Guest post
November 15th, 2009
Hello Everyone! Don’t know if any of you remember me, but it’s me, Equoni! No, I’m not really a dog, that is Marley, you read about her. If WT can use Snoopy, I can use Marley!!! Anyway, a while back I had the GREAT honor of being WT’s protege and being an occasional guest author here on the famed Dingo!
I know, most of you were pretty dismayed that ANYONE would tread on such sacred ground, and I know you were mostly polite, but no one can take WT’s place, and you really don’t want to read stuff from anyone other than WT! I don’t claim to be able to come close.
But hard as it is for me to believe, as winter is closing in around me here in Montana, in WT’s corner of the world it is early summer and time to get out and enjoy the sun and fresh air and maybe the ocean before the holiday crowds set in! And keeping up with a blog and all of us can get to be a chore, as wonderful as we all are, and as delightful as writing a blog can be, so WT is taking a well deserved vacation for a little R&R, and I’m going to step back in as guest author, however inadequate, to try to keepa few new posts up so the Dingo doesn’t get mothballed!!!
Most of my career was in veterinary work, so some of my best stories are from that. This one is. I know you all love pet porn, and I do have at least one good story in that category, but it might take a little work to make it postable, even the Dingo doesn’t allow Hard Core. This is the best I can do for now.
Our clinic was one that participated in a program with the local Humane Society and offered a free health exam to newly adopted pets. One of our clients came in one day with a very cute, medium sized, mixed breed dog named Luna. Luna, according to her paperwork was a young adult (I think about 2 years old) and was a SPAYED female. We weighed her, she seemed a bit thin, maybe a little undernourished, but was a very sweet dog.
Her owner was quite taken with her, and we had a great talk about her, and I fussed over her and gave her some treats while they waited. Then I escorted her into the exam room and told her the doctor would be in shortly.
The doctor reviewed her paperwork from the shelter, and asked the new owner a few questions, then began the exam. He checked her eyes, teeth, temperature, noted that she seemed malnourished. Then he palpated her abdomen. Then he checked a few other things. Then he looked at her paperwork again. Then he said to the owner, “She is actually not spayed.” he said, “Yes she is, they told me she was, it says so right there.”
He said, “Well, I can tell you for sure that she is NOT spayed. She is pregnant.”
“WHAT?????”
“She is pregnant. She is going to have puppies..within the next 72 hours.” The owner’s jaw dropped. Pressing his opening here, the doctor continued…”You are going to have to go home and build her a nesting box for her to birth in…” He proceeded to describe the signs of labor and the process and what to watch for and how to handle it, and approximately how many puppies he thought were in there. And what was involved with caring for puppies and a nursing mom. He then led her out of the exam room still talking saying “You need to put her on a high quality puppy food right away, and she needs to eat it as long as she is nursing, and the puppies will need to eat it when they start on solid food, so you probably want the biggest bag.”
So as the supplies for the expectant mother were gathered, the STUNNED new owner staggered to my desk while I began to prepare her bill—-for what was supposed to be a FREE visit for her newly adopted SPAYED ADULT dog. She got out her checkbook, but just stood there, pale, with the most blank, most shocked look on her face. Finally she looked up at me. She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again. She did this about three or four times. But each time she shook her head and stopped. Finally though she managed to get the thought together and the words out. She looked at me and said…
“You know, For the FIRST time, I think I FINALLY understand how my husband felt!”
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always glad to see you here, equoni, and share in a little pet porn! keep that montana snow away from minnesota as long as you can, please.
Hi Equoni,
Although I do miss WT when he is taking a break, I love reading about your adventures too. Your gentle, compassionate writing is a lovely compliment to the Dingo. The lady in your story did get much more than she bargained for. :)
Now that was a good story. I think she should have taken that dog back to the shelter.
Hi Equoni,
Great story! Nice to have you keeping the place neat for WT. Hope all is well with him.
Funny – that happened to me. We adopted a fixed cat as well. However, I never had a male cat before. Went to the vet on a courtesy visit and she told me Bobby the young cat had balls yet!
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Luna really couldn’t go back to the shelter with labor so imminent…puppies at a shelter usually die (parvo), and there wasn’t time to find a foster home. But that owner really did step up…she built the nesting box, and I think it was the second night Luna had EIGHT puppies, and she raised them all, paid for them to have their first shots, and SHE found good homes for ALL of them, instead of taking them to the shelter. She DID however ask the shelter to pitch in a discount coupon for having Luna spayed when the puppies were weaned!!!
Great story…and what a good dog owner. Luna was a very lucky lady.
That was too funny.
My MIL quit picking up stray dogs after she got stuck with a giant St. Bernard dog that the rescue wouldn’t take. That was fine – we loved Heidi for the ten years she was with us; she was a wonderful dog. What did in my MIL was when she took her in for the first time & the vet said, “she isn’t spayed. Let’s make sure she isn’t pregnant.” The very IDEA that she might pick up a pregnant dog shut her down permanently as a rescuer of all dogs LOL.
That was great, I needed a laugh this morning. Welcome back.
Welcome back! I love seeing Marley’s beautiful photo and I always enjoy your posts!
LOL! Yes I can totally relate to this story! Nice to see you blogging again E…Mwah xxoxoxoxoxx
Hugs to WT too, hope he has a nice rest!
Well that dog certainly GOT the right owner. Blessed actually.
I love stories with happy endings.
Hi there! I agree with Pamela….the dog got the right owner!! And the owner really stepped up. I sure wish more people were like that. Very heartwarming story!
Good to see you here again!
Take care, WT.
And they lived happily ever after?! All of them??!!
Right on!!
(And “HI!” to WT, wherever you are!! Bethany says she wants to go on the roller coaster with the kitties. She’s braver than me.
hahahaha – what a great story. (but, I couldn’t help thinking that her husband had a good 6 months to think about it. She only had 72 hours!!!!!)