Dogs, a Kid and a Hole...

Today Jesse and I took our client Dina to our favorite park. We do this pretty much every weekday afternoon, so we’ve gotten to know several dogs and their people who we see nearly every time we’re there. The dogs are all good friends now and they play very well together. We humans enjoy watching the dogs play, while we chat with each other. It’s a nice way to let the dogs get lots of exercise, without having to exercise us… LOL!

Jesse, Dina and their friends tell me this park is their doggie Nirvana. They have a couple acres of open space to run and play in, off leash and free. There are tons of sticks everywhere. Sticks are great toys to tease other dogs, play tug and fetch with… and to chew on too. It has lots of trees to dodge, hide behind, use as mailboxes, and rest in the shade of. There are multitudes really awesome smells; hundreds of people and dogs use the park, along with all the wild animals who make it their home after dark. To a dog, it’s like a symphony for the nose. When they get hot they can romp in the river to cool off. They can dig as much as they want and no one scolds them for it. They get to be dogs there and they love it!

Anyway, Jesse, Dina and three of their pals did some major digging today. They spent a great deal of time and energy excavating a large hole. When they finally decided the hole was finished, they each took turns urinating in it… They like to sign their work. Just then a woman came by with her six-year-old daughter and their eight-month-old Weimaraner puppy. We all forgot about the hole as our dogs came over for a meet and greet with the new puppy. Then they all ran off for more doggie games. We adults stood around watching the dogs play; laughing and narrating their silly antics.

After a couple minutes, we heard the little girl call out one of the phrases that can make an adult’s heart stop, "Hey Mom, look at me." You never know what you’ll see when you turn around to look… maybe the kid has climbed up a tree and is about to show mom she can fly.

We all turned around to look and she was happily lying in the very same hole that only moments earlier all the dogs had used as a urinal. Of course neither she, nor her mom knew about that small fact. I so wanted to laugh and exchanged looks with my friends and knew they did too. I could also tell that, like me, they were wondering, “Should I tell this woman her daughter is lying in dog piss?” Somehow we all non-verbally agreed not to mention it.

But when the girl got up from the hole, she had small wet, dirty spots all over her backside, and we all lost it. Then her mom asked us what she had on her back, so we had to tell her. She laughed too, what else could she do? It was funny ☺