Eventful day for Mr. Beeblebrox.
He needed to go back to the shelter for a bath, another tick dip and just to get checked out before they permitted me to foster him for another 2 weeks.
He was good in the car previously, so I decided to let him sit on the back seat instead of in the cargo area in the back of our SUV.
BAD FXCKING IDEA.
About halfway there, he decided to take a gigantic dump on the seat. He had been restless but I figured it was just because he gets a little carsick (drooly, no puke, thank god).
Nope. So there's crap in the car and I am about ready to puke, the smell is so bad (I now realize WHY I love raw feeding/grain free food so much. That stuff was FOUL!). We pulled over and I let him out and tied him to the car to finish his business. I normally am not squeamish but I couldn't even clean it up without gagging, my mother had to.
So, he finishes up, we clean up as much crap as we can and febreze the hell out of the seats, and onward we go.
He spent the day at the shelter with me while I groomed some of the dogs there (and someone donated a furminator, which made my life just a little brighter! I didn't bring mine for fear of losing it but I really needed to use one on a couple of dogs) and shared a pen with a little female Lab mix (MIDDIE CLONE, I swear!) who gave him absolute hell whenever he was too dominant or pushy. So he got a lesson in manners as well as some socialization.
I also found out more about his past. He'd been there so long that only a couple people remembered the details of what happened with him. He only came in with one littermate, Smokey, who was adopted. That awful scar on his back is something he came in with when he was a puppy, not something he acquired at the shelter. I can't help but wonder if those scars are from burns or some kind of deliberate abuse. The hair is not growing back in like I had anticipated.
Everyone at the shelter was happy to see him, and he was happy to see them too - he let a couple people touch him! A few of them didn't believe he was the same dog.
He's maybe going to the "mutt show" at the opening of this town's new dog park tomorrow, which should be some good socialization for him. Just depends on whether or not the park is off-leash. If it's off-leash, he can't go until he's neutered and friendlier to people.
I'll try to get photos of him tomorrow! He's looking really good, better every day.