Funny pet/kid stories

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<p>I hope this thread will help each other through transitions that seem to be more common during this time of year and this time of our lives.</p>

<p>The first story- isn’t something that happened to me, but a salesclerk at a local shop was telling a friend about an experience that happened to a mutual friend and I had to eavesdrop.</p>

<p>This young woman apparently lives in NYC, she is attending school & poor, however has been house/dog sitting for a wealthy family while they travel abroad.</p>

<p>I didn’t catch what kind of dog it was, but fairly good sized about 80 lbs.
Unfortunately while the owners were gone, the dog died, and when the housesitter contacted the couple, she was told to take the dog to the vet to be cremated.
( guess they didn’t have a big enough freezer )</p>

<p>I am not sure why she didn’t call for a taxi ( she didn’t have a car in NYC), but perhaps because she wasn’t accustomed to hiring them it didn’t occur to her.
So she struggled to put the remains in a wheeled duffle bag and drug the dog onto the subway, resisting all who attempted to help, until after she arrived at her stop a young man insisted on helping her carry the bag up the stairs to the street.</p>

<p>He threw the duffle over his shoulders and easily carried it up to the sidewalk. Whereupon instead of handing it back to her, he took off down the street.
She still hasn’t told the owners yet.</p>

<p>I can see it happening- I can’t help laughing though.</p>

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<p>That’s hilarious.</p>

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<p>My dog, but not my kid.</p>

<p>I had posted this a while back, took me some time to locate it.</p>

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<p>The kid was about 4-5 years old. Just finished dinner. Husband on the afternoon shift. TV is on. I am in the recliner and doze off. I sort of wake up and the kid says, “Go back to sleep, Mommy”. My brain says “Warning Will Robinson”. I wake up fully.</p>

<p>The kid has found several spools of thread and has wound it around every piece of furniture in TWO rooms. I can hardly get out of the chair. Needed scissors and about 1/2 hour to clean it up.</p>

<p>She says she was protecting the house ala “Home Alone”</p>

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<p>violadad-- interesting story…
We usually go for labs, but I’ve always wanted a Newf… (note to self: make that a female Newf.)</p>

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<p>I sort of wake up and the kid says, “Go back to sleep, Mommy”</p>

<p>Obviously an experienced parent.
:D</p>

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<p>You know how in the movies the hero can go under a fence by dropping to his belly and kind of wiggling under, or by lying on his back and using his arms to pull himself through? My dog does that when she wants to escape the yard: she lies on her side, then makes herself very flat, then pushes–shoulders first–herself under the fence, then scrabbles her front legs to pull her hips through. The other dog can’t figure it out, even after watching her do it.</p>