On my dog, to be exact. While this is serious, I’m trying to find my humor button. Dog in question is a 2 year old unaltered male German Shepherd.
I have just finished cleaning up round number 3, whose targets included the wall, a cardboard box containing one of those little ceramic cityscape Christmas scenes, and (of course) the floor and the washing machine.
Highlights of Round 1 include said dog climbing on top of an end table near the window so that he may poo upon it. I know this because there were poo-outlined pawprints on top of my washing machine, which was next to the end table. Most of the poo ended up on the table (this was still semi-solids mixed with liquid), a little on the floor. OK, must’ve eaten something weird, usually he tells me if he’s having an emergency but I was outside stacking hay. Clean up poo, keep an ear out for warning signs…
Round 2 began with what I thought sounded like a dog peeing on the floor. I stormed the laundry room only to find two very large, liquid-y brown puddles, one of which was on the gate across the door, and one very apologetic-looking GSD. Mopping up liquid poo is not simply a matter of soaking it up like water, but pushing it around until it’s all over the paper towel without simultaneously getting your hand in it. This is when I start to wonder if maybe we have some trouble brewing. Round 3 was heard to be explosive through two walls, hence the vertical surfaces being hit.
Dog is now tied outside on the porch, and this is the only time I’ve ever wished for an outside dog run. I am keeping an eye on him, but this is my transition day from working nights during the week to sleeping at night on my weekend, I’ve been awake a solid 24+ hours and I was actually on my way to bed when I heard Round 3. I just want to go to sleep. I will not leave him out there overnight and I’m too afraid of Rounds 4-100 occurring if I bring him in and put him up. :lol:
Obviously, monitoring him and will visit the vet if the explosive runs does not prove a passing visitor. He had not yet eaten today, unless he got into something outside, so I’m not even sure what set it off. Thoughts? Remedies? The doggy version of jingles? I am withholding food until it subsides, but what about water?
My other, a border collie, is (suspiciously) sitting gleefully by my side in perfect health. Nothing leaking from any orifice. Both dogs eat the same food, EVO Red Meat, and neither had eaten yet today when this began. No new treats, nothing out of the ordinary, and nothing disturbed or chewed in the room they sleep in. He seemed normal when I left to get hay around 3:00pm. He does not seem particularly lethargic but is thirsty.
