Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Deep throat

I was carrying a piece of French toast to the parrots when Miro jumped up and grabbed it out of my hand. Yelling the usual at him, I reached down his gullet, pulled it out intact (that's the advantage to the way dogs gulp things down without chewing), and handed it to Alanis, since dog-to-bird saliva didn't seem like a good idea.

In addition to thwarting Miro, this was good practice. It has been a while since I've reached down his throat & I've always trained my dogs to know it's my right to plunge my arm down the esophagus and drag out whatever they're trying to swallow. Very useful, especially with the holidays coming up and all those tempting edibles and inedibles lying around.

Much has been written about Airedale snool, the difficulty of getting it off windows, its uses as a glue alternative, etc. Now I'm thinking it might be used as the slime you see on aliens in the movies.

4 comments:

  1. Miro, tell your mom it’s a defense mechanism and she should heed the slimy warming. Besides if that toast was within jumping and grabbing range she practically handed it to you! What did she think was gonna happen?

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  2. Yes we dales are very quick but sounds like your human was quicker Miro.

    Noah Wilow Tess Lucy x

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  3. What a shame you didn't get to enjoy your French toast, Miro! You gotta swallow more quickly next time! *wink wink*

    Love ya lots,
    Maggie and Mitch

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  4. How dare she, Miro. You need to train your Pinkie a bit better by the sound of things...

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