Arrived home this evening to find the puppy (nee "Shitpaws") had soiled her crate. But-but-but: She has progressed from her Shitpaws days! She didn't step in it and spread celebratory tracks all around her crate ... which is nice.
Once outside, though, I quickly realized this wasn't a potty-training relapse. She has acquired a bug (or, more likely, consumed a bad hit of yard 'shrooms) so that she -- as my southern college roommate would say -- "could shit through a screen door."
A couple more incidents later, and we diagnose that we have a problem. Sadly for her, our "solution" is to not feed her tonight and hope for the best. But dogs don't tend to buy the "but you've got the runs" argument for forced food deprivation. So she laid awkwardly at my feet all evening, only occasionally getting up just to flop back down with a dramatic sigh just a few feet away. This move allows her to reposition and announce a new accusatory gaze at me that says, "Is it time yet?"
The bad news is there will probably be more clean-ups tomorrow, and maybe a trip to the vet. The good news is her theatrics let me sort of capture her spine-contorting repose on film (above). Even if I had a spine that enabled my feet to face forward while my upper torso and arms faced backward, I don't see how that would be a preferred position. But then I don't know that I'd lay with my tail perilously close the rolling chair wheel just to protest feeding conditions, either.
Addendum: If you followed the old Shitpaws link, you should know her modest size leads us to doubt her shelter-billed part-Newfie lineage. Unless that "part" is about 5%. Or unless her Newfie parent was seduced by one smooth-talking miniature terrier mix after a long night of yard 'shrooms.
As you may have noticed, the site has changed. Sampa, the free-site host, did a version 2 of some sort.
Despite an FAQ that made it sound like allowing one's site to go through v.2 surgery would be okay, there were several flexibilities that surprisingly disappeared with the click of a button. (e.g. I cannot believe sidebars like this one are even narrower than before.)
And I'm told -- miraculously! -- that the conversion cannot be undone. Truth be told, I'm actually quite pissed. But free is free. Sampa has otherwise been good to me.
So I need to sort through site "features" to see how I can make do. Except that I don't have the time at the moment, in the middle of graduate classes and Lighthousehockey.com. (btw, I've removed that Lighthouse RSS feed so that you're not clogged with random Islanders hockey gibberish).
But I promise to touch up the accessories when I get a chance, and return to irregularly scheduled blogging.
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December, 2007