can you stand another poop story?

I remember quotes my sister would to say to me whenever her 3 year old kids would get themselves into some sort of a calamity. "Thank God they are so cute at this age because if not, you would want to kill them". "You definitely need a sense of humor when dealing with kids".

This same bit of philosophy definitely applies to pets as well.

My cousin called me up clearly annoyed by her 11 year old cocker spaniel. She would let her dog out to go to relieve herself but instead the dog would go out, look around and then come in the house only to crap on the floor. My cousin was at her wits end but said, "Oh I want to kill that Cuddles (dog's name) pooping on the floor all the time but then I look into her big brown eyes and go aaaaaaaaaw!"

Bottom line when you have pets, dealing with their poops is just a way of life.

My cousin and I always talk about the naughty and funny stuff our pets get themselves into. She had recently been to her chiropractor. She said she generally unconsciously wears socks with dogs depicted on them since she has multiple pairs of them. At this visit, she decided not to wear her "dog socks" mostly because her chiropractor would make comments about them.

When she was laying on the adjustment table the doctor said to her, "I am going to remove your shoes because there is something "doggy" on your shoes".

At first she was a bit puzzled.

To her horror she realized that what he was referring to was that she had dog shit stuck to her shoes.

I cracked up at her story and said that I had one for her as well.

Monday night I noticed "Button" ( my feather picker cockatiel) was starting to get some reddness at the corner of her eye. This same thing occurred last October. I never "wait and see" when it comes to the health of my birds. By the time they actually look sick it is too late for them. I called my vet right away and had an appointment the next day.

The first thing the vet will examine is a fresh poop sample to determine the health of the bird.

I checked in "Button's carrier to see if she had "done one". As I was describing the symptoms to the vet I had Button sitting on my shoulder. She pooped a big runny one down my back and I nonchalantly said to the vet, "oooh she just did a "fresh one. It's on my shoulder if you want to collect it". As I was telling my cousin this story, she burst out laughing."Oh my God!" she exclaimed.

We both agreed that this is what it means to have pets!