Why am I wearing surgical gloves to give my dog a bowl of water?
Well, yesterday morning, he jumped in the bank of the Seine, and it must have been a stagnant pool (hidden by the brush) because it was unbeLIEvably smelly. So I gave him a bath. Then last night, he found a dead crow, so he rubbed his face and body in it with heady delight. And then he wouldn’t come when I called because his savage instincts had taken over. He just munched on his bird.
Why, oh WHY didn’t anyone tell me this part about having a dog? Why, oh WHY didn’t I get a cat who just likes to roll in catnip?
So why am I wearing surgical gloves when I give my dog a bowl of water? Because this morning he found a dead possum in the field and he rolled in it.
And a piece of it got stuck in his collar.
And I had to get it out.
Ouch! NOT possum! PORCUPINE!!!!
Why didn’t anyone tell me? Why?
Potty training has nothing on this.
OMG NOOOOOO!!!!!
I could deal with the image of him rolling in dead animal carcasses.
But to actually SEE a piece of that carcass on his collar???
Heebie jeebies.
Alison recently posted…Afros and Muffins
gaaaah (shudder)
I have had – and known – many dogs over the years, but I hadn’t heard of this instinct to roll on dead animals before. (Maybe because I have always lived in cities/suburban areas?)
Poor you! The smell is bad enough, without seeing the evidence in his collar. 🙁
Kim@Co-Pilot Mom recently posted…The Shift
We researched it and apparently some do. We live near fields so he finds them more easily.
But yeah, gross!
You are kidding, right? I mean, this is staged and that piece of possum – er, porcupine – is really a bit of a stuffed animal, right?
Right?
We had a dog that liked to roll in carcasses every chance he got. When he wasn’t doing that, he was eating cat poop. He was eye-wateringly stinky.
Why, oh why are dogs SO disgusting?
Andrea recently posted…Desperate Drinks
Yes! THIS! eye-wateringly stinky
Oh no. Dogs are such beasts!
Vikki recently posted…Over The River
Why didn’t I get a cat? Whhhhy?! (even if you can’t bathe them without a trip to the ER) 😉
Wow! You are really being tested with this dog. 🙁 The stench of dead animals is bad enough, but quills too???
Mama D recently posted…Roller Coaster Day
Yes. We are working so hard for this dog. Miraculously, we still love him.
Eeeeewwwww.
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I’m laughing. WITH you. I’m laughing with you. Crazy dog.
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Thank you for your support. At least you’re not puking.
Currently ridiculously grateful that I am not a pet owner. Seriously.
Laura recently posted…In His Arms
Oh, you mean you didn’t pick one up WHILE you were moving? 😉
OMG…. now that is terrible! Our dog used to do that too and we’d have to give her bath after bath to get the smell off of her.
Good luck.
Jackie recently posted…No idea is original
I just bought some dog shampoo labeled “frequent use.”
Ewww bleechhhh omg blargghh….
Jennie! I was about to eat! And now I may never eat again!
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Angie, this comment made me laugh so hard. And … sorry.
AHHHHHH. Holy moly. I’ll stick with kids.
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You are one smart mama.
Sweet Mary Mother of God do I remember dogs. My last pooch, Shelby, who died at the age of 15, loved to kill any rodent she could get her teeth on. One night I walked through the dark pantry to get to our outdoor office and slipped on something wet and slick. I was berating my husband in my head for no doubt spilling something when I flipped on the light and realized I’d slipped in possum blood and that Shelby was curled up in her dog bed feasting on the possum remains. I can still feel that blood on the bottom of my feet, Ack.
Shannon Bradley-Colleary recently posted…My Shiksa Daughters Want to be Jewish
I didn’t think it was possible to have a worse image in my mind. 😉
I’m laughing with you too! (Which I needed). Anybody who’s had a dog understands. 🙂
Hi Glenda, welcome!! I’m in the club now (chuckle).
YUCK!!! I”m such a baby. My kids are begging for a dog. I just can’t handle another living thing with four kids.
Nina recently posted…Writing Books I’ve Loved
We only had three kids, so a dog seemed like a natural addition. But Resist, Nina, Resist! 🙂
Ha! Welcome to dog motherhood.
dusty earth mother recently posted…He’s finally found someone who will listen
You fooled me woman. You made me think it was all glamor. 😉
A certain someone asks me for a dog at least twice a week and I’ve been saying “not yet” for years. Might be another few years after seeing this. But that’s ok . . . I still have plenty of other valid excuses!!! Hope things calm down for you over there!
Yes, you still have a few more years of staving off that one, I think. It is good for the kids’ emotional development, but (in addition to the dead animals) you guys travel a lot, and that’s a constraint.
I am now deeply grateful for the severe allergies that keep dogs far, far, far from my care! Quite content with Zoom the Goldfish right now!
Bless Zoom’s little fishy heart. You are a wise woman.
Ok I get it…you should have gotten a cat (as I have just met you dog…and that dog be really high energy and crazy) but I am still wondering why you were wearing the gloves?!
Why, I imagined I would be touching decayed flesh. The gloves are no mystery! 😉
In the end, though, all I got was a handful of quills (which some locals told me were from a hedgehog and not a porcupine).
Oh. My. GAWD. What the ick? The collar. The bits stuck there. I just. I’d rather clean up my kids’ vomit and diarrhea. I’d be wearing five pairs of surgical gloves.
sarah reinhart recently posted…pick it up and scrape off the mulch
hee hee So I’m not the only one! (shudder)
oh my goodness, what a DOGGIE. Holy smokes!
we were just telling the boys about when Fenton (our dog) got sprayed by a skunk…so we never let him out without a leash on since (years, and years ago).
does that make us Bad dog parents? 🙂
Hope he behaves today!!
Kir recently posted…A Big Weepy, Messy Ball of Confusion (Pour Your Heart Out)
Is yours a hunting dog? I feel so bad keeping him on the leash all the time. He is so high energy.
PS Hi friend! (waving)
Oh good lord if ever I needed more ammunition in my ongoing discussion with my 8 yr old about why we can’t get a dog… (but your post made me laugh too, I have to say).
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You aren’t the only one laughing, but I wasn’t in the crowd! 🙂
I just feel so bad because ours is a hunting dog. He needs to run! But I am putting him on the leash more than before, especially when we walk by troubled areas.
And I thought it was disgusting when one of my dogs ate a live mole. This is sooo much worse. I thought you lived near the city?? Porcupines…no, no, a thousand times no.
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We are in a strange place because we are so close to Paris, but there are fields nearby where we go walking.
hahaha… And UGH, GROSS.
My older dog has a distinct and deliberate motion that lets me know he’s discovered something worth rolling in. He likes to grind in the goodness behind his ears. Dead frogs and dead worms are particular favorites of his. But then again, he also thinks goose poop is a delicacy…
Good luck! 🙂
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Oh gah! I’m never getting a dog. xo
tracy@sellabitmum recently posted…Feeling Selfish
Never. At least cats have catnip. No need to roll in carcasses. (shudder)