Funny and Embarrassing Story

[Maya]

Hi, everybody:

Two days ago was Orthodox Christmas Eve ( some call it Greek or Russian) and we had some relatives and friends over for dinner. As soon as they started coming, a friend wanted to take Cassie for a walk, and came back with her about 20 min. later. That was around 6pm. As people were arriving, everybody was admiring Cassie, oohing and awwwing, how cute she is, how well-behaved, friendly, mellow... While we were having dinner people were sitting on the chairs around the table, and on the couches, some on the floor, and Cassie was walking around, not begging, or bothering anybody, which of course, impressed the guests even more. Then around 8pm, my cousin wanted to burn off some calories, so she took Cassie out for another 15-20 min. walk. They came back as we were starting coffee and dessert, and then I heard some excited voices 'Is she... oh, yes, she is... NO, Cassie'... she was POOPING in the middle of the living room, right in front of all the guests!!! As they started with the 'No, Cassie', she was trying to get away from there, while at the same time trying to finish the business, so you can imagine how appealing THAT was!!! One silver lining, though: the poop was hard, thank goodness!

My husband and I couldn' believe our eyes! She had not had a pooping accident in a looong time, I think over a month. She did not eat any human food that night, nor did she seem overly excited or confused with all the people around her, PLUS she had just had 2 walkes within the last 2 hours (both poopless walks, though). We think (HOPE) that she'd tried to alert us by ringing her bell, but we couldn't hear her, because of all the people talking and the kids screaming excitedly while playing WII.

After the guests left, my husband and I kept 'reliving' the moment, and had to laugh every time we remembered the sight of Cassie leaving little droppings behind, as she was trying to get away, poor girl!

If any of you have similar embarrassing stories, I'll be happy to 'hear' them :-))

Maya

[Adina P]

ROFL...you know you're a dog lover when you can say "One silver lining, though: the poop was hard..."

[Danielle]

Haha totally!

[Danielle]

Haha that is great! Typical doodle....making you look like a liar (after I'm sure you were saying how great she is that she uses her bell when she has to go out). Koda does that all the time to me. He is so wonderfully behaved until I say something like, "no he doesn't chase cats" at a friends house and then he goes ballistic when he sees their cat, or I say, "Koda is so well behaved in the car" and he then proceeds to get into the lap of my passenger. Every time I open my mouth he makes a liar out of me.

I think he does it on purpose sometimes. Haha!

[Belinda Stevens]

Sounds like you had a Marley and Me moment too. You gotta hand it to the doodle to embarrass you.

[Maya]

That's exactly what I thought - my cousin says that during the walk Cassie did pull a lot... HELLO?!! She was looking for a perfect spot to unload the goodies! I know that not just any regular spot works for my girl, but ... Christmas Eve... living room floor... surrounded by guests happily enjoying their dessert... can't go 'wronger' than that! Actually, I can think of a worse situation... can you imagine if it would have been one of those runny, stinky, yellow dumps... grossology!!!

[2itampco1w9fa]

Love it! Hard poop, ha ha ha!

[Maya]

Ha, ha, ha... of course, it HAD to be the biggest ever!

When Cassie unloaded, and was out of sight for a moment, I was afraid she'd gone to finish her business elsewhere in the house; so while my husband was rushing to get paper towels and Nature's Miracle, I was trying to locate Cassie, saying 'Where did she go? She might not be finished.', and a friend goes 'Oh, don't worry, SHE'S FINISHED'... when I saw the SIZE of the load, I had to agree :-)

[Louise and Toby]

Oh, Cassie! Silly girl! I'm glad it was easy to pick up but I can only imagine how horrified you were.

Maya, we have a much messier thing that happens sometimes when people come to visit. Our precious little boy, who is quite well trained in all ways, sometimes sprinkles when he gets excited about greeting people. We don't always notice until it is quite wide-spread as he does his welcome figure eights all over the place. He has even gotten someones shoe! Or worse, feet if they are wearing sandals. We are a little wiser now and try to take him out to potty right before someone arrives.

[Nanette de la Torre]

I had a moment with my Dalmation, Shiloh. Every month I had to take her to the ophthalmologist (an hour away) because she had glaucoma and we needed to monitor her eye pressure. Long story short she became very aware of the route and would excited. Sometimes I would have time to walk her, sometimes not prior to the visit. One day I took my husband's car as it was, at that time, more K9 friendly. As I turned onto the street of the vet, I smelled a horrible order and consoled Shiloh for her intestinal issues but boy did it smell. I parked the car, and then as I went to retrieve Shiloh from the back seat I noticed the package she left for me to clean up. Fortunately, the vet had cleaning supplies by which I could pick up and clean the leather. I came home and told my husband what happened and his response was.... "**it happens"! I am glad he took it so well! Gotta love our dogs and hubbies!

[Tante & Jordan & now Annie!]

Thanksgiving 2006 Jordan was 1.... Everyone was here, the dogs starting playing DH says in a loud voice "No!". Jordan went running away with Poop falling out of her. DH scared the @#$% out of her. DH never raises his voice ever. Jordan shocked.
It was funny and every year now someone ALWAYS brings it up.

[Maya]

Oh, yes, that's what I expect every Orthodox Christmas gathering at our house from now - somebody mentioning the 2009 poop story!

[Ellen]

That's hilarious! I had a similar experience with my sister's labradoodle, Monty. She and Monty (~ 1 yr at the time) had just driven down from NY to DC to visit me. After she got settled in at my condo (on the 18th floor), we played with Monty indoors and then leashed him up for a walk. We walked into the elevator with Monty, and on the way down to the ground floor, I asked my sister whether Monty was completely housetrained. As soon as she finished telling me how great Monty was and proudly saying that he was accident-free for several months, Monty then crouched (as if on cue) and proceeded to pee in the elevator for about 10-15 seconds! It was all over the elevator floor. Luckily, nobody else was in the elevator, but as soon as we reached the ground floor, I had to jump out and grab some paper towels from a nearby bathroom. My sister was mortified, but I was in tears from laughing so hard....Oh the irony!