I think my dogs Moose and Lally are jealous. With spending so much time interviewing writer friends lately, I haven’t been talking about them as much.
Somebody’s jealous. Somebody came up with a GREAT way to get featured in a blog: barf a mysterious green liquid in the living room while I was in the shower.
I always know something is up if one or both of the dogs is in the bathroom with me when I’m done in the shower. Usually, they avoid it like the plague. Running water? Soap? That could mean a dreaded bath!
Today, Lally greeted me when I stepped out of the shower. “Hi, mom, we left you a surprise in the living room!”
In front of the door I found the puddle. It’s green. And when I say green, I mean GREEN. Like vivid spring grass Crayola crayon green. I stared at it before my brain even could process the possibility of green barf. And I took a picture of it with my camera phone, because my regular digital camera is out of batteries.
The picture just doesn’t do it justice.
After we went for a quick walk (where everyone piddled and pooped as usual, and didn’t do any barfing at all), I did a little research and then called the vet. There isn’t much information out on the internet about dogs who barf green, but the general consensus on the web was that it could be from eating grass or it could be bile. The lady I talked to at the vet’s office didn’t think it was bile (bile is usually yellow in my experience) but told me that her dog barfs green a lot in the spring because he likes to eat grass.
Hmmm. I know a dog who likes to eat grass, and his name is Moose. Isolated vomiting (green or otherwise) isn’t necessarily a cause for worry. If other symptoms appear — like refusing to eat, lethargy, or other unusual behavior — then I’ll make him an appointment.
For now, I’m keeping him away from the “salad”.