15 August 2010 The dog says, “Look what I can do!”

15 August 2010 The dog says, “Look what I can do!”


The opportunity to sleep in this morning vanished when I woke up to the sound of Loki depositing yesterday’s bone treat and subsequent dog food meal onto the floor. Keeping true to dog custom, she then inspected the mess and wandered ten feet or so from the initial deposit and produced a second upheaval. While I began cleaning up, Loki felt the need to inspect and to sample. That is a need I have never encountered.

The upsetting substance must not have been eliminated, or she re-ingested enough to trigger further upset. She has vomited lesser amounts three more times as I write this. No time stamp will be applied.

Dogs seem to be social vomiters. Every dog I’ve owned has seemed compelled to demonstrate their regurgitation prowess by choosing a site within close proximity before beginning the gut reversing process. Loki managed to keep her largest expulsion next to our back door. In doing so, she also fouled a rug which now sits drying in the sunlight.

The basic direction for the day is bound to be upward after we finished cleaning.

We anticipate some pool time before dinner. The forecast calls for 50% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon but the storm tracks have seemed to slide around us for the last 15 days. We’ve had 0.67 inches of rain since August 1. The creek is getting low and warm, hard times for the trout.

Dinner tonight will be leftovers, salad, perhaps tuna fish.