"Dog" sitting at the nut house

[T&KBrouse]

Now, I'm not really what you would call a "dog person."
We have had dogs in the past, most recently, a Basset Hound and a Great Dane. They were great dogs and I took care of them, but I personally, am just very partial to reptiles.
My daughter, whom we refer to as "Ellie Mae" volunteered this weekend to watch her friend's pets while they were away for the weekend. A parakeet, and a mini chihuahua...
These people know we have snakes. Some large ones, too. Nevertheless, they walked into our house and plopped down this thing on the floor that looked like a dashboard ornament. Then it moved... And I realized, this was the dog! They put this little, one pound, furry gerbil-like creature in the middle of my floor, not 5 feet from our 3 year old Burmese that my son was holding, also on the floor! Well, this caught Bob's attention! He eats 3 to 4 pound rabbits! This little tid-bit was an appetizer! Even our brainless cat knows better than to go near Bob!
So, luckily, my family has practiced snake drills, just in case of situations like this. My son, Jake, scoops up Bob and whisks him away to the other room while my daughter, EJ, moves in and scoops up the dog, taking him to the other side of the house. Meanwhile, Bob is doing his best to launch his 9 feet of body off of Jake to get to the food that EJ is holding, that by the way, has now peed on her...
The rest of the evening, consisted of my male children refering to this little tribble-like thing as sporting equipment (racket ball, tennis ball, and the ever popular football.).
And apparently, if it pees on the floor again, my husband is going to use it as bait...
The cat has taken personal offense to this thing being in "his" house. After sauntering up to it and giving it a sniff, Thorin batted at it to see if it would move. Well, it did... It yipped, peed and ran away...
Thorin then walked over to me, grabbed a hold of my ankle and bit the hell-fire out of me... Like it was all my fault!!
Now, I'm not trying to bash dogs, or find fault with chihuahuas or anything. Hey, everyone has their favorites, ya know? But why on earth, would you ask someone who has a house full of predacious animals, to watch your precious little food source?? And why, oh why, would my daughter AGREE to such a thing???
The last 24 hours have just been a comedy of errors around here. All stemming from this little "dog."
I better be getting some good Karma points for this...

 

[moosassah]

Oh I can see the homecoming now. You snake wouldn't even have a lump to show them where the chihuahua is! Good luck.

 

[biggiy05]

First I don't like little dogs. They have a bladder the size of my hand, they are annoying and oh yeah they are small!

I think it's hilarious Bob is trying to lunge at what he sees as desert and your cat is getting mad because the fur ball invaded his house.

 

[gaparicio]

A "mini" chihuahua huh!?! And I thought chihuahuas were small. My son has a 5lb. chihuahua and we think it's tiny. DARN LITTLE ANKLE BITERS!

 

[T&KBrouse]

This thing is 1 pound 4 ounces and full grown...

At one point, this brainless little hairball got on the back of the couch (apparently chihuahuas are spring loaded), walked the back of the couch to check out what was in the big tank. Well, what was in the tank took notice (one of our full grown female boas). The snake thinks its food, so strikes at the glass, causing the idiot to start barking (if thats really what you would call that noise it produced).

The owner came back to pick it up last night. She doesn't like snakes and thinks all snakes are thoughtless killers. Yet she had no issue bringing her "dog" over here... Then she had the audacity to ask if the dog-thing could come back over and stay a week... She was a little offended when I said no, because it has a death wish and apparently wants to be eaten.

 

[gaparicio]

Chihuahuas are bold to a fault sometimes. They will try to take on a dog 10 times their size disregarding the fact that they would be swallowed whole should the dog want to.

Personally, I would know the risks involved if I wanted a large snake owner to take care of my son's chihuahua and therefore not even ask, period. I can just see it now, "Um, I came home from work and couldn't find your dog anywhere."

 

[T&KBrouse]

Funny you should say that... My youngest son said that if all of us had to leave the house, we should leave the dog with a miners hat and a map that reads, "YOU ARE HERE" with an "X" located in the middle of a snake drawing...

 

[rhino43grr]

there's one directly below us in our supposedly all-pets-other-than-cats-free condo building. every time i walk down the steps to go outside (as well as at random points during the day whenever anything moves anywhere near their condo) i'm greeted by yapping from the dog that's not even supposed to be allowed in the building.

as for me keeping my gecko, i figure that if nobody has kicked the yappy dog out i'll be ok. plus, the reason they allow cats and not dogs is because cats are quiet. my leopard gecko is quiet AND doesn't have fur to shed all over the place AND doesn't relieve himself outside of the friendly confines of his tank, so i think i'm justified in having him. i just hope my landlord doesn't find out since this is one of the only apartments that's rented rather than owned by the tenants...

 

[gaparicio]

there's one directly below us in our supposedly all-pets-other-than-cats-free condo building. every time i walk down the steps to go outside (as well as at random points during the day whenever anything moves anywhere near their condo) i'm greeted by yapping from the dog that's not even supposed to be allowed in the building.

as for me keeping my gecko, i figure that if nobody has kicked the yappy dog out i'll be ok. plus, the reason they allow cats and not dogs is because cats are quiet. my leopard gecko is quiet AND doesn't have fur to shed all over the place AND doesn't relieve himself outside of the friendly confines of his tank, so i think i'm justified in having him. i just hope my landlord doesn't find out since this is one of the only apartments that's rented rather than owned by the tenants...

My condo stipulates that cats and dogs are allowed as long as dogs are under 15lbs. and no EXOTIC pets. Well, I had a 6ft. boa that my wife made me get rid of and currently own 21 geckos and cresties. They haven't said a word in the 5 years I've been here (knock on wood). The 15lb rule is not convenient for me since I want an Old Victorian Bulldog so bad instead of a "Chihuahua".

 

[GoGo]

Funny you should say that... My youngest son said that if all of us had to leave the house, we should leave the dog with a miners hat and a map that reads, "YOU ARE HERE" with an "X" located in the middle of a snake drawing...

Oh lord that had me laughing. But really, Bob would have suffered if he ate that 99% piss 1% meat, fur, bone, puffball.

 

[LizMarie]

Aw I love dogs, especially small ones because those are the one's I'm allowed to keep in this apartment. Only bad thing is people tend to baby them and not train them because they see them more as little dolls as opposed to animals that NEED training. I'm happy that little yapper didn't get eaten alive, though. The peeing thing reminded me of my dog when she was younger when she got scared or excited all you would see is a stream or a puddle once she moved, lol. I swear once she was having a nightmare and I saw her shaking and heard her whinning when all of a sudden I put my hand down next to her and felt it all wet. She had pee'd on herself. lol

Nevertheless, they walked into our house and plopped down this thing on the floor that looked like a dashboard ornament

That made me laugh though, lmao.

 

[LizMarie]

My condo stipulates that cats and dogs are allowed as long as dogs are under 15lbs. and no EXOTIC pets. Well, I had a 6ft. boa that my wife made me get rid of and currently own 21 geckos and cresties. They haven't said a word in the 5 years I've been here (knock on wood). The 15lb rule is not convenient for me since I want an Old Victorian Bulldog so bad instead of a "Chihuahua".

My building has a 40lbs weight limit and all dogs have to be spayed, vaccinated, registered with the state and registered on your lease with a small $25 one-time fee after you've completed everything. As of Jan. 10th, 2010 they put down a new rule that dogs can only be under 25 or under and can't be one of the banned breeds (pits, rotties, shepards, huskies, bulldogs, boston terriers, i still don't get why the terrier is on list). Those that have been registered and have submitted all the appropriate documents before hand will have their bigger, banned breed dogs grandfathered into the lease.

We're also limited 2 ONE Cat OR ONE Dog, and caged animals it doesn't matter the number just as long as they aren't on the NYC/NYS illegal list.

I still have a cat and a dog, though. lol

 

[gitrdone0420]

Omg! Reading this has just brightened up my day. The way you wrote everything, just made me crack up! How funny! Oh, I would love to be there right now watching everything play out. I would probably pee my pants.

(Oh, and yea... my friends Burmese ate her full grown cat. I can imagine how easily a 1-pound rat, excuse me.. chihuahua can become a snack).

 

[sunshinegeckofarm]

o boy that sounded so funny i would have peed myself laughing. i love dogs but not a big fan of tiny dogs to me I would lose the darn thing in my house i would like whats that smell well the dog been missing for a while hmmm. lol. its funny the snakes thought it was food lol. i don't blame ya for not wanting to dog sit again but hey at least you got some laughs from it lol everyone needs comic relief lol

 

[T&KBrouse]

I really don't have a huge issue with dogs. Even the tiny ones. Its just reptiles are more my "shtick" you know? So thats what I have.
This just drove me nuts! I don't have puppies or kittens in the house because I know, no matter how cute and adorable they are, something in my house thats more powerful will try to eat it! So to save alot of heartache and explainations of why one pet ate another pet, we just don't bring in any small mammals. It just doesn't happen!

Since I originally posted this story (which I forgot about so it must have been buried out of deep psychological defense) we have acquired two savannah monitors, one of which has free run of the house.

My God! Could you imagine??...

 

[Joao]