Doodles and dead things!!

Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:49 am by Jennie Lloyd

Hello all,

I just had to tell you about my day yesterday and wondered if you have had similar experiences...

Yesterday afternoon Maddie and I were stretching our legs in the garden when I saw her take a particular interest in something lying in the grass...I walked over to see what it was and low and behold I realised it was a small black dead frog I quickly tried to call Mads away but of course that made her want it even more! She picked it up and was chomping at it so I walked (ok ran!) away in shock/disgust! Luckily she doesn't like to see me walk away and instantly dropped the frog and came inside. I lured her into her pen with some yummy liver cake but then I noticed she couldn't eat it and kept spitting it out. I looked again and her mouth and nose were running with saliva, it was dripping everywhere and she seemed to shrink into a little ball. I thought oh dear, vet here we come but she seemed to right herself pretty quickly and was normal again within 5-10 mins so I just kept my eye on her.

I then went back outside to find the frog which I saw was covered in black ants. Initially I thought perhaps Mr Croaky had released some kind of poison but I wonder if in fact the ants stung her mouth?

Anyway, later that day I took her to Windsor Great Park for a lovely long walk and again she stopped along the route and was very interested! I called her and eventually she came running to me with half a dead bird in her mouth and the wing pointing straight towards me I managed to get her to drop it only to find her with the other half of it in her mouth about 20 paces forwards...

Also when she was about 4 months old she was in the garden and came running up to me with something hanging out of her mouth which I eventually found was a dead mouse! The tail was stiff and curling out round her whiskers and it makes me cold from head to toe! Am I a big wuss??

Do any of your Doodles like to great you with such 'presents'!!! I can only just about look her in the eye again now!!

Yuckily yours,

Jen xx

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