Friday, June 26, 2009
She's Hot??

Actually my human calls it "In Heat" but I don't understand what her being warm has to do with the fact she smells funny and it having mood swings. I'm talking about Atlantis here before you all become hopelessly confused.

It started last Tuesday. Even my human noticed the stale smell emanating from Atlantis and her kennel as she was preparing to release her for her morning potty and frolicking. Once Atlantis and I burned off or morning energy my human gave Atlantis a belly rub as she checked her over for signs of becoming a young and reproductive female. I wanted a belly rub so naturally I did my best to be a pest until I got one too. After finding no physical signs on either of us we went about our daily routine.

Later that evening she checked Atlantis over again. I put my nose up Atlantis's butt in an attempt to help. Atlantis was not amused and glared at me. Did I mention the mood swings?

The pup went from licky and sweet to growly pants without warning. She also started barking in the kennel which is something she didn't do very often anymore. We still played and she still did all her service dog training tasks so my human just kept an eye on her. We also didn't go on any walks from this point on. My human didn't think that would be a good idea.

By Wednesday night Atlantis had sprung a leak. Very gross. She did her best to keep herself clean but my human knew what was coming next. Within a few hours she was bleeding from her special place but since it was late at night she just put Atlantis in her kennel for the evening.

Come Thursday morning it was very obvious that Atlantis was indeed hot. Err I mean in heat. After splattering blood around the kitchen for awhile my human made the call to inform Atlantis's owners of her condition and to make arrangements to take Atlantis to Brian's for the duration of her reproductive cycle.

Now I figured she'd come home and it would be just us. But apparently the humans had other ideas. When my human got home I found Lana leashed to her scooter. Yeah another playmate! This one has been spayed, like myself, so she won't be springing any leaks.

Still both my human and I sure do miss Atlantis. It's only been a day and the house just doesn't seem right without the crazy pup around.

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