Hey Sal. I've something to show you, speaking about *grub*.
I know you'll appreciate this one. two weeks ago, Winchester swallowed a rock. He had been digging a hole in the back yard and had this *treasure* in his mouth...just rolling it around in his teeth. I was siting out near him, reading my Nook and *slowly* [too slowly obviously] said to self:*Better get THAT from him. No sooner than the thought crossed my feeble brain...*GULP* he swallowed it! I thought...oh well, I'll keep a good look out for it when it comes out the other end...sooner or later. [Coming as a mom whose kids swallowed coins, Legos and various assorted junkque] I wasn't too alarmed b/c it was smooth. Faithfully, everyday, I've been scouring his out take...no rock. Yesterday he upchucked it...no blood. Look at that thing! And my coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeee table.
The monkey lays on the sofa and is gnawing away. GRRR! It's not like he doesn't have a stash of wonderful marrow bones and assorted chew toys. I can't leave him alone for a minute! LOL
O...M...G!!!!
I’d have been *hysterical*!
So far, the worst thing Odin has eaten was a whole mouse.
Gypsy, his little hunt-happy PPM “surrogate mom” caught it and I guess she was still in mom-mode even though he’s 4x her size now, *fed* it to him.
I looked over just in time to see him standing there with a mysterious “string” hanging out of his mouth.
I said “Bubby..._what_have_ you_got?!?” and he briefly opened his mouth and showed me the mouse laying on his tongue.
I *leaped* off the sofa to snatch it away but as soon as one foot hit the floor, he flung his head ~up~ and gulped the mouse ~down~.
ICK!
Tapeworm alert!
A spoonful of peroxide later, I had possession of the mouse.
He won’t touch them, now, no matter how hard she shoves them at him.
I’ll come in the LR and find one, lying like an offering on the floor beside my/his sofa, as if to say “Mom, she tried to -make- me eat one of these again. YOU take it!”....:))
I should start giving her a TSA pat-down/exam every time she comes in from the yard.
[crazy dogs!]
I’m SO glad Winchester didn’t have to give back his treasure the hard [and very expensive] way!