Anyone want a dog?
Just when I thought I couldn’t despise Rosco any more, this morning he crossed a line that should never be crossed. I was undertaking the lovely job of changing Falco’s dirty diaper, which has to be done on the floor now so that I can pin him down with my leg to inhibit him from leaving the scene or involving his hands. The offending diaper was off, and I set it down behind me while I cleaned him up and put on the clean one. I turn around to pick it up when the job is done, and there is Rosco, licking the dirty diaper. That’s right. My dog was eating human excrement. I was ready to throw him out on the street right then, even more so than after he has destroyed yet another of Falco’s toys. As far as I’m concerned, if you are eating human shit, you are not domesticated. Unfortunately, since he is nearly blind and deaf and dumb as a rock, I don’t think he could live off the land if I set him free to live like a wild animal.
ETA: Before anyone attacks me, this post was sarcastic if that wasn’t clear. Obviously I am not really going to let my 12-year-old shit tzu fend for himself on the streets. Sheesh.
Anyone want a dog? said,
May 20, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
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Lynne said,
May 20, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
Andi - you are a saint. You don’t need to add on a disclaimer. I mentally strangle my effing dog multiple times a day some (bad) days. And eating baby poo is just super grody. Bad Ross!
And, bright side? At very least he wasn’t rolling in it.
andi said,
May 20, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
This post showed up almost immediately on some kind of automatic blog that picks up stories about dogs. Probably no one actually reads it, but I didn’t want doggie activists flaming me.
True words that rolling in poop would be worse. If that happened, maybe the post wouldn’t have been sarcastic!