Many Dogs And Other Things That Stink

[Fistandantalus]

Okay.  I get that Gustav is approaching and everybody's freaking out and no, I wouldn't want my husband and kids to go charging down to Houston when zillions of people are splitting in droves, but WAHHHHHH, they're NOT going away!  I really needed that break.  Oh well, time to man up.

I've got a dog staying here for a few days.  His name is Clue.  Clue is quite old,  blind and deaf, but his hair is to die for.  He's some kind of moppy dog, very nice and sweet, but all he does, (and I mean all he does) is wander around in circles bumping into things.  He really likes MJ; he keeps walking around and around her, rubbing his smell all over her and then he follows her.  She, in turn, still walks in circles so eventually she gets dizzy and tumps over.  Dougie (my mother's dog)came over today because my mother said he needed some stimulation and he's getting it the form of wandering around behind Clue, sniffing his butt whenever it swings by.

Two other dogs appeared mysteriously this morning in my parents' front yard.  "Spotty" and "Pig Dog" have tatty collars with no tags, long curly nails and appear to be "drop-offs" which makes me very angry because there's almost nothing I can do about that.  Pig Dog got into the swimming pool and had to be forcibly removed because he couldn't get OUT again.  When I did finally get him out he staggered off and barfed up an amazing amount of pool water.  Spotty plopped herself in the middle of the front walk and shows no signs of going anywhere anytime soon.  My parents are pissed, but what can we do?  There is no Animal Control out here and I'll be damned if I put up another drop-off dog.  The last one took me ten months to place and he wasn't middle-aged with a tendency to barf quarts of water.  So I'll leave 'em alone but I'm not feeding them.

[Moonrush]

Aug. 31, 2008 at 10:55 AM

If you can really suppress the urge to feed those dogs, I'll mail you a buck!  My bet is that you have either already fed them or that you will be feeding them in the next 24 hours.  Poor, hungry puppies.  No one wants them and the one almost dies from water inhalation.  I'll bet they'd  put a good word in for you with Their Saviour The Dyslexic Sky Dog when they reach the Puppy Sky Palace... which, I'll also bet, isn't a trip that's too far in the future for them.  Just feed 'em!  You know the guilt will eat you up if you don't.  And really, who couldn't use the recognition of an educationally challenged, fictional, divine canine?  Answer me that one.