My son came running into the house yesterday with a concerned announcement. “Mom! I think one of the other dogs peed on Sunny’s face -- his face is all yellow.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time,” I thought to myself. Dogs are into that kind of thing.
I looked at Sunny’s face. Sure enough, it had some kind of yellow staining on it, and furthermore, he had some sort of red staining around his mouth. Thank goodness, it wasn’t blood.
Sunny
(a.k.a. Sundance Kid) is a friendly yellow lab: a friendly yellow
lab who eats anything that isn’t nailed down.
When Sunny comes to stay, I never have to clean up the plums or apples that have fallen on the ground. Sunny does it for me. He’s like a furry garden vacuum.
Sunny with apple hangover
So why was I surprised when I followed him out to my veggie garden and watched him ever-so-skillfully pluck a ripe tomato off the vine and gobble it up, and then another, and another.
Mama Mia, I could have made marinara sauce for the entire cast of the Godfather with the tomatoes that dog ate.
After consuming several pounds of the fruit, Sunny the frugivorous dog sort of fell over in a big tomato-eating puddle. The fruit in his belly must have acted as some kind of tomato tranquilizer.
Sunny with tomato hangover
It is a good thing that I have a massive amount of tomatoes this year. Last year, all my tomato plants suffered the dreaded blight.
Happily, my tomato plants are still producing -- even after the Sunny invasion.
The tomatoes that got away
Apple hangover! LOL. Hope that's not as painful as a Hula Grill mai tai hang over! Xoxo
Posted by: kimmy | September 25, 2012 at 07:57 AM
Yes Kim, the apple hangover seems a bit healthier than the mai tai hangover. When are we going surfing? I can't go for another week until my gums heal:(
Posted by: chigiy | September 25, 2012 at 08:15 AM
That's my boy! Your story telling skills are amazing! So funny!
Lisa,
Sunny's Guardian and Friend
Posted by: Lisa | September 26, 2012 at 08:46 PM
Thanks Lisa, I was nice seeing you today. "Hi" to Sunny.
Posted by: chigiy | September 26, 2012 at 08:56 PM
Quite hilarious! Our dog loved tomatoes and snitches them every chance he gets. They are supposed to be bad for them [all nightshades actually], so I try to keep him from having too many. Great story!
Posted by: Donalyn | October 03, 2012 at 07:28 AM
Hi Donalyn,
Thank you for the heads up on the tomatoes.
I will check into it. Thank you also for visiting. Take care.
Posted by: chigiy | October 03, 2012 at 05:19 PM
Love your site and your humorous way of writing!
Posted by: Tano | October 04, 2012 at 10:27 AM