Many years ago when we had a house full of chiildren and 2 dogs our springer spaniel suddenly had an awful bout of vomiting and diarrhoea. She too was very “hang dog” for a good few days but I’d no idea what had caused it. Until about a week later I discovered the very scant remnants of a marzipaned, iced and beautifully decorated Christmas Cake. Made by a friend, I’d tucked it away, boxed of course, behind a large armchair in the lounge. We had a big house and this was the one tidy room that children and dogs were not really supposed to be in unsupervised. Clearly that went well! The dog must have repeatedly nudged the sliding door until she could squeeze in, eat the 95% of the cake and then slink back out again. Amazingly the dog suffered absolutely no ill effects, sadly the same could not be said about the carpet in the hallway!