with their contents spilled out.

"You'll be the death of me, you," the TikToker said to Crumpet. "I love you with all my heart, but you will be the death of me."

Thethreeamigosandme account explained in the video that she had only been out for an hour when the incident occurred.

Luckily, Crumpet was taken to a nearby dog groomer and her hair was shaved down, making it seem as though she was a completely different dog.

Newsweek reached out to thethreeamigosandme for comment via TikTok.

Expert's Opinion About Video

Joe Nutkins a dog-training instructor and co-director at the U.K.-based Dog Training for Essex and Suffolk, told Newsweek people should be careful about what foods their dogs consume.

"In this video, we can see that despite baby gates and cupboard doors one of the dogs has been able to get to three cereal packets and it's the Sugar Puffs that have been preferential going by the dog's new hairdo. Foods like this will contain lots of sugar as well as other filler ingredients that dogs aren't prepared for.

"They can cause their own problems such as digestive inflammation and pancreas issues, but on top of this, dogs that manage to access these forbidden foods often binge eat to get as much as they can which leads to not just diarrhea and sickness, but often explosive diarrhea and so much vomiting that they need to be in the vets for intravenous fluids to prevent being dangerously dehydrated.

"There's also the risk that a dog who has gotten hold of food they shouldn't have could also have an underlying condition known or not known and the ingredients of the human food can trigger irreversible symptoms."

Stopping Dogs From Stealing Food

According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), there are several things dog owners can do to prevent their companion animals from stealing food, which includes:

• Removing the opportunity. Make sure nothing, not even crumbs, remain on the counter.
• Not yelling if you see your dog sniffing around the kitchen, instead tell your dog to go to his place and reward it when it does so.
• Teaching your puppy to "leave it." That way if you catch your pup trying to snag something he shouldn't have, he should stop when the command is used.

Online Reaction to Post

TikTok user Vikkie said: "I need an update where was (were) you going and how did you get them out of her hahaha and your voice makes it so much more funnier."

Sarahhall9685 added: "Aww, naughty Crumpet, how can you be cross though seeing such a cute face? Crumpet obviously wanted to try a puffed-up fur-do."

Raine-raine believed the pooch wanted to be a member of a 1990s cartoon superhero team and commented: "She wanted to be a Power Puff Girl, but misunderstood the first word."

While tracygeorge5080 posted: "I thought Crumpet had caught some medieval disease, thank goodness it was Sugar Puffs."

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