Sweet Gummi Mary! I don't know what Farmer H was thinking! Yesterday was Glazed Ham for lunch at the Senior Center. I suppose they gave extra to Farmer H. He IS their pet, you know. And he didn't buy an extra dinner to bring home.
When I got back from town, there was a styrofoam container lying open on the side porch. It wasn't chewed up or anything. Then Jack came around from the front porch, looking quite portly. I recall Farmer H saying he was dragging a deer leg around the front porch, so I attributed his girth to snacking on spoiled wildlife appendages.
Anyhoo... the truth came to light later in the evening. I was concerned about Pepper having enough food. He'd been kind of wild that afternoon, trying to get in the laundry room door. His food pan was empty. I thought maybe he was hungry, and knows his food comes out that door.
"He has plenty of food. I fed him already. And earlier, he had some ham I brought home. Jack had two pieces, and Pepper had one."
"You gave Pepper some HAM? I don't know if that's good for a puppy. He just learned how to eat solid food."
"He was fine. He really liked it."
Flash forward to this morning at 6:00 a.m. I was sitting on the short couch, with Pepper snuggled next to me, chewing on his blue towel while I petted him. Pepper grew restless. He stood up. But instead of looking over the side of the couch, or across at Farmer H... he stood looking at the back of the couch, and started HEAVING!
"Oh, no. Something is wrong with Pepper. He looks like he might throw up!"
"He's fine." Said Farmer H, watching Pepper's little body convulse and shake as he opened his mouth. Farmer H jumped up and grabbed Pepper with both hands and ran to the laundry room. "Here, let's go back outside!"
I heard the door open and close. It took a few minutes for Farmer H to return.
"Is Pepper okay? Did he get sick?"
"No. He didn't get sick. I was picking up the stuffing from that toy. Don't get him any more stuffed toys. It's all over the place." Said the man who had left a paper plate of moist food in Pepper's enclosure, which has been chewed to bits, with pieces in front of the laundry room door.
"It was a pet toy. I didn't think it would be that easy for a pup to destroy it!"
So not only did Pepper have a slice of ham, he might have eaten parts of a stuffed pig!
No wonder the little guy's tummy was upset! I will make sure to get the next toy made of hard plastic or rubber. Pepper does not need to be full of stuffing. And Farmer H needs to quit giving Pepper people food until he's a little older.
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