Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Kaopectate and Charcoal


I was asked by another dog owner what was the naughtiest thing your Bella has done? Here is what i wrote.

Well, after 12 years, it's more like what hasn't my naughty Bella done. The short list: stole everything (Bella motto: What is mine is mine, what is your is mine.), eaten every and anything (many trips to the vet), chased cats (and sorry to say, killed one, yes my girl is a killer), destroyed books, belts, rugs, quilts, chairs and anything else you can think of, jump through one of our windows to get to a squirrel and even started a fight between two other dogs so that she could steal their toy (sometimes she just a little too smart).
Though, the naughtiest (or funniest, cause when you have a weime Bella you just have to laugh) was when we came home one day and she greeted us at the door with a chewed up container of Mink-oil (she had gotten into the cabinent, found and ate it). After calling the maker, poison control, our vet, friends, family and anyone else we could think of, we rushed her to Dr Hyatt (her vet).

Now you have to understand that by this time, Bella had challenged Dr. Hyatt's genius many, many times over (her file she the size of War & Peace, no joke, but that's another story) and that to have a silly weime show up with her chewed up victim (she had worked hard for that container damnit and was not giving it up). Anyway, after he had got through laughing his head off (by this time we all knew there was nothing piosonous in it) he brought out the largest syringe of Kaopectate and charcoal that i have ever seen. We then had to try and squirt this nasty blacker than black concoction into her month and get her to shallow it (not an easy task with a crazy weime) Scott was volunteered to help hold the monster with an assistant while Dr. Hyatt tried to get the concoction into a very not so pleased weime's month. In the end, Bella, Scott, the assistant, Dr. Hyatt and pertty much every surface in the office was covered completely with this wonderful black nasty mess (and no it didn't wash out). I think she only shallowed maybe a teaspoon or two. Now just picture three grown men and a smiling weimaraner sitting the middle of a room with this stuff everywhere covered with this super black gooey yuckiness.

Non the less, no runs or upset tummy, just nice hard blacker than night poops. i think she still to this day looks for that container and i know she thought the whole mess was funny, she is a little freaking comedian.

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