This is a silly question. The only ones who will answer "no" are the people who don't have dogs!

I have two Rottweilers who's kitchen functions include "vacuum cleaner", "disposal unit", taste tester" and "obstacle". (The last one they have elevated to an art form). Neither one has met more than one or two food groups they don't like.

One of the most amusing dog/kitchen incidents involved Siracha sauce. My younger male sampled some from my fingers, made some very funny faces and backed away. My older female licked some off my finger...and then came back for more, as the younger dog watched in amazement: "NO WAY! You EAT that stuff???"

It always amazes me how they can hear the air being parted by a falling shred of cheese from across the house, but outside, you can call until your lungs fall out....

My dog is always right behind wherever I am in the kitchen. I can never turn around too fast because he's always there. He cleans up all of the things I drop...especially if they're carrots or peppers (his favorites).

TWOWHEELER, thanks for the early am chuckles! Yes, that's what dogs are for! My dog also does some combination of obstacle, vacuum, and taste tester. Or when she just wants to be near me, she lays down in the kitchen doorway and watches. She loves fruit and veggies and peanut butter. There are few things she won't eat - mushrooms and lettuce among them. This 20lb cavalier king charles spaniel once took down an entire plate of asparagus when I walked out of a room. I also once left her alone in the room - for one second - with a plate of shrimp with mixed vegetables. Upon returning to the room, the dog spit up an entire unchewed jumbo shrimp and piece of broccoli. She clearly saw her opportunity when I left and glommed!

Twowheeler: How very true! My dogs seem to follow similar protocols. The Weim is my obstacle, the Corgi and Weim are the vacuum and taste tester. My corgi, however, has better success in the vacuum/taste tester role as she is smaller and can get into spaces he can't. Plus, she is much more astute too.

Both dogs have never met a vegetable or fruit that has fallen that they didn't like! They will eat lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and any fruit that has been made a sacrifice to the floor. Half the time, they catch it and eat it and then realize maybe it wasn't what they wanted after all. Even if it is raw eggs with shell, bleh.

My dog is always ready to help taste things in the kitchen! Even when no one's there, he sometimes cruises through with his nose to the ground, checking for any crumbs he might have missed before.

My beagle is a certified counter surfer. Sometimes he is so intent on what I am doing that he is practically sitting on my feet (I wouldn't have it any other way).

Awwwww....love seeing these photos and hearing everyone's stories. Our poochie tends to be more underfoot when my husband's in the kitchen, hovering around his ankles--she knows he's the sucker in the family! Whereas with me ("bad cop"), she's more polite, lurking at the doorway with a constant, inquiring "may I?" look on her face. Cutie.

And since we're talking about dogs playing vacuum in the kitchen, I think it doesn't hurt to remind everyone of what people foods can be poisonous to dogs--the ASPCA has a useful list: www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/people-foods.aspx (as well as *great* poison control hotline, phone # posted on the page).

My dog knows to wait for the ok to vacuum the floor, in case it's some food items she's forbidden to eat (like onions, which I tend to drop on the floor a lot). She sits just out of the way and stays there until I'm done in the kitchan.

Keep me company is an understatement. My pug stands directly in front of my feet whenever I'm chopping things -- easy access to dropped veggies/meat!

Can we have house rabbits in the kitchen next?

Dogs are the single most useful appliance in my kitchen.

My dog specializes in being underfoot. One time my mom was at my house, and trying to help me in the kitchen, and she obviously was getting annoyed by it. She said "You'll have to train her not to do that." You can imagine how well that went over! Neither me or my dog have any interest in changing protocol, thankyouverymuch.

Dogs rule. Mine are veggie hounds. They loves them their raw veggies...cabbage, cukes, bell peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, celery, radishes, you name it. Rosie & Lulu love veggies even more than meat trimmings, I think (though they certainly won't turn those down). I can't imagine cooking without my little, furry vacuum cleaners at my feet. They make my kitchen the soul of the house, for sure.

my dog julius is a bigger star on my blog than the food! he has his own facebook page now too:

http://www.facebook.com/JuliusChenwald

My pup is very shy and reserved--a delicate flower. She isn't interested in the food that falls from the counters. She is only interested in being as close to me as possible at all times. If I stand in any one place for a few seconds (chopping veggies, etc.), she lays down over my feet. I have to gently slide my feet out from under her in order to move.

My two German Shedders are masters at being underfoot! They're not a fan of veggies, and a stern "NO" will get them to back off from forbidden foods such as onions or chocolate.

<3 my babies. :)