Contrary to what some may think, apparently, I have a huge amount of love for Sadie. Let me explain.
A few days ago, Sadie woke up and she was just flapping her ears around nonstop – which was abnormal for her. We decided to take her to the vet – and she needed some other things checked out. So, I took her at 8.30am and got down to the vet. After a few minutes with the vet, they were able to tell that she had a yeast infection in her ear, her anal glands needed to be expressed (watch this video to get a sense for how disgusting this is…) and there was a chance she had a urinary tract infection. Quite the day for her. So they took her in the back to see if she’d pee so they could get a urine sample.
She came back a few minutes later and the tech said they couldn’t make her pee – so they sent me home with a test tube, syringe and directions to try and collect a urine sample from my dog.
So, I came home, took her out to pee with a piece of Tupperware and was just “hovering” around her, very close, ready to get down and stick that Tupperware under her as soon as she started peeing. She began to pee, I got down there real quick, and stuck the Tupperware underneath, and she looked at me with an expression that said, “WTF are you doing?” But I did it. I collected the pee. And then she stepped on the Tupperware, flipping it over, losing all the pee.
I made her run around so that when we came back in, she went straight for her water. A few hours later, right before class, I thought I’d try again. And sure enough, she started to pee, I stuck the Tupperware underneath her, and she gave me the same expression. This time, however, I was quicker and I got the Tupperware away – safe with dog pee still in it. The above picture is of said Tupperware, syringe and test tube, and then of me with the final product. The pee was kept in the refrigerator overnight and delivered this morning.
Now, someone try and tell me that I don’t love my dog.
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My wife has an unusually strong constitution to deal with animal biology. She has worked in pet rescue for several years and we have seen anything. For instance my neighbor once asked what was wrong with her dog. Her dog had a little spot that looked like a growth about the size of an engorged dog tick.
My wife said, oh its like a zit. And she popped it – squirt!
Time for breakfast.
This is a very disturbing blog. I think I’d almost rather hear about how the rules at Bob Jones University suck.
@Marty – why do you say that?
Ugh. This, THIS is why I don’t like pets.
Phew, we got away just in the nick of time……
For some reason I decided to watch that video, I really regret it now. However I did find it informative on why dogs sniff each others butts but overall bad idea to watch that one.
I have a minature pincher who does the same thing. It drives me insane, because I thought she was rolling in doo ~
Dude that take skills!!
i hope you threw that tupperware away…
I just said this jokingly because of the grossness of it. It really is good that you would go to those depths to help your dog.