I don't have pictures for this post and as you read on, you will be thankful. For the faint of heart, you might want to skip this one.

My precious new prissy poodle decided to start off the week by eating/playing with a poisoned rat. Yes, a DEAD poisoned stinky smelly rat.

I opened the garage door to take my briefcase and Jackson's lunch bag to the car. He is teetering in the doorway waiting on me to come get him. It's always a race against his patience, is he going to wait for mommy or try the two very big steps down into the garage and take a nose dive. So far, he has always waited, especially if he has his milk and one of those pinwheel puff things.

So, I head to the car and there she is, prancing around with this dead, disembowled rat in her mouth. And oh my lord, the smell hits me. I start screaming at her to drop it, which she does and take a quick peek at Jackson, no nose dive yet. Run to get a shovel which I wasn't fast enough, she has it back in her mouth and prancing through the yard. I know the rat has been poisoned as we just had the bug company out because evidently rats like bird food and I just got a new bird feeder. Tony is thrilled with me (can you hear my sarcasm). Anyway, I finally get her to drop it and get it scooped up on the shovel and tossed over the fence into the street behind us. I know, not the proper place for rat disposal, but folks I am in a panic situation. As I am heading back across the yard, there is a huge snake. Don't know what kind, don't care, gave it wide berth. I get back to the garage and Stella is now eating the maggots off the garage floor. Breakfast didn't stay with me at that point. Jackson is still in the door way, talking and pointing at his dogs saying "dayee" which is Daisy. I pull my head out of the flowerbed, head to the house for mouth wash and scoop up Jackson to go to school. I have decided he needs to be away from the scene before I can decide what else to do.

Drop him off at school and call the vet. They recommend I induce vomiting and bring it with me. Yes, I said bring it with me. I don't have anymore breakfast so I should be ok right? Well, to get a dog to vomit, you give them 1 tablespoon of Hydrogen peroxide. No, they won't drink it, you have to pry open the mouth of an animal that just had a dead, rotten poisoned rat and maggots in it and pour it down their throat. Now, should you ever find yourself needing to do this, please keep in mind, this is definately an outdoor activity. This induces vomiting with 2 minutes. After we finish this little episode, it's off the vet's office, plastic baggy in hand, while i am texting my boss, sorry about your sales meeting, my stupid dog just ate a poisoned rat.

So now I get to the vets office who assures me Stella will be ok. We induced vomiting so quickly she probably didn't ingest anything. Now, get this, they know why I am there. I told them, she ate/played with a dead poisoned rat and ate maggots and this vet tech let this nasty little dog lick her face. I almost lost it again. Come on people, all you dog kissers out there, these are not clean animals - WHY DO YOU DO THAT?

So Stella got to spend the day at the vet's for observation. I got to pick her up in the afternoon after I picked up her $65 prescription for Vitamin K and paid the $89 vet bill. Yes, folks that makes it a $154 rat.

I love being a dog mommy.