them beautiful marrow bones from the butcher. I give them to the
dogs outside on the deck. I can always hose the deck down,
right...
My Rottie girl Sheena, like
to "nurse" a carcass for several
days, until it is "tender".
She will skip snacks and meals to do
this, and also will move
her carcasses to different locations on
the deck. She prefers the
sunniest parts of the deck. I actually
could make a sundial with
her carcasses, as she moves them as the
sun passes over. She has
this practice down to a very technical
science, and God forbid
that Sable and Damian go anywhere near
her bones. Sheena guards
them all day, and goes through the
extent of bringing her favorites
into my truck when we go out.
She sticks it in a cup holder
in the front of my Blazer. She will
bring it upstairs and hide
it under the bed, or beside it. I
don't know how many times
I have stepping on the damned things in
the dark. My foot was bruised
black on the bottom for two months
once.
She knows that she is not
allowed to bring the carnage into the
house, but sneaks the odd
one inside when I am preoccupied with
other tasks, and don't notice
her.
Well... today was one of those days.
There she is, laying on the
couch, like some sort of Goddess,
with a carcass between her
feet. She quickly put her big head
down to hide it, but I spotted
it. After a small tussle, she
lumbered outside to the
deck, and I had the carcass. I was about
to throw it out there after
her, but I then saw something move!
Upon closer inspection, and
to my horror, the thing was CRAWLING
with maggots. They were
falling out all over the couch, and onto
the carpet. Of course I
almost hurled and in my disgust, dropped
it on the floor. I did a
little dance of disgust, and started
running all over, trying
to figure out how to pick this thing
up. Maggots are crawling
around around in the meanwhile.
I regain my composure, and
wash my hands at least half a dozen
times, and find about four
or five plastic bags, and pick up the
bone, and promptly dispose
of it. Well now, what the hell am I
going to do with the maggots!!!
All the while I am gagging.
I grab the vacuum and afterwards,
throw out the bag. Now I have
the cushions off the couch,
and the covers removed. Today I will
find out if couch fabric
is washable. I wonder how I'll get the
cushions back in them. I
just finished steam cleaning the
carpet... three times, and
am considering a forth.
I was supposed to be at a
job site today, and had to phone Frank
and explain why I was not
there yet. He was more then HAPPY to
let me stay behind and take
care of the disaster. You should have
heard the LOOONG pause on
the other end when I explained
everything to him.
At least I got out of a days
worth of grouting (I wish I was
right about now). I am considering
on burning the house down now,
and perhaps my Blazer too.
She had that stupid carcass in there
today too. I didn't notice
until it was too late. When she sits in my front seat, she has a habit
of puttingher belongings in the cupholder. I wonder if I can buy a new
one? She has this
skill of being able to hide
objects in her mouth, much like a
Pelican would. I am scared
to get into my truck now...
EEEEWWWW!!! This is my private
hell. My biggest hates in life are
bugs and bacteria, and I
am reveling in both right about now.
I think I am going to go
take a shower now. I wonder how many
layers of skin I can manage
to scrub off.
