Celebrating newness and ageingness.
So thanks to the ever-delightful Joseph I am now the proud owner of a fancy new dot com which I'm led to believe has so far only been used to drive an old lady to Google and back and thusly was an absolute steal. Please enjoy his design work from afar but don't touch as grubby fingers leave marks.
Today is the birthday of my beloved hound Bob Ellis. She is six, and I'm starting to be concerned that between us we're tipping over the edge into crazy old ladysville. Here is a story which will illustrate my point and be suitably entertaining in a lightweight fashion:
Last week she was fast asleep on the couch when I got up to use the bathroom. I soon discovered that I was soaking wet and to be perfectly honest my first thought was OH GOD IT'S HAPPENED I'VE FINALLY LOST CONTROL WITHOUT REALISING THERE GOES MY LIFE AS A SWINGING TEEN as I do tend to panic somewhat in these kind of situations. Only a moment later it became clear that not only had Bob Ellis done a wee on the couch, she had done it in her sleep and was looking utterly bewildered and terrified, as one does.
The next day I called the vet to explain what had happened and to see if there was any cause for alarm.
Vet: I wouldn't worry too much. It could just be a one-off thing.
Me: Phew.
Vet: But if she does it again I'll need you to bring her in. With a urine sample.
Me: ...I'm sorry, a....?
Vet: Urine sample.
Beat.
Me: And how exactly am I supposed to get a urine sample from my dog?
Vet: Oh, it's easy. Next time you take her for a walk just have a plastic takeaway container with you. And when she's ready to go, pop it under her and grab a sample.
Me:.......
Vet: Hello?
Me: I'm supposed to follow my dog around the street with a plastic container and make her stand still long enough for me to catch her wee?
Vet: Yes.
Me: ...It's a good thing I live in such a colourful suburb, it really is.
p.s. Am I really the owner of the world's first bed-wetting dog?
85 days until the next election
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p.s. Your Atom feed seems to be not working proper-like & is turning the post title into the URL, absent the reasonsyouwillhateme.com domain. i.e. www.celebrating-newness-and-ageingness.com
Thanks for the heads up — should be fixed now.
Dogs are sweet.
I wish I had the time, or the friends to help me escape Google blogger as well!
The site looks great!
Many moons ago my darling mum had to collect urine samples from our dog. She would follow him around the streets of Kew with an old ice cream container. When challenged by an elderly man about what the dickens she thought she was doing, she politely answered 'Collecting urine samples.' The old gent replied 'Well, I suppose a girl needs a hobby.'
Great work Joseph.
Maybe Bob Ellis was having a lovely doggie dream and didn't want to wake up to have a wee. Bless her and Happy Birthday too.
If I understand correctly, and I don’t understand much, your dog soaked you unaware,if this is the case , I think you have some sensory loss, you were engrossed in a racy book, and you overexcited your dog with your thought waves.Nothing to be concerned about,just keep your distance when reading.Praise be to Bob
awesome.
Hopefully the dear pet... er, pet was just having a wee nightmare (my brain's obviously decided Tuesday is pun day again).
Not suggesting you should pee on Bob Ellis, Fits. In fact I don't know where I'm going with this. I think I might leave now.
Um, nice website?
I will absolutely not do a wee on my dog's head, Marmalade. But thank you for the thought.
I’d like to see Fits as a Vargas girl, voice included. Your site design is ace.
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...and Joseph, nice Ajax work on the comments preview there. Very Web 2.0,
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*sits in awe of prettiness*
Perhaps you could put Bob Ellis' paw in a bowl of water while she sleeps? Then post pictures of it all over school the next day...
Ahem.
Hello nurse etc.
From what I can gather Bob Ellis merely wet the couch. My darling peaches (also staffy) wet the actual bed last night, the one in which I graciously let her and the Isabelle th Doberman Take over on a nightly basis, with me still in it, as well as chopper the cat, and a teenage daughter.
I dont think I'll ever be a $400 sheet person. But thats ok I think being a dog person is far more virtuous, and a lot more cuddly. I guess you never get away from a wet spot of some sorts though, even if your not getting any.
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So I have nothing to say.
Sorry.
Dont worry about the pissing bob,although it will probably get worse as he gets older.My cat left so many charming suprises around the house in her twilight years that i am still finding them 8 years after she passed.What a cat though.never have i experienced love like that,although my mums jack russell "Midas" is starting move me.He likes tennis balls,rubber gloves,anything that bounces,any hot bitch in the hood(he has many pups and he aint that old) and he sits under the lemon tree waiting for them to drop off-as soon as they do he vicously attacks and pulls bitter lemon faces at the same time.Quite a classic pooch.
p.s..A clue to the venue you were trying to work out with the wide age gap...Its very high up...
Don't worry about Bob Ellis, both our pups have had a couple of little accidents. Our girl wet the bed while having an intense doggy dream & our boy wet himself when there was a huge hail storm and the skylight smashed. Actually I nearly wet myself too when that happened.
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Marmalade... You funny lady :)
I figure a bit of dog pee isnt gunna kill any of us. I don't HAVE to tell my guests the exact reason why the sofa has a wet patch anyway. If the guests dont like my dogs... I dont really want them visiting ANYWAY.
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