puppy love: December 2005 Archives

The dog is completely housebroken but she never asks to go outside. We take her out first thing in the morning and she does her business, and then, if we are being especially forgetful or preoccupied, she won't go out again till dinner time (or till someone thinks "the dog hasn't gone out in umm ... 12 hours!"). Its not that we have an aversion to taking her out, its just that she is soooo low maintenance and mellow that we sometimes forget. I wonder how much time she spends really having to pee.

Anyway, tonight, an hour or two aftering having gone out last she started acting really weird. She was nervous and restless and running from window to window and panting. The coyotes were howling outside, so we thought maybe that was what had gotten her all worked up. We gave her water, put her in her kennel where she feels super secure, gave her treats ... nothing seemed to calm her down. We didn't think that maybe she needed to go out since she had just been out not long before.

All of a sudden the boyfriend says to me "Come here RIGHT NOW!" and I rush into the living room to see the poor mutt squatting in the corner relieving herself of a massive and very nasty pile of poo. Not to be too graphic but this was some pretty gross stuff.

The boyfriend grabbed the dog and took her outside while I started a clean up project of epic proportions. When the boyfriend and the dog returned from outside, the boyfriend could barely breathe. He attempted to help clean up the poo but couldn't do so without gagging ... while I was on my hands and knees cleaning up the mess.

Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture????

To the boyfriend's credit, in the end, he did a good job of forcing himself to clean up at least a small part of the mess.

To the dog's credit, (and NONE of this was the dog's fault! - stupid owners!), she actually attempted to make her deposit IN a planter that was sitting in the corner!! She must have figured that it was the closest thing in the apartment to grass and aimed for it. She actually landed a good bit of it in the planter, but the rest landed on the carpet.

And now that I have thoroughly ruined your supper, I am going to bed.