Barsik
Yesterday it snowed here in Denver. I was busy at work and did not want to go out in the snow to let Barsik out at lunch. Yes, leaving the dog inside for almost 9 or 10 hours is tough….I usually let him out at lunch unless I have a compelling reason not to drive home. When I do stay at work all day, I try to spend extra time in the evening playing with the dog. So yesterday, I let him off the leash and he ran around in the apartment courtyard.
Unfortunately, when there is fresh snow, Barsik’s favorite activity is finding the frozen crap of other dogs, digging it up, running around with it in his mouth, and sometimes, eating it. It is totally disgusting, but he can’t help himself, and I didn’t stop it like I usually do since I wanted him to get enough exercise after being inside all day. This was a mistake.
Last night I let Barsik in bed with me. I normally can’t do this when A-Yo is here, since she forbids the dog from sleeping with us…and not without good reason, if you read further…but since she is out of town, I decided to indulge our precious, lovable Barsik and let him sleep at the foot of the bed.
In the middle of the night I was awakened by Barsik squirming around and then getting down from the bed. I figured he was just going back to his cage to sleep (he loves his cage). But then I hear…ack ack uuuahuuacksplat…the traumatizing sound of a dog yaking. I turn on the light and to my horror, see that Barsik had puked…and not normal puke…the puke was the partially digested crap of other dogs! (yes, this blog post has come full circle, for all of you following at home). Luckily it was all confined to the doormat by the entryway. Even though he eats other dog’s crap, Barsik is actually very smart and will try to wait by the door for you to open it if he has to puke (which happens occasionally).
So to summarize – 10 seconds after being in my bed, my dog regurgitated the feces of other dogs onto my welcome mat. If that is not a convincing reason not to let dogs sleep in your bed, I don’t know what is. I just glad he decided to make it to the door…I think I would have completely flipped out if I had woken up and found vomit-shit on my bedsheets.
sneaky
sick!
Now, Leela leaving the occasional turd around your apartment doesn’t sound so bad, does it?