Dog Reality

Posted on by Karen

Extremely long-term readers of the blog will know I was thinking about a dog before I ended up with Toby. Now that Toby’s gone, I just don’t think another cat can compare with him, so I’m back to dog thoughts.

I’m currently in the phase where I try to list out all the cons of dog ownership to see if this is something I really want to do. I hadn’t really considered eating random stuff? This is a thread from 2019 that I found again, and wow is it vivid:

screenshot of a post that says "What's the weirdest thing your dog ever ate and didn't need a trip to the vet for? Asking for me."

Screenshot of a post that says "In no particular order; deer legs, baby birds, tampons (used and new), rocks, diapers (used and new), plastic wrap, pizza boxes, 10-15 clif bars in a setting, three sticks of butter (along with those clif bars), fecal material (deer, cat, dog, human, bird, mustelid, bear...), etc" with a reply that says "Living the dream"
Screenshot of a post that says "Half a bottle of canola oil plus a whole fresh roll of toilet paper. If she hadn't barfed it up all over my bed we would have brought her to the vet." and a reply that says, "My dog ate an entire box of dishwasher tablets ..."
screenshot of a post that says, "Foam earplugs, goat poop, horse poop, hoof trimmings, lip balm (duh), used paper napkins, and a whole bird (maybe a starling) that she caught like a ninja and gulped down super fast."
Screenshot of a post with a happy dog and this text: "My name's Bentley and I love rocks, chocolate chip pancakes, lipstick, and used tampons that my mom has to pull out of my ass"

 

Of course, cats can be gross too: Screenshot of a post with a cat picture and this text: "This idiot once ate an entire bag of dried lentils (he thought they were cat food?) right before I had to leave for the airport. He then proceeded to vomit the lentils all over my suitcase."