Nubie Part 2: And that's why Nubie is a very bad dog

Once upon a time, Phrodaux had a remarkable dog. I cannot write much about her here, because Pook (aka Ms. Bear) deserves a post or seven all her own. The remarkable thing relevant to this post, though, is that Pook ate EVERYTHING and never got sick.

Everything. Honest. Not just regular doggie bad stuff like chocolate (though one Christmas she got plenty of that) but weird stuff like raw rice, raw potatoes, olive oil, oil paint. Hot pepper from a can (she chewed through the can). This list goes on and on and on.

Nubie never met Pook; she left us in June of 2003 and Nubie came along that September. But the FQ believes that dogs somehow transmit knowledge over time. Pook's gift to Nubie, then, was this message: Food is EVERYWHERE. You just have to go get it.

So. A normal Friday night trip to the farm. FQ closes down her classroom soon after small people depart, heads for home. Phrodaux has the car packed up, pups are itching to go. We drive and drive and drive and finally stop at this nice place for tomatoes (more canning!), corn, apples, and a cantaloupe.

(Phrodaux here: don't forget the oh so cute farm stand girls and boys that work there, I believe they breed them there along with the organic produce and pods that they will someday replace our leaders with, end side note)

Produce gets wedged into the nooks and crannies of the car, as we are all packed up for a farm weekend and there isn't much room. The melon goes on the floor of the back seat.

Phrodaux resumes driving, but soon FQ smells something funny. Something sweet. Something...melony. She can't see what's happening exactly behind her, but she can wind her freakishly long arms around behind the seat to find this:

 "Pull over pull over pull over! Nubie ate the cantaloupe!" are the next words out of her mouth.

Ate the cantaloupe. Through the rind? Who does that??? Well, Nubie. And before him, Ms. Pook - who knocked a melon off the kitchen island and chewed through the rind. People would say, "Oh, your dog has food issues - why don't you put stuff up?" And our response was always: What stuff? Whose dogs eat cantaloupe?!?!?!

Clearly, Nubie does. And doesn't feel even slightly bad about it.

Phrodaux was no help. FQ was panicking over the ingestion of melon rind - honestly, that can't be good for anyone, right? - but Phrodaux laughed and laughed and laughed. Nubie? He just wanted us to drive faster. Hurry up and get there, mom. It's time for dinner.

 

(Phrodaux further side note: still laughing!)