Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Worst meals on this earth

Dogs are not supposed to eat cat food. Rebba found out the hard way. We gave her the special dog food in her bowl and we fed the cat at the same time. In no time, fast as lightening, Rebba managed to empty the cat's bowl. She shouldn't have done that.. and we should have separated cat and dog to have their dinners. Rebba's intestines weren't too happy with the cat food and her tummy rumbled like thunder. She didn't feel too comfortable today. When I saw her munch on some green leaves in the back yard, I knew she was trying to find a way to get her sick stomach cleaned. And indeed, this afternoon she threw up. She emptied her gal bladder and now she's fast asleep on the couch. She didn't want to eat anything today, but that's okay. Her stomach needs to calm down now.

I spent the night downstairs. The plan was that Rebba would sleep in her brandnew dog's bed, next to the couch I was going to sleep on. But that's not exactly what happened. Arthur decided he liked the dog's bed. So he stepped into it and fell asleep. Rebba didn't mind at all and she joined me on the couch, laying her head in my neck. I could feel her heartbeat bump up and down and it was soothing.
In the middle of the night, Rebba decided she wanted to give Arthur some company. He did not expect her at all and it scared him. So Arthur ran off, Rebba jumped back onto the couch and we fell asleep again. Some time later, Arthur tried to figure out why I was sleeping on the couch. He probably forgot about Rebba, until she peeked from behind my back. So there went Arthur again..

They'll get used to one another. It will take some time, but Rome wasn't built in one day either, was it?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Oops, did I forget to mention ? Whippets are thieves !

www.kokenenhogehakken.blogspot.be said...

LOL! Yes, I can't remember our whippet being a thief. Maybe she was not a true whippet?
Rebba loves to steal food.. She's always all ears when she hears us open the fridge. We agreed as a family, to completely ignore her at the table. We don't even make eye contact or speak to her, when she's begging. It works. She gives up and has some of her own food out of her bowl.
We still haven't found a solution for the cat food. Putting the food in another room is not a solution, because Rebba does not like closed doors.. resulting in scratching the door.
We'll work it out somehow. Any advice is welcome!