Why I don't have a dog.

There are numerous reasons why I don't have a dog and never intend to get one, however 30 minutes at a friend's house added two more reasons to avoid welcoming a dog into our home.
1. Injury. Gabe is not really comfortable around dogs and generally avoids close contact. Saturday night at our friends' house Gabe was sitting on the ottoman next to me and the two dogs were on the couch behind us (what is wrong with this picture? Dogs on couch, people on ottoman). The dogs were playing and then got into a little curfuffle and next thing I know the dogs are "yelling" at each other, Gabe freaks out and tries to get away but in the moment of shock and horror he tumbles off of the ottoman and launches into the solid wood TV stand. As he was trying to further escape the situation he gets up and stumbles on the stereo speakers and manages to knock the wii sensor off the top of the TV. He was crying out of fear and pain. I looked at his back and noticed that he had an instant bruise where he hit the TV stand. I was finally able to calm him down, comfort his little heart and numb the pain of the injury.
2. Gum. Apparently sorbitol is a death sentence for dogs and it is the number one ingredient in sugar-free gum. Shortly after Gabe's fall, we headed down to the pavilion to bbq some hot dogs for dinner. About 5 minutes after we left the house, Matt went back up to get something we forgot. When he came down he told us that the dogs got into my purse. Suddenly Mandi, the dogs owner and our gracious host, was horrified to hear that the dogs were eating gum. The incident that followed is horrible, sad, and disgusting. Mandi changed her clothes and then prepared a turkey baster and peroxide. She held down the dogs, I forced the peroxide treatment into their throats and we sat back and waited for them to barf. And then they barfed, and vomited, and hurled, yacked, and heaved for the next 15 minutes. It was clear which one ate the most gum.
That is a lot of dog incident for such a short period of time. I doubt we'll be invited back for a visit any time soon and surely we'll never be asked to dog-sit.

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Suzann said…
I do have a dog but he's Barrett's and I concur with you! How awful! But don't feel bad for a minute - it's the dumb dog's fault for getting into your purse and not having enough discipline to leave it alone! Hope Gabe is OK :0)

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