A first-hand account (originally from a Salon.com message board circa 1999) of a woman whose two primitive-type dogs – a Basenji and a New Guinea Singing Dog – found an elk carcass, holed up inside it, and refused to leave it.
An assorted list of my favorite excerpts:
“It’s way too primal in my yard right now.”
“If ever they come out, catching them and returning them to a condition where they can be considered house pets is not going to be, shall we say, pleasant.”
“What if you stand the ribcage on end, wait for them to look out, grab them when they do and pull?” “They wedge their toes between the ribs. And scream.”
“Sometimes, sleep is a mistake, no matter how tired you are. And especially if you are very very tired, and some of your dogs are outside, inside some elks.”
in a follow-up story about a basenji who got his head stuck inside a Thanksgiving turkey, while his two basenji friends gnawed on the outside. “I sent it in to one of the dog magazines but they did not print it, they said it was ‘too contrived.’ Obviously they did not know anything about basenjis.’
“My mother has gotten multiple copies [of this story] from friends, asking if my dogs are *really* that out of control.”
It’s brilliant, and I am so glad it exists on the internet.
Yes, yes you can. Sometimes living with dogs is not graceful – this is a great example.
ok my favorite part is actually that the poor woman called her vet, who laughed until he gagged, and then promised to stop by on the way home – not because he could actually do anything, but because he wanted to laugh at her dogs in person
Love it – especially the vet’s reaction. Been there.
Years ago, rushed cat Goodman to vet. Thought he’d been poisoned.
Nope. Indigestion. Greedy bugger ate an entire coot. All of it.
Vet showed us X-ray – feet, beak, all there – and tried not to laugh. Ended up cackling like chicken laying square egg. Reassured us about cat digestion able to handle everything in due course. Told us all would come out right in the end.
No kidding there. Cleaning litter tray was more a penance than usual. Goodman not most popular cat in house for several days.
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