This reminds me of a story...
My mom's garden used to have all these slugs. Slugs eat plants, so she wanted to get rid of 'em. She read somewhere that you can kill slugs by putting some beer (cheap, cheap beer) in a bowl, the slugs are attracted to it, then they drown. Well, this seemed like a great idea: no pesticides and safe for the plants. Sure enough, only minutes after she puts it out, the dog goes and drinks all the beer. I miss that dog.
My current dog is more of a wino, but he's a poodle, so it makes sense.