Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Substance that Defeated Barbie's Iron Stomach


Sure, it wasn't you, was it, Princess?

The dogs always get something raw with kibble for dinner. I went to the shops last week, and they had chicken livers and chicken necks. I decided to get both even though the dogs hadn't had liver before. I put one liver each in their bowls, as well as 4 chicken necks and a cup of kibble. I fed Barbie in her crate as usual, and Bender in the kitchen/dining area as usual. I noticed Bender licked all the kibble off his chicken liver. He didn't think it was edible, so he left it in his bowl.

Barbie sauntered in and took the chicken liver from his bowl and ate it on her bed. She was keeping an eye on Bender all the time to make sure he wasn't going to attack her for taking it. She seemed to enjoy it very much.

The next day, I opened the front door and could smell something slightly bad. I thought I could smell the kitty tray, sometimes the house gets a bit musty and stinky when it is shut up all day. I let the dogs in, wheeled in my bike and then went to go to the bathroom, when I found a poo explosion. It was almost entirely liquid and was spattered on the walls. I was glad that she chose to do it in the bathroom - made it much easier to clean.

When I was cleaning it up, I thought, after having dogs having kids must be a breeze. For all the disgusting things dogs leave for you to clean up, kids cannot be much worse.

In other news, I made the following greyhound adoption PSA last night. It puts a couple of Barbie's tricks into use and I think is pretty cute. Hope you like it and feel free to share it.


Also, if you are after any copyright-free classical music, I found this awesome website called musopen. Check it out.

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Ewwwww gross poo explosion!!! YUK!!! Very lucky that she chose to do it in the bathroom mind you.
Your video is great, well done :) super cute!
1 reply · active 730 weeks ago
I'd never seen a poo explosion before... Bender has done a 'poo flood' after drinking too much sea water as a pup... but this was something else!

I'm actually really starting to enjoy making videos and starting to appreciate how much thought and time goes into good ones!
I used to have a family of Shelties and seemed to spend a lot of time washing hairy bums, lol. But I don't think I've ever had to clean a whole room. That was very considerate of Barbie to do her explosion in the bathroom!! It could have been much worse:)

Great video and I'm checking out the music site. Well done.
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
haha my mother has a terrier cross dog whose hairy bum needs cleaning!

Barbie's funny, I think it's taken me a while to drum it into her that you can't just go to the toilet anywhere, and now she is considerate enough to use the tiled room to explode in!
I've heard some people say that dogs are harder than kids. Hard to believe, but I'm starting to. :-) The video is very cute, Barbie's wave is perfect.
1 reply · active 730 weeks ago
I think the challenges are different, and dogs don't ever really get past the 5 year old level... but it's funny how I can't help myself - I always compare my friend's kids with my dogs hahah
lol, unrecognisable mess? Bender spews on the carpet often. Once he ingested so much sand while fetching his ball that he spewed mud onto the carpet!
On the walls??? OMG!! I must say it has been a while since I've had a poo explosion in our house. (cross my fingers). Aren't dogs great??
2 replies · active 730 weeks ago
And I loved the video! Very cute!
haha they are great, desensitising us to the great horrors of the world (poo and spew!)
That was a very cute video :) The sunshine streaming in made it very cheery as well :)

Bummer bout the 'explosion' :( Guess no more raw chicken liver for the Barbie gal.

Waggin at ya,
Roo
I love the video! Barbie makes an excellent spokesdog. I'm waving back!
Oh, that sounds disgusting!! You poor thing - having to clean that up!

When we were swapping to raw, there were a lot of vets I spoke to who didn't believe in "mixing" the 2 types of diets. They said this is when people often have problems with "going raw" - because the dogs' stomachs have to have different acids & enzymes, etc for digesting raw meat, etc. Vs. digesting grain and so if you keep inter-changing, it upsets the balance - they can never settle on one type - and so they get diarrhoea, etc. So they believe it is better to go cold turkey when you're swapping and then stick to one or the other. That's what we did with Honey. But having said that, I know a lot of people who feed a combination of the 2 and manage OK - I guess it all depends on the dog. We tend to feed primarily raw but we do give HOney a bit of cooked wholegrains (eg, brown rice) with her evening meal. But the amount is very small in comparison to her raw portions so her diet is still raw meaty bones-based rather than "grain-based".

Anyway, hope it doesn't happen again!
Hsin-Yi
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
I gave her liver again the next two nights and she was fine. I think it was just so rich compared with chicken necks that when she ate two of them it was a bit much. Bender still won't eat livers. Funny boy.

I've been mixing diets for the 5 years I've had Bender and have never had any issues. The only issue Bender has is if you suddenly change the type of kibble. Dentabones always upset Bender's stomach, but apart from that I really haven't had any trouble.
Oh blech. Liver is bad enough, but liver processed through the fart-tubes of a greyhound ... I'd be gagging.
Is Barbie waving or raising her hand to admit to the splatter?
1 reply · active 730 weeks ago
hahah she would NEVER admit it!
Yucky!!! I hate that smell when I come home from work.

Cute tricks!

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