I have the best looking dog in the world. She’s part yellow lab and part mystery species. When we first got her, she changed so much from one month to the next that we started coming up with new breed names just to have something to say when other walkers asked us, “What kind of dog is she?” At eight weeks she was Labsherd, at 12 weeks she was a Blueheel Crosser, another four weeks onward we decided she was a Jamaican Banana dog. That one stuck for a while due to her epically cool demeanor. Now at almost two years old, she’s a banana dog because if you open a banana she follows you until her piteously sad face forces you to give her some.
I was feeding Banana Dog this morning when it occurred to me that I hadn’t washed her bowls for a while. Maybe that’s why she’s been standing in the kitchen everyday making gagging noises. Maybe it’s a cry for help, “Dude, these bowls don’t smell like bananas but they sure look like they’ve been visited by banana slugs. Whose bum do I have to sniff to get some service around here?”
I am ashamed that my negligence has pushed her into using crude expressions the way writer’s block forced Tina Fey to use the V-jj word on national primetime television at the Golden Globes. The madness must stop.
Change of the Day: Wash the dog dishes daily in soap and hot water. Then wash the sink with more soap and hot water.
Info: For more information about dog dish dangers see: http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-food-and-water-bowls. Stainless steel or ceramic dishes are highly recommended.
Photo credit: Pacific Banana Slug, Photo by Ben Stanfield (AcaBen)
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