In retrospect, my devotion was probably not appreciated and at times toed the line of downright terrifying. Rats, for example, probably do not enjoy bike rides or bubble baths.
Tag: Pets
It’s Amazing I can Walk Anywhere
There are two basic skills that I'm inexplicably terrible at: walking and swallowing. Nine times out of ten, if I'm drinking something, I choke on it. And I fall down no less than 9 times on any given day. The other morning, I took Oliver for a walk. I crossed the street and started down…
A Little Pile of Graveyard
The other night, F and I came home from a movie to find out trash destroyed and an entire chicken carcass missing. I panicked. I'd read a lot of articles about shit that dogs shouldn't eat and knew that cooked chicken bones were at the top of that list. Convinced that my dog was dying,…
He Shit The Bed
If our poodle, Oliver, was a human child, he'd be the one with the big bottle glasses, standing in the lunch line listing off his allergies to the exhausted lunch ladies. He's adorable. But, his hair is tangled even though we brush it and take him to the groomer, he kind of smells like pee…