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Big Mistake!!!
BrewMaster:
Yesterday was an amazingly crazy day. We have been taking Brutus to the dog park several days a week because it has really helped to improve his fear issues. In fact, up until last night he was starting to branch out and was becoming super friendly with even people he had never met before. The submissive peeing has not been a problem for almost 2 weeks now and we are really, really proud of our big softy dog.
Yesterday my husband and I had to made a day road trip down to another part of the state to do a home inspection for a couple of macaws we are going to adopt out. We got up early and let the dogs out and then let Brutus back in because he seems more secure sprawled out on the tile in our kitchen. We left and wouldn't return for about 10 hours. Brutus has proven to be able to hold it for quite some time, so I wasn't too worried but worst case we might have a little mess to clean off the tile when we returned.
When I walked in the front door carrying my sleeping one year old, all the lights were off but my sense of smell was suddenly horrified. Dog poop. And not just regular dog poop, either. Baaaddddd dog poop. Oh well, I thought. Brutus is in the kitchen, I'll just clean it off the tile when I set the baby down. Our two year old son ran in the door after me and started playing with his toys in the livingroom in the dark. When I walked back through to go to the kitchen (about 20 seconds later) and turned on the lights I noticed a giant Brutus cowering in the corner of the livingroom. It wasn't until then that I saw all of the giant cow pies all over the livingroom carpet - and Gabe was running around in them, stomping. There was also a giant sopping puddle in the same place where Brew had submissive peed in the carpet earlier when we came home one of the first days we had him. Brutus had jumped the baby gate, or kicked it open somehow to get into the livingroom. I was too speechless to say a word so instead I just got a bucket.
The night before last I made the mistake of letting Brew lick up some extra beef grease I had from cooking filets. This probably upset his tummy and it looked like Brew pancked when he realized he needed to go outside NOW. Did he jump the gate because he had to go potty and came looking for me, hoping that maybe I was home after all or did he jump the gate for fun and then upset himself so badly that he couldn't get back into the kitchen that he got the runs?
We will likely never know for sure but he has been a basket case since the event. Last night he bolted when he realized that we had discovered the mess. I didn't say a word to anyone about the mess, including Brutus but routinely let him back into the kitchen, bent down and told him how sorry I was that he didn't feel good and that we weren't home when he needed us. That seemed to calm him, as it is usual for me to bend down and tell him something sweet when I come home. He responds by putting his big fuzzy mitt on my leg and gives me a little "I missed you" smile. I let him outside incase he had to go potty again but he was terribly wound up again by the time he came back inside and went to hide. This morning when I got up to let him out, he was super jumpy and seemed afraid of me. My poor guy! Hopefully the trauma wont last him too long, though he is likely still not feeling very well. I just hope acting like the mess wasn't there will help him to realize that he's not in trouble.
I ended up steam cleaning carpets until 5:00 in the morning. We don't have a steam cleaner but I have one of those Spot Bots with a hose attachment and I just soaped and rinsed a few inches of the carpet at a time. Yikes! I I think I'm going to see how brutus feels about being left out when I go out from now on. I work at home so I am rarely gone for long - and maybe this is part of what upset him so badly. He thought we had left him for good, like his last owner did. Poor baby.
Anyway, I was hoping someone here could empathize with what happened. I am truely amazed that today the carpets look almost like it hadn't even happened!!! Vinegar and then Tide with color safe bleach makes an excellent carpet cleaner.
-Anna
Apreston:
I can relate. We found Titan the same way. I went to work in the morning came home around noond to find cow paddies EVERYWHERE! And he was happy to see me but had poop on his tail so now we had to clean poop from the floor and poop from the walls!
Poor thing... hope he's feeling better today! :-* :)
People Whisperer:
Oh, I feel so bad for you...I know how long it takes to clean poop from carpets ::) :P
When Lily was a pup, about 4 months old, hubby came home and found me and her cuddled up sleeping on the floor and a HUGE pile of poop was not that far away :D He said it stunk pretty badly but obviously not enough to wake me up! LOL
lookingfornewf:
Awwwww, poor Brutus :'( It brought tears to my eyes thinking about how upset he must have been. Once he realizes everything really is OK it will probably make him even more secure in your home to know he really is loved no matter what.
Of course I also feel very sorry for you up cleaning carpet all night.
ZooCrew:
--- Quote ---When Lily was a pup, about 4 months old, hubby came home and found me and her cuddled up sleeping on the floor and the a HUGE pile of poop was not that far away He said it stunk pretty badly but obviously not enough to wake me up! LOL
--- End quote ---
LOL........... .I know my hubby would have woken me up to have me clean up the pile. :P
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