Ugh...stupid wooly worms!

Meg found a wooly worm today (people in our area think you can predict what kind of winter you will have by looking at them, I never got the hang of that.) Meg thought it was an interesting creature and pawed it around on the porch for a bit. I thought it was dead, pushed it off the porch and headed for the yard, Meg did a sharp U-turn and grabbed it up with her mouth and ran...it was as if she NEVER heard the leave it command in her life. I have to confess I am not a bug person and while I can generally hold my hand under her mouth and say drop it, I was not going to have her drop a bug into my hand. She ate it! I did not know the fur on them was so harsh and she hacked and coughed for hours and tried to eat all the grass she could. I finally decided a piece of bread might help push any residual 'wool' down and it helped a lot. Hope she learned her lesson, wooly worms may be fun toys but they are not good meals.

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Permalink Reply by Miss Ellie on October 2, 2013 at 4:45am

Gross...poor Meg...you wonder what goes through a dog's mind...that that fuzzy critter would be even remotely tasty...Lol

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Permalink Reply by Judy, Meg & Polly Wolly Doodle on October 2, 2013 at 5:05am

Right and I hope she learned a lesson but I doubt it. My husband actually had one of those critters drop down inside his shirt and he had a ugly rash there for several days that drove him nuts. He said it was no wonder she was trying to hack that wool out of her throat.