Thursday, July 17, 2003
Pups rush in where NO ONE treads
Suzie Climber, the pup who is really serious about this sit in strike to become our dog, gave us quite a scare tonight. Mike came in for help, saying she had her head in a glass. I couldn't guess what he meant, but it sounded serious, and we all barreled outside in his wake.
The poor thing had about 3/4ths of a sun tea jar around her neck. This was an old leaky jar that I had (as usual) not been able to bring myself to throw away. Instead it was sitting next to a little volunteer pumkpin plant, supposedly leaking water out in a useful way. But Caro says it had stopped leaking, so she was just keeping it filled and tipping a little water onto the plant when she was around.
So when Suzie found the water dish she shares with the outside cats dry, she went looking for more, and jammed her head in the jar when she found it. Oops. It is actually lucky it was glass and not plastic, because she managed to bust off the end and not drown or suffocate. Caro and I managed to get the jar off her neck without any further trauma, and she was back to her wildly cheerful self in moments.
Unfortunately, she somehow managed to crash through the protective barrier Caro had over the little pumpkin's big volunteer brother, and he has been severely pruned. Looks like it's Safeway pumpkins again this year....
The poor thing had about 3/4ths of a sun tea jar around her neck. This was an old leaky jar that I had (as usual) not been able to bring myself to throw away. Instead it was sitting next to a little volunteer pumkpin plant, supposedly leaking water out in a useful way. But Caro says it had stopped leaking, so she was just keeping it filled and tipping a little water onto the plant when she was around.
So when Suzie found the water dish she shares with the outside cats dry, she went looking for more, and jammed her head in the jar when she found it. Oops. It is actually lucky it was glass and not plastic, because she managed to bust off the end and not drown or suffocate. Caro and I managed to get the jar off her neck without any further trauma, and she was back to her wildly cheerful self in moments.
Unfortunately, she somehow managed to crash through the protective barrier Caro had over the little pumpkin's big volunteer brother, and he has been severely pruned. Looks like it's Safeway pumpkins again this year....
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