Edible Underwear

A couple of weeks ago I began to notice that our dog Augustine (Augie) would grab dirty clothes out of the laundry basket and run. It became a fun little game, well at least for Augie. He immediately discovered that it was easier to grab smaller articles of clothing, so it was natural that his favorite thing to get away with was Natalie’s underpants, also known as panties. This little game became such a regular occurrence in the Davis home that it was not uncommon to spot Augie running around the house with underwear hanging out of his mouth. Yesterday, I was watching a game and typing on the computer when I heard Natalie scream from the laundry room. I looked up and in came Augie with black lace hanging out of his mouth. Without hesitation I ran over to retrieve the goods, when to my surprise the unthinkable happened I watched Augie make a swallowing motion. I opened his mouth and sure enough no undies. Did that really just happen? What are you a goat? Into the garage I ran to tell Natalie. Only to be informed that she thought he had eaten a different pair earlier in the day. End of story? Not even close. At 11:50pm I was awaken by a sharp bark. This could only mean one thing, Augie had an uncontrollable bowel movement, aka “the runs”, and so I ran him outside and then back to his kennel. Then again at 12:30am another bark, at 12:42am another bark, in all between 11:50pm and 2:30am Augie had to go out 6 or 7 times. Most of the time not much happened, but it was apparent that his stomach was probably suffering from his new favorite food group, thong. Then at 3:05am I woke up, no bark, just a weird feeling. I turned on the light and there it was in Augie’s kennel, a pile of vomit with 2 pair of women’s underwear poking out. Amazing, never quite seen anything like it, and for now I think that Augie will stay out of the laundry, at least for a couple of days.

