I am horribly bored (I really need to start job searching...), so I thought this would be a fun topic. The idea was triggered by the lovely bath I had to give Abrams' mud covered self...I'm still procrastinating cleaning out the now mud caked tub.
What is the most vile, disgusting, gag inducing substance that your dog has ever rolled in?
Or, if you have a good dog (or are a diligent owner) and you haven't had the pleasure of bathing a putrid dog, what is the worse mess your dog has ever made that you've had to clean up after?
Abrams' mud play aside, I think the worst thing I've ever had to wash off of a dog was when Rose was still alive. I don't know WHAT she rolled in, but I had to make her walk home down wind because when I smelled her I almost puked. She was covered in a greyish yellow slime and she STUNK. I bathed her three times outside with Dawn and it turned the stench into something that was barely tolerable versus vomit inducing. It took forever (I'm thinking a week) for her to be non-stinky; and she was an outdoor dog that had all day to air out.
With my current dogs, Abrams is a mud and sand magnet (which at least doesn't stink, unless you count a mild swamp smell) and Cynder likes to find dried animal scat to roll on (which stinks, but at least isn't messy).
As for messes, there are two notable instances that come to mind.
The first was with Chloe, who got loose outside and made a beeline for the burn pit. She helped herself to cat poop covered in ashes...and then promptly vomited it all over my mother's new carpet. That was fun. The smell was almost worse than the stain was.
The second was Cynder. Her's wasn't so much as bad, as just horrible timing. Michael and I's wedding night, we got home and I instructed him to entertain Abrams in the front room while I shimmied into something nice. He was on the floor playing with Abrams and Cynder jumped up onto the couch...to promptly regurge all over his back, his pants, the floor, and the couch cushion. So we spent our wedding night cleaning up dog vomit and shampooing the carpet and couch. LOL
What are your stories? I'm sure there are some good ones!
What is the most vile, disgusting, gag inducing substance that your dog has ever rolled in?
Or, if you have a good dog (or are a diligent owner) and you haven't had the pleasure of bathing a putrid dog, what is the worse mess your dog has ever made that you've had to clean up after?
Abrams' mud play aside, I think the worst thing I've ever had to wash off of a dog was when Rose was still alive. I don't know WHAT she rolled in, but I had to make her walk home down wind because when I smelled her I almost puked. She was covered in a greyish yellow slime and she STUNK. I bathed her three times outside with Dawn and it turned the stench into something that was barely tolerable versus vomit inducing. It took forever (I'm thinking a week) for her to be non-stinky; and she was an outdoor dog that had all day to air out.
With my current dogs, Abrams is a mud and sand magnet (which at least doesn't stink, unless you count a mild swamp smell) and Cynder likes to find dried animal scat to roll on (which stinks, but at least isn't messy).
As for messes, there are two notable instances that come to mind.
The first was with Chloe, who got loose outside and made a beeline for the burn pit. She helped herself to cat poop covered in ashes...and then promptly vomited it all over my mother's new carpet. That was fun. The smell was almost worse than the stain was.
The second was Cynder. Her's wasn't so much as bad, as just horrible timing. Michael and I's wedding night, we got home and I instructed him to entertain Abrams in the front room while I shimmied into something nice. He was on the floor playing with Abrams and Cynder jumped up onto the couch...to promptly regurge all over his back, his pants, the floor, and the couch cushion. So we spent our wedding night cleaning up dog vomit and shampooing the carpet and couch. LOL
What are your stories? I'm sure there are some good ones!
