Little Penelope

Current mood: worried

As the "mother" of a Chihuahua I have come to understand that the bowel and urinary needs of a Chi may not always meet with designated outdoor times. I get it. That is the reason I keep multitudes of carpet cleaner in the house at all times. Fortunately, the Chis and I have been doing a relatively good job controlling this lately. Or so I had thought.

Come to think of it, Phoenix is doing pretty well too. She likes when I stay home with her so I can open the door for her when she stands in front of me and barks like a crazy lady. Crazy dog. Whatever works for you.

The evening weather has been so nice that we’ve been leaving the French doors open to keep the house cool and comfortable. This is also good because when the door is open Phoenix has no real need to stand there and look at me and bark like a crazy lady and Annabelle doesn’t need to stand on her hind legs and scratch at the door. It is really nice out tonight. I thought we weren’t going to have any issues.

What a fool I am.

When Nolan went to brush and floss I saw Penelope (note- the dog which does not tell me when she needs to go outside in any way) make a mad dash for Nolan’s room. I didnt’ think much of it ’cuz it is normal for the little dogs to go in there pretty regularly. Then I saw her mad dash her way back out looking kinda guilty. I ran in and there it was, she did it. It was icky poop. Not just poop. I sent Amanda for the Resolve while I grabbed stuff to wipe it up.

I thought that would be the end of it.

Shall we discuss my foolishness again?

I went to the washer to change out loads and by the time I got to the kitchen I could smell something wasn’t quite right. There, in the laundry room was some really icky and bloody poop. I will not go into just how icky or otherwisey it was, just suffice it to say it was bad. I knew who it was that did it, it is like mothers with kids. You just know.

I cleaned up her mess with bleach and scooped up a sample to take to the vet tomorrow after I drop the man-child off at school and little Cheerina at the airport for her state competition for FBLA. Please think kind and happy thoughts for Little Penelope. She is Nolan’s buddy and I can’t say goodbye to another again.

I am really worried.