Tuesday, April 14th, 2009...6:37 am
the shake
Sorry, guys. I’ve been hit with a quadruple whammy: the springbreak-allergies-easter-sickkid fast one. All of which leaves you with a dearth of hilarious blog posts by yours truly.
I think it’s the allergies that really got me not to mention the Kid being around all the time and talkingtalkingtalkingwhencanabloggerthink???.
I’ve been using a neti pot, which if you’ve never had the pleasure, is the equivalent of your local firefighter hosing off the station floor in their off time, just before they play another round of Yahtzee. It seems to get an initial layer of residue out, but the main gunk still comes back in, like whenever the fire truck returns from a run in the muddy backroads.
I’ve been envious of my dog, Becca. Just imagine if your neck could twist your head enough to shake out any gunk trapped between your ears! Ah, the instant relief!
I’ve had the unfortunate pleasure of cleaning out her ears. You fill up her ears with cleaning fluid, rub a little, and then, the main cleaning force? The Shake! During which chunks of black gunk fly out and stick to the cabinets (if she shakes in the kitchen, that is – great location, eh? anyone wanna come over for dinner next week?).
Oh, the grossness! But, oh, the release!
It looks like this:
Ahhhhhhh. I live vicariously through my dog.
6 Comments
April 14th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I’ve never heard of a neti pot, so of course I had to look it up on Wikipedia.
“The simplest technique is to snort water from cupped hands.” Seriously!? Because that sounds like something that I accidentally do in the swimming pool and end up cursing and snorting and tearing at the eyes. Yuck. I think I’ll stick with my Claritan.
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Thankfully, my husband cleans our dogs’ ears in the bathroom, so the gunk only lands on my toothbrush, not my food. Just kidding! Well, kind of. My toothbrush has a cover.
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
brooke, the pot is a little better than snorting from your cupped hands. slightly. there’s also a squeeze bottle variety. such drippy fun!
kerrie, now that’s gross!! toothbrush?!?!
April 14th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I hate having to clean my beagle’s ears. Such a pain…though he is good about not flinging his ear boogers anywhere…
April 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Neti pots rock. Weird, I know. But they work!
Love the pic of your dog. Hope everyone is healthy soon!
April 16th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
ear boogers! yes!
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