It took Pupsie about 24 hours to recover from her dosing with Benadryl at the hands of Farmer H. The back of the pill box said each tablet was 50 mg. I'm not sure how much svelte Pupsie weighs. I'm guessing between 25 and 30 pounds.
When I got home from town, I told Farmer H how she hadn't barked all day, or chewed on stuff, or wrestled with Jack. He had been home a couple hours, working in the yard.
"She let me pet her."
"Wait. Actually PET her? Like on the head?"
"No. She only let me touch her lips. But when I sat down on the porch to feed them some hot dogs, she let me touch her back. Then she realized it, and ran off."
"See? That's what she does. But since the Benadryl, she wouldn't let me even touch her mouth. Her eyes look like she's not all there."
"So it worked!"
"You're didn't give her any more did you???"
"No. Not yet..."
"Don't be doing that! Not every day."
"Them people at the lockers said they give their dogs one in the morning, and one in the evening. But they're little dogs."
Huh. Those locker people probably use normal Benadryl, not extra-strength!
I went in the Mansion, and saw that Farmer H had put the baggie of hot dogs on the bottom shelf, in the only clear space in FRIG II, that I was saving to put Easter dinner groceries that I've been buying. NOT back on the unopened package of hot dogs on the second shelf, where I've kept them since cutting them up. This is the SECOND TIME Farmer H has done this in two days! That's like submitting an application to live in the dog house! Of course it required a lecture when he came in. He said he just doesn't notice where he gets them...
Also, Farmer H was excited that he found his lawnmower key for the second time. You may recall that he accused Pupsie of stealing and eating it. Then he found it a couple weeks later on the brick sidewalk.
"This time it was on the front porch steps."
"WHY do you keep leaving it in the lawnmower if you know Pupsie takes it? A normal person wouldn't do that."
"It's easier to leave it in the lawnmower. It disappears, and I have to use the Gator key until I find it. I guess she poops it out."
"REALLY? On the front porch steps? You think Pupsie squats on the porch steps to poop? That she poops out a key, but there's no poop on the steps, and no poop on the key?"
"Well. I figure that's what she does. SEE?"
"Get that away from me! It's just a chewed-up key. She doesn't keep digesting it!"
He's a strange one, Farmer H.
4 comments:
Probably Pupsie just chews that key a bit then spits it out for Farmer H to find. I think he needs to find a safer place to leave it, like in a glovebox, if the lawnmower has one. It's a ride-on mower? Did you show him the Benadryl is extra-strength so he won't give pupsie the same amount?
River,
I'm sure that's what Pupsie does. Farmer H keeps other keys on the bedroom dresser. It's not like he mows grass every day. I don't know why he wants to leave the key in the ignition.
The glovebox is OPEN! Just an open compartment on the Gator. The lawnmower is ride-on, a zero turn mower, and doesn't have a glovebox. He could even put it on a nail in the garage. Then he'd only have to walk a few steps, not into the Mansion, to get the key.
I mentioned the extra-strength, but Farmer H says he is going to give the same amount. Maybe in a few days, to see how Pupsie reacts a second time. It shouldn't be hard to cut off about a third of the pill, and give her 2/3 instead of the whole thing. I'll push for that.
I have heard of people who have an opposite reaction to Benadryl and it makes them super excited or paranoid. And the key would have needed to be washed had she pooped it!
Kathy,
I guess each reaction could be different. I'm pretty sure there would have been signs of poopage if Pupsie had indeed "pooped out" that key!
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