Check Your Lids Before Cooking

Madison has been pretty good since we have brought home Izzy to entertain her; however, she did strike again. Tonight I was making dinner and was boiling water. Once the water was boiling rapidly I grabbed for the lid and screamed while dropping the lid because it was extremely hot. My first instinct was “what the hell?” and “how did that happen?” I have never been burned by grabbing for the lid handle before. Then I looked at the lid again and realized the rubber that covers the metal handle was missing and it was missing from all the lids to our pots. That is when Andy came in to see what all the commotion is about. I asked him about the rubber missing from the lids and he said “Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you about that.” Yeah, I guess so! Apparently Madison got into the cupboard where the pots and lids are kept and chewed the rubber coating off all the lids. This apparently happened recently and Andy just forgot to tell me. I didn’t notice the missing rubber because who inspects their pots before cooking? I just did what I normally do and then found out that my fingers are on fire from touching extremely hot metal. So, as I type this I am typing slowly because the padding to my left hand fingers are pretty raw right now. I suggest anyone with a puppy who is a chewer to inspect the lids to their pots before boiling water.