That's what we get for leaving one home alone.

MikeysMom · 11-16-2007, 09:09 AM

This happened last month but I kind of forgot about it until I was looking at pictures today. It made me laugh all over again when I remembered it so I thought I'd share.

My Dad's dog, Luke, has a terrible time riding in the car. He can't go a mile until he's puking. I have never known a dog get as car sick as he does. So, when we go to camp, he doesn't go along, as it is a 2 1/2 hour drive.

Last month, we went to camp one last time to shut it down for the winter. My dog Susie went along as always. My Dad took his new dog but left Luke at home. Luke is an outside dog and my husband was home all weekend to look after him (we live next door) so Luke should have been fine.

My sisters and I left camp Sunday evening, Mom and Dad decided to stay another day. We knew it would be almost dark by the time we got home. The plan was for all of us to go straight to Mom & Dad's, work together to feed the animals before it got dark, then we'd all go on home to our own homes.

When we pulled in Mom & Dad's driveway, here's what we saw.
Luke must have been mad that everyone went to camp except him and we left him at home with my hubby (the only non-dog-lover in the family). He somehow got himself untied, stole a cushion off the porch furniture and totally ripped that thing to shreds. There was stuffing ALL over the yard. I never would have imagined one cushion could have held all that stuffing! We gave the kids some grocery bags and told them to get busy picking up stuffing. Well, that started out great, until they started throwing it at each other, stuffing it down each other's shirts, etc. It was quite the scene.

Luke didn't even feel guilty about it. I'm glad Mom & Dad stayed at camp an extra day because if they would have come home and found their yard like that, my Mom would have had a fit. She doesn't like Luke as it is, and this wouldn't have helped his case.

I didn't get a picture of Luke in the mess he made, but he's an old one so you can see what the guilty guy looks like...

**gbarmranch** · 11-16-2007, 09:14 AM

That will teach you to leave him home alone..

SueBee · 11-16-2007, 09:15 AM

Ha, the guilty party

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For car rides, give him dramamine. Looking at him, he looks to be less than 40 lbs, so start with a half pill. We had a shepherd mix that we would take when we visited the inlaws, it is an 8 hour drive, and he'd puke the whole way (thus, he was in the pickup bed in a dog box, but still, it was pretty unpleasant for him). The vet said to give him dramamine about 1/2 hour before the ride, and voila, he never puked again. Much more fun to go for a ride when you don't get sick

TanyaV28 · 11-16-2007, 09:19 AM

that is so funny!!! Sorry im sure it wasnt fun to clean up. He is adorable

MikeysMom · 11-16-2007, 09:38 AM

Thanks, SueBee. We have given him medication when he absolutely has to be in the car, but sometimes it's just easier to leave him at home... I know, that's probably mean.

unrelated...

We had this big black lab when I was a teenager. She would get very nervous in the car, not sick, just really worked up. The vet gave us something to "relax" her for trips to camp. We tried it one time. Unfortunately, it did relax her... like a little too much... like areas of her that we didn't really want relaxed... She didn't have any actual accidents in the car, but I remember my sister and I riding to camp with our heads hanging out the windows most of the way to escape the noxious green gasses come from the back seat. Ewwww! A farting dog, although cool and calm, was way worse than a nervous panting dog. We didn't give her those pills ever again!

HighHorse · 11-16-2007, 11:17 AM

I didn't know he was babysitting my dog for the weekend!

Gotta love those herding/working dogs!!! I bet he was so proud of himself for killing that mean ol' cushion!

Horse poor · 11-16-2007, 11:24 AM

He wasn't mad he just got bored and found a "willing partner" that would agree to "play" with him. At least it was only a cushion he disemboweled.

Someone once told me that if a dog can't see out the window they are less likely to get sick. Never has the guts to try it out though.

version1955 · 11-16-2007, 11:24 AM

Mikey, I remember a similar thing when I was a little kid. I had a stuffed toy that we called Logan. He was basically a rectangular pillow with felt arms and legs, face, you get the picture. Well, to my brother and I he was somebody, not merely a pillow. One day our dog Nickel did to Logan what your pile of energy did to that sofa cushion. My mom was less than pleased and also sent my brother and I out to the backyard to clean up the stuffing. The difference was we felt like we were cleaning up Logan's guts and were crying and gagging the whole time

My mom just didn't understand that at all. Kids

Carri · 11-16-2007, 11:28 AM

It looks like it snowed!!

David · 11-16-2007, 12:17 PM

it does kinda look like the aftermath of a Georgia Blizzard doesn't it...lol

especially the pics of the kids playing, cause 10minutes after it snows here it's back in the 60's...gotta love the south

ahlihaff · 11-17-2007, 08:45 AM

Luke sure is cute. How could anyone get mad at that face!!

Just the other day I bought a new scatter rug. Apparently our lab and GSD thought it would be fun to chew it (they never bothered with the old one - even when it was new) as they destroyed one corner of it before I caught them in the act.

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11-16-2007, 09:09 AM
MikeysMom Long Yearling Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western PA Posts: 1,010	That's what we get for leaving one home alone. This happened last month but I kind of forgot about it until I was looking at pictures today. It made me laugh all over again when I remembered it so I thought I'd share. My Dad's dog, Luke, has a terrible time riding in the car. He can't go a mile until he's puking. I have never known a dog get as car sick as he does. So, when we go to camp, he doesn't go along, as it is a 2 1/2 hour drive. Last month, we went to camp one last time to shut it down for the winter. My dog Susie went along as always. My Dad took his new dog but left Luke at home. Luke is an outside dog and my husband was home all weekend to look after him (we live next door) so Luke should have been fine. My sisters and I left camp Sunday evening, Mom and Dad decided to stay another day. We knew it would be almost dark by the time we got home. The plan was for all of us to go straight to Mom & Dad's, work together to feed the animals before it got dark, then we'd all go on home to our own homes. When we pulled in Mom & Dad's driveway, here's what we saw. Luke must have been mad that everyone went to camp except him and we left him at home with my hubby (the only non-dog-lover in the family). He somehow got himself untied, stole a cushion off the porch furniture and totally ripped that thing to shreds. There was stuffing ALL over the yard. I never would have imagined one cushion could have held all that stuffing! We gave the kids some grocery bags and told them to get busy picking up stuffing. Well, that started out great, until they started throwing it at each other, stuffing it down each other's shirts, etc. It was quite the scene. Luke didn't even feel guilty about it. I'm glad Mom & Dad stayed at camp an extra day because if they would have come home and found their yard like that, my Mom would have had a fit. She doesn't like Luke as it is, and this wouldn't have helped his case. I didn't get a picture of Luke in the mess he made, but he's an old one so you can see what the guilty guy looks like... __________________ What will they think of next? Nothing. There is nothing left to think of.

11-16-2007, 09:14 AM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mayberry Posts: 29,584	That will teach you to leave him home alone.. __________________ Quality Foundation Quarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction.

11-16-2007, 09:15 AM
SueBee Weanling Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NW suburbs of Chicago Posts: 419	Ha, the guilty party . For car rides, give him dramamine. Looking at him, he looks to be less than 40 lbs, so start with a half pill. We had a shepherd mix that we would take when we visited the inlaws, it is an 8 hour drive, and he'd puke the whole way (thus, he was in the pickup bed in a dog box, but still, it was pretty unpleasant for him). The vet said to give him dramamine about 1/2 hour before the ride, and voila, he never puked again. Much more fun to go for a ride when you don't get sick

11-16-2007, 09:19 AM
TanyaV28 Started Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,119	that is so funny!!! Sorry im sure it wasnt fun to clean up. He is adorable __________________ Im movin on like a sinners prayer

11-16-2007, 09:38 AM
MikeysMom Long Yearling Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western PA Posts: 1,010	Thanks, SueBee. We have given him medication when he absolutely has to be in the car, but sometimes it's just easier to leave him at home... I know, that's probably mean. unrelated... We had this big black lab when I was a teenager. She would get very nervous in the car, not sick, just really worked up. The vet gave us something to "relax" her for trips to camp. We tried it one time. Unfortunately, it did relax her... like a little too much... like areas of her that we didn't really want relaxed... She didn't have any actual accidents in the car, but I remember my sister and I riding to camp with our heads hanging out the windows most of the way to escape the noxious green gasses come from the back seat. Ewwww! A farting dog, although cool and calm, was way worse than a nervous panting dog. We didn't give her those pills ever again! __________________ What will they think of next? Nothing. There is nothing left to think of.

11-16-2007, 11:17 AM
HighHorse Started Join Date: May 2007 Location: FLA Posts: 2,960	I didn't know he was babysitting my dog for the weekend! Gotta love those herding/working dogs!!! I bet he was so proud of himself for killing that mean ol' cushion! __________________ There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly becomes any of us To talk about the rest of us. ~EW Hoch

11-16-2007, 11:24 AM
Horse poor Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,255	He wasn't mad he just got bored and found a "willing partner" that would agree to "play" with him. At least it was only a cushion he disemboweled. Someone once told me that if a dog can't see out the window they are less likely to get sick. Never has the guts to try it out though. __________________ 'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.' - Thomas Jefferson Last edited by Horse poor : 11-16-2007 at 11:26 AM.

11-16-2007, 11:24 AM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Minnesnowdah Posts: 6,937	Mikey, I remember a similar thing when I was a little kid. I had a stuffed toy that we called Logan. He was basically a rectangular pillow with felt arms and legs, face, you get the picture. Well, to my brother and I he was somebody, not merely a pillow. One day our dog Nickel did to Logan what your pile of energy did to that sofa cushion. My mom was less than pleased and also sent my brother and I out to the backyard to clean up the stuffing. The difference was we felt like we were cleaning up Logan's guts and were crying and gagging the whole time My mom just didn't understand that at all. Kids __________________ gonna do what I can instead of complain and fret about what I can't Joanie

11-16-2007, 11:28 AM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 10,620	It looks like it snowed!! __________________

11-16-2007, 12:17 PM
David Long Yearling Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,069	it does kinda look like the aftermath of a Georgia Blizzard doesn't it...lol especially the pics of the kids playing, cause 10minutes after it snows here it's back in the 60's...gotta love the south __________________ "If you see your stirrups slap together above the horn, you're probably bucked off". Dave Stamey.

11-17-2007, 08:45 AM
ahlihaff Greenbroke Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Western MA Posts: 3,880	Luke sure is cute. How could anyone get mad at that face!! Just the other day I bought a new scatter rug. Apparently our lab and GSD thought it would be fun to chew it (they never bothered with the old one - even when it was new) as they destroyed one corner of it before I caught them in the act. __________________