Dozer's allergies are worse than usual this year. I'm not sure why, but it may have to do with the lack of a freeze over the "winter" (if you can call it that), resulting in a lot more biting and bloodsucking creepy-crawlies this summer. I've caught a few fleas on Dozer--probably brought in from outside since he gets a monthly flea pill--but nothing really severe.
Unfortunately, but hilariously, he has become super-sensitive to any sort of itch or tickle or fur movement on his rear end.
The scene: The bedroom. Usually Dozer is laying on the floor quietly, perhaps snoozing. I'm writing or reading or doing something solitary. Byrd is asleep or watching TV. All is quiet and calm.
Suddenly Dozer's eyes snap open as wide as dinner plates, he launches out of his bed, and he flies across the room as if pursued by hornets! Occasionally, this also scares the bejeezus out of me. I then have to convince myself that there's no such thing as ghosts, and that my dog is just a freak.
Then Dozer will stop, look at his rear end with great concern, and glance over at me with a face that would probably be red with embarrassment if it wasn't covered with white fur.
Most of the time, I can only assume that he's reacting to a flea bite or a random tickle, or perhaps a piece of fur being brushed by air.
But once in a while, a few moments after such an incident, everyone in the room suddenly realizes that Dozer has been startled by his own fart as it pops out of his rear. Silent, but deadly.
After one such incident, as we waved away the fumes, my husband mused: "I wonder what it's like to have no concept of what a fart is or why it's coming out of one's butt?"
3 comments:
HAHA! Thats a funny read. I can totally relate. My Pit Bull has pretty sensitive skin as well. the apartment complex me and my girlfriend were living in must have put some kind of pesticide on the grass to keep it green and insect free and poor Maya kept scratching away. We moved to our new house and her scratching sessions dramatically went down.
The farting piece was especially funny. Maya does the exact same thing....she'll jump up on the couch, let out a decent sounding fart and have the most confused look on her face while trying to decipher where it came from.
Jason
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OMG! That is soo funny!!! Daisy has bad allergies too, I wonder if its the breed or the color? She gets allergy shots now, I give them to her at home :(
Annie
Heeheehee. It's summer, and WE have allergies. We sometimes let out a ferocious sneeze. If we're in the kitchen, Ramsey's feet churn frantically on the Pergo floor, like a cartoon dog's. He can't get traction, but all he knows is, he HAS to get AWAY. He heads for his spot under the dining room table, and peeks out at us from under the table cloth. Too funny. As for that other thing, Ramsey is too much of a gentleman. :-)
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