Eamon O’Connell: The ‘chew-rious’ incident of the dog in the night-time
Animals will gnaw anything if you’re not vigilant – and we’ve had a few recent reminders that could have been very costly
'Heifers are very curious animals and, when indoors in the shed, they are bored. Curious and bored is a bad combination'. Photo: Alf Harvey
Friday night in our house is often movie night. The kids get to pick the film, and they get hot chocolate and a big bowl of popcorn.
Of course, by the time the bowl comes around to me, all that’s usually left is a few burnt bits and a handful of hard kernels. I have a terrible habit of gnawing on these kernels, with one eye on a Disney classic and the other on the laptop — and they can get horribly stuck between your teeth.
