One Act Play: Surviving in the Near Wilderness
December 27th, 2005
Me: Chuck! [alarmed. Chuck is eating a possibly rabid, possibly avian-flu carrying and decaying dead bird] Our insurance won’t cover avian flu for a dog. Drop it. DROP IT NOW.
Chuck: chomp, chomp, chomp, wha…??
Me: Give!
Chuck: [swallows] Runs off to pee. On the corner of the cabin.
Me: CHUCK! We do not pee on the house. Come to me now.
Chuck: [takes the widest possible arc away from me and runs to the porch of the cabin, wags tail hopefully] Can we go in to the warm cabin now?
December 27th, 2005 at 11:57 am
Awwww … what a fun game. Sounds very much like the one where I chase one cat around trying to prevent him from eating what the other one just threw up.
December 27th, 2005 at 12:03 pm
Birds can’t carry rabies, ya nut.
December 27th, 2005 at 12:51 pm
He just wanted his own special holiday feast. And holiday weewee. He’s festive, thats all.
December 27th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
Hey Jon—what is that pink spot on Chuck’s…anus? Did he sit on a candy cane?
Rabies? Where was that reference?
December 27th, 2005 at 3:20 pm
Don’t feel too bad, Chuck; I get in trouble when I pee in the corner, too.
December 27th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
napangels right birds don’t carry rabies.
And, I know this is none of my business but why does Chuck’s ass appear to be so red? (it happened to my dog when he was younger. he’d get…bowel…problems and the area would get a little irritated.)
December 27th, 2005 at 5:31 pm
Chuck was probably EATING candy canes..not sitting on them!
December 27th, 2005 at 7:51 pm
Let me guess: you don’t let Chuck lick your face very much, do ya?
Oh, and just because some science-based probably-educated people think evil dead birds aren’t rabies carriers, doesn’t MEAN they’re not carriers. Carriers OF IRONY. :arches eyebrow, promotes paranoia:
December 27th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
that photo is classic, as is the accompanying blurb.
December 27th, 2005 at 11:45 pm
That photo makes him look like ‘Hop along Chuckity’.
December 28th, 2005 at 12:42 am
If he ate them then he sure as hell didn’t digest them very well…
December 28th, 2005 at 5:22 am
from the photo it looks like he alreay passed the bird and it looks like it was painful. he needs hemroid cream
December 28th, 2005 at 9:19 am
rosey-cheeked armstrong!!
would make a good play but how will u get chuck do an encore???
December 28th, 2005 at 11:08 am
Chuck is so beautifully well trained. Will you be using the same techniques with Leta?
December 28th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Maybe chuck should come live with me.
We have no problem peeing on houses in THIS family.
December 28th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Honestly, why all the comments about the dog’s butt? It’s just … weird.
Jon: So? Was it socks?
December 28th, 2005 at 6:57 pm
Well, he peed outside at least…we can overlook the fact that he peed ON the house. Aren’t you glad he didn’t roll on the dead bird before he ate it?
Dogs are so funny.
December 28th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
Well, I’d have to say it wasn’t socks. If it was, I doubt he would have lived long enough to make this post. Just an observation. I think Heather is the bestest, but I would NEVER want to incure her displeasure. I have sensetive skin and it melts easilly.
December 28th, 2005 at 9:18 pm
Every dog has at least one totally disgusting habit. I have two dogs. Each of them has a different disgusting habit. I wish that their disgusting habits were as mild as Chuck’s.
December 29th, 2005 at 9:11 am
The grass kind of looks like blonde hair with really bad roots.
December 29th, 2005 at 10:27 am
My 6-pound Yorkie has eaten or attempted to eat a fieldmouse, a frog and a half-dead bird. I try to repress these occurrences from memory when she tries to give kisses. Oh, and she loves to roll around in stuff too, if she gets the chance. Dogs!
December 29th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
I love how he’s so puppy-like! Did he get to play with Bo on this trip?
December 30th, 2005 at 11:41 am
Sorry to comment on your latest post here, but wanted to leave a link to another fantastic shrimp/scallops recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/104390
It’s a thai-inspired recipe and uses thai chilis and thai green curry paste so it can be kind of spicy, but definitely easy and worth the effort. Hope you enjoy!
~Zee
December 31st, 2005 at 8:25 am
Pardon me for saying so, but I’m shocked at all the “Chuck Butt” comments that have erupted as a result of Jon’s latest post. I mean to say, it’s wonderful to be astute…but perhaps certain readers are paying a wee bit too much attention to detail!!:D
January 2nd, 2006 at 6:44 pm
I just ordered my chuck calendar. I’m so excited. I look forward to other blurbodoocery items in the future.