Anna
With Ben gone, I have brazenly broken our agreement not to allow Pippi on the bed. She absolutely loves our bed and snuggling up to me!
Anyway, we woke up early one day recently – around 6:15 a.m. Without bothering to brush my teeth or wash my face, I piled on some warm clothes and bounded out the door with Pippi for a bathroom break. Everything went to plan (hooray!), but then Pippi attempted to (excuse this detail) eat some frozen poo from under a bush. I scraped it out her mouth, grabbing a handful of wet and partially masticated poo in the process. Yuck!
We ran all the way down our street and up the back stairs of our place. I reached for the knob and discovered - to my horror - that I had forgotten to unlock the doorknob and to bring along my keys. I was locked out of the house with a stinky doo-doo-hand at 6:30 am. In frigid January. In a new town. And I didn't even have my phone!
First things first: I thrust my hand into a pile of snow, thinking that it could perhaps perform an antiseptic function. (What can I say, I was desperate.) Then, for the next two hours, like an urchin I wandered the streets of our town with Pippi.
Eventually, I decided to stake out the office where our realtor works. Some poor woman went in there just before 8 a.m., and I pounced on her to see if there was an extra key to our place lying around. Grumpily, she helped me contact our agent, who did in fact have an extra (hallelujah!), and I un-grumpied her with some solid rental market information (mine!).
Free at last! Throughout my little ordeal, Pippi stayed in high spirits, and funnily enough, her very presence reminded to me to relax and laugh it off. How about you? Has your dog ever helped you get through a tough or embarrassing experience?
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I think Pippi stayed calm b/c she knew it would keep her owner calm
Wow... I really could have lived without hearing a story about a dog eating poo and the owner smearing it all over her hands. I wish I had had some kind of warning about the content of this BEFORE I read it.
You couldn't tell it but Pippi was laughing his @$$ off on the inside
It seems some of the worst stuff always has to happen to us when it's the most rotten outside. I once locked myself out of my house with the dogs and cats inside. I finally called a locksmith to help me get back in. It was hours later and the gang was happy to see me when I finally got inside. I'm surprised she didn't think about a locksmith to help her.
Brigette, She probably was thinking of how much the locksmith would cost and didn't want to pay that cost. The last time I had a locksmith come it cost me $40 for him to let me in my house. I now have an extra key hidden outside of the house. No, it isn't in my van just in case my van is also locked.
After my grandma died my dog ,bristol, helped me by just lying around with me, and when i would cry she'd lick my face.
animals work wonders, they luv u no matter who u are
Once I took a ride with my buddy tyler, a bassett hound.......I had to get out of the car for 30 seconds to check my mail box at the post office, it was a hot august day so I left the car running with the air conditioning on for ty......well in no time, Tyler steps up on the drivers side armrest to look out the window....he steps on the "lock" button and locks me out !! Now he was smart enough to lock me out, do you think for the life of me I could get him to step on the "unlock" button......guess he wasn't that smart !! I had to call AAA and explain that my DOG locked me out of my car !!
Kurt, I got such a good laugh out of your tale. Thank you for sharing that.
what a DUMB story
OK? I stopped reading when she said she let the dog get in the bed! THAT'S NASTY!!!
to jennifer:
you typed "What a dumb story" you meant to type "What a beautiful story!"
We once had a dog named "Fatso". We didnt give the name to the dog, it came already named because he was the fattest puppy in the litter. We never even thought to re-name him because we always just called him "baby" (because he was also a big baby!). Fatso was a good dog. He stayed in the front yard without a chain, wouldnt come in the dining room when we were eating, didnt dig or chew. One day when Fatso was in the twilight of his years, we were out in the front and two large women peddled by on their bikes. Much to our surprise, Fatso started to chase after them! He had never done such a thing! Immediately, we all started screaming his name to call him back! Needless to say, the women were not amused at our apparent name calling! It proves one thing, even if the name fits, re-name your dog!
What I don't understand is why people who dislike dogs would bother to read this story. Secondly, why would they spend their time making a comment. My dogs have ALWAYS slept in bed with me and my husband until they couldn't get up there anymore.
CoffeeLady, I sure agree with you. I don't know why they do such things at all. Personally even though I don't have any pets at this time I enjoy reading these things. I have been getting a few good laughs out of todays stories.
My dog usually IS the subject of an embarrasing experience. Case in point: not long after my husband and I adopted Buster, who was about 18 months old at the time, we took him to a dog park. (The first and only time since!). Buster went nuts, running and sniffing everything and everyone. He then proceeded to walk over to this man who was sitting in a chair and peed on the chair, with the man still in it! Thank goodness I was across the park with our other dog however my poor husband was mortified and couldn't apologize to the man enough!
My Ridgeback actually lifted his leg on one of our son's friends when they stopped by the house one day. My wife was mortified but us guys laughed our butts off. He keeps a closer eye on the dog when they come over now.
What is the purpose of this stupid storey..MORE AOL DOG CRAP
Uh, lets see... PAWnation.... Probably should have a few dog stories on here.
Some of you people who are obvioulsy animal haters, need to have your head examined. Why do you bother to even come to this site only to show how ignorant you really are. Why don't you mentally challenged morons go read the celebrity gossip websites or add your ignorant comments to the political stories, thats more your speed anyway. Go discuss your mental level!!! Leave the good stuff to thos of us who love and adore animals. If you have nothing good to say then keep your big mouth shut!!!!
I really wish greenjack and the other goof that keep posting these comments about dating sites, that have nothing to do with the articles that are on the AOL news would find somebody to occupy their time. This is the reason you are lonely because you are such jerks! Stick to the article, and next time give us a reply button so we can comment about your stupidness!