After Messy Morning, No More Dogs

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

As I mentioned yesterday, we were taking Adam in to be neutered.  His adoptive family (assuming they were approved) were going to pick him up after his surgery.  I had to drop Adam off between 8am and 8:30.

First, we walked Noah to school.  Then we put Adam in the crate in the back of the van and I left to bring him to Austin Pets Alive.  About 5 minutes into the ride, I smelled something.  I realized that Adam must have pooped in the crate.  I was stuck in traffic so there wasn't much I could do about it.  As I was stuck in traffic, I saw that Rachel kept plastic bags in the van and she had Clorox wipes.  I figured when I got there, I'd use the bag to pick up the poop and then after dropping him off I'd wipe down the carrier.

I parked got out of the car with the wipes and the plastic bag and I opened the back hatch of the van and then I opened the crate to let Adam out and was absolutely horrified at what I saw.  There was poop covering everything.  The entire floor of the carrier.  It was up the walls.  Meanwhile he raced out and jumped out of the van.  I quickly caught the leash only to have the startling realization that the leash was covered in poop as well.  He pulled hard and the leash rubbed against my pants leaving more poop.  I managed to hold him while getting wipes out and I tried to wipe down the leash and my hands but there wasn't a whole lot I could do.  The leash I was using was basically a rope that Austin Pets Alive had given to us and the poop was in the cracks and crevices.  I just closed the van and decided to try to drop him off as quickly as possible and see if they could get me something to clean up.  I walked to the medical center but things were not getting any better for me.  There was a line of people dropping off dogs and cats to be neutered and spayed about 15 people deep.  Adam got so excited and for all 35 minutes (yes, 35 minutes) he pulled and pulled and pulled to try to get to the other dogs in line including one directly behind us.  Meanwhile, the leash, my hands and Adam still had poop on them.  When we finally got in, they wanted to weigh Adam who would not stay still.  Then they took Adam away and wanted to me to write the name and phone number of the adoptive family on the paper.  I didn't want to get my phone out with my hands as they were.  I was able to find hand sanitizer and paper towels and I cleaned as thoroughly as I could and got the information.  By that time, they had taken Adam away.  Unfortunately, I was not able to say goodbye.

If the story is not good enough.  I had a meeting right after I was to drop Adam off.  I had to email the guy and tell him I was covered in poop and could not come despite the fact it was 8:55 and I was supposed to be there at 9am (which is why I told the truth).  I'm sure that's a story he will tell for years.

I got in the car and drove back home.  The carrier was still covered so I had to smell this the whole way home.  When I got home, I had to take the carrier out back to clean it out.  Unfortunately, Adam had bitten the end off of our hose so I was not able to attach a nozzle to the end.

I think I'm going to have nightmares about this morning.

I showered and did some work.  Later in the morning, I met Rachel at Wholy Bagel.

We walked later in the afternoon to get Noah.

Rachel left for tutoring just after Evan got home.  I was on a phone meeting at the time.

For dinner, I grilled a pork tenderloin.

We took a walk after dinner without any dog.  Aside from a handful of nights where we were either leaving for a trip or coming home from a trip and we could not get Lizzy from where she was staying, as well as a few nights where Lizzy went with Rachel to Dallas, we've had a dog in the house every night in the last 14 years.  It's a very odd feeling to be without a dog right now.  It's making it a bit harder without Lizzy.  At least Adam got our mind off of things somewhat.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...