My Dog ate my Stimulus check…
…actually, this morning she ate an ant bait spike that I had put out last night under the peonies (the ones she didn’t eat yet - did I mention she ATE one of my peonies earlier this spring? No? Sorry about that…). After my first run to Agway today, I came home to see her trotting around with a green spiky thing in her mouth. I called the vet and he said to bring her in. Great.
When I called later in the day to make sure she pulled through the stomach pumping so I could kill her, the vet said that she vomited up assorted sticks, twigs, grass, bits of plastic (!) and…ant poison. He also said it was a good thing I brought her in when I did…blah blah blah. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy she’s okay (upstairs sleeping with Dobby as I type this, even though at this point I’d rather lock her in her crate for the rest of her natural life) and I’m glad I brought her to the vet. I’d be HAPPIER if she weren’t a walking garbage disposal whose sole purpose in life appears to be to eat everything in her path. I’d be HAPPIER if she hadn’t eaten the damned thing in the first place.
I’d be freaking ecstatic if the cost of the emergency vet visit and stomach pumping wasn’t the exact same amount as the *bleeping* stimulus check that just happened to arrive in the mail today.
*sigh*
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May 28th, 2008 at 1:36 am
I’m so glad that the pooch is okay. I swear that there is a universal law that targets people whenever things are going smoothly or extra money is expected.
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May 28th, 2008 at 1:40 am
Yeah — Kira has done something like that before. Ate my medication. It is veryyy expensive going to the Vet for an emergency. Shockingly so.
Good thing the dog is so darn cute!
And now I have 2 embarassing questions: 1) what is GSD? 2) what is a stimulus check?
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May 28th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Oh dear! I swear that like babies, Mother Nature makes sure that dogs are cute, so that you can’t stay angry with them for long.
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May 28th, 2008 at 6:32 am
glad the pup is OK, she has great timing!
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May 28th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Yikes!
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May 28th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Good thing she’s cute, yes? We don’t get to do anything fun with ours either. And what’s more annoying yet, we were scheduled to get it a couple weeks ago and it hasn’t shown up yet, probably because we didn’t mail our taxes until April 11.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:07 am
That’s the kind of luck I usually have–yay! money! boo! vet bill.
The picture is too adorable, though!
May 28th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Awww! That bites! I am just pleased that your dog is doing better. What gets into them? I swear dogs have an uncanny ability to get into messes that cost a s***load of money. Speedy recovery to Dobby!
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May 28th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Oh no . . . bad dog!
I’m glad she’s okay, though …
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May 28th, 2008 at 9:53 am
So if I’m spending mine on rabbit cages does that mean the bunnies ate my stimulus check? Nah, it doesn’t have quite the same effect.
I’m glad the garbage disposal is alive.
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May 28th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Our dog ate my father’s hearing aid once!
Glad the dog is okay.
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May 28th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Sorry to hear that! You get a stimulus checK???
Nice to see you last week as brief as it was. Awesome peony photo last post!
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May 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Ouch. Sorry about that! Dogs. Geez. My stimulus check was spent at MDSW.
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May 28th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Jeez…
I’m glad the doggie is alright, but damn. I think she needs to get a part time job, so she can pay you back. ;^)
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May 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Ouch! That hurts! Put a cone on her head and she won’t be able to eat a thing
My younger lab thinks my raised veggie beds (particularly the dirt) is for him to eat. Need to put bird netting around to keep him and his sister out.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Shit! Naughty (but really cute)dog. I’ve been thinking about buying pet health insurance. Not sure if I’m going to do it yet. Still in the info gatherin gstage.
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May 28th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I’m so glad to hear Jazz is ok. We have one of those “oral” dogs to. He has gone to the vet twice to have something removed because it was stuck in his intestines. The first time it was a 1 lb fishing weight. The second time it was a bread tie. I told my husband that I know why our dog is called a golden retriever. He has cost us his weight in gold.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
dude that sucks!
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May 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I’m glad the pooch is ok. Um, she’s wickedly cute so that has to count for something. Of course I have a soft spot for Dobes and mine cost me a lot at the vet too.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Um…glad she’s OK. Glad you didn’t kill her. I’ll bet you are, too. Maybe she’s trying to get you to go “green” with natural ant control?
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June 5th, 2008 at 11:33 am
That’s the cutest doggie! Aren’t you glad that check came right on time!? Seems everyone I’ve talked to about those checks has had some sort of tradgedy or other right about the time they arrived…hmmmm, kismet? Have a great day!
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