All this talk about dog-sitting brought out a good story at work yesterday. A friend of a friend was dog-sitting for a Great Dane (these are BIG dogs - compare with a chihuahua, left). A few days into it, the dog died of old age. She called up the owners, who weren't upset, but she needed to find something to do with it because they were going to be gone for a few weeks. They made a few phone calls and then told her that the best thing would be to take the dog to the vet so the vet could properly store it. The problem was, this dogsitter didn't have a car. As you may imagine, it's very difficult travelling around with a giant dead dog, especially without a car. So she brainstormed for a bit, and finally decided to put the great dane in a giant suitcase and carry it with her on the bus to the vet. So she lugged the suitcase onto the bus with her and sat right by the door of the bus, so that she wouldn't have to carry it very far. Then, at one of the stops, a guy in the back of the bus jumped up, ran over and grabbed the suitcase, and jumped off the bus with it before she could stop him.Oh, what I would give to be a fly on the wall when that guy opened his stolen suitcase, expecting all kinds of treasures.
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That is a crazy story! Definitely a case of Karmic retribution for the thief, but I guess the poor pooch didn't deserve it.
I like that story...but that's some really bad luck for hte dog sitter! The dog died while she was there and then she lost the body!!!
Wow! that's insane!
I'm dogsitting this weekend too...for a dog named Zero...she's a whippet (whip-it good).
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