Maple had been running off leash often in a wooded area for a few days straight. There were lots of other dogs for her to interact with. Although I’ll admit my efforts were limited I did try to discourage her from devouring every stick in sight. She still managed to eat a bunch. One day I noticed that her poo was spotted with blood. She seemed fine so I resisted my inclination to panic. It seemed to have been a one time occurrence. A few days later I dropped her off at the kennel and we headed off for a ski holiday.
When I picked Maple up, the lady on duty mentioned that she had vomited a little bit. Fatigue she had said. It sounded a bit weird since Maple can run day and night and never gets tired. She is, the Energizer Battery of dogs. Upon arriving home, Maple did seem a little lethargic and even led me to the door after her final nightly pee. It turned out that she had some more business to attend to, this time poo, the mushy kind.
If I was even the slightest bit worried that she would have an accident in the night, I didn’t act on it. When she came into my bedroom at 1:00a.m. wagging her tail, I led her back into my son’s room to sleep. The next morning, there were some presents waiting for me by the front door on our carpet. I could have kicked myself for not getting up to take her outside. She was trying to tell me something, I just wasn’t listening.
It took an hour an a half just to remove Maple’s little gifts off the carpet, but it still wasn’t clean. Scrambling I called the carpet cleaners and declared a toxic emergency. They told me they could come on Thursday. That seemed like a very long time since it was only Monday. I told them to keep me in mind if they had a cancellation. An hour later, they called me to tell me they did. All of a sudden I felt pretty lucky. The carpets got cleaned the same day.
Not sure what is wrong with Maple. She still has the blood thing so I am going to the vet to find out tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted on my next post. (ha. ha.)
When I picked Maple up, the lady on duty mentioned that she had vomited a little bit. Fatigue she had said. It sounded a bit weird since Maple can run day and night and never gets tired. She is, the Energizer Battery of dogs. Upon arriving home, Maple did seem a little lethargic and even led me to the door after her final nightly pee. It turned out that she had some more business to attend to, this time poo, the mushy kind.
If I was even the slightest bit worried that she would have an accident in the night, I didn’t act on it. When she came into my bedroom at 1:00a.m. wagging her tail, I led her back into my son’s room to sleep. The next morning, there were some presents waiting for me by the front door on our carpet. I could have kicked myself for not getting up to take her outside. She was trying to tell me something, I just wasn’t listening.
It took an hour an a half just to remove Maple’s little gifts off the carpet, but it still wasn’t clean. Scrambling I called the carpet cleaners and declared a toxic emergency. They told me they could come on Thursday. That seemed like a very long time since it was only Monday. I told them to keep me in mind if they had a cancellation. An hour later, they called me to tell me they did. All of a sudden I felt pretty lucky. The carpets got cleaned the same day.
Not sure what is wrong with Maple. She still has the blood thing so I am going to the vet to find out tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted on my next post. (ha. ha.)
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