Don't leave your stuff where Leroy can get it!

brownnewf

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Ever since we got Leroy I always tell my kids-"Don't leave your stuff where Leroy can get it, on the floor, table, counters, etc. You would think after numerous things have been eaten or destroyed they would get the hint. Nope!
So the other day was another lesson learned for my 8 year old son who collects squishies, (for those of who don't know what squishes are they are little pencil toppers in the shapes of various animals) the "cool" thing for 2nd graders or so I am told. Anyway, my son traded with one of his friends a walrus, or seal, that was considered "rare" by the 2nd graders. He was so proud when he came home from school with it, carried it everywhere with him for a few hours until he made one fatal mistake leaving it on the edge of the dinner table, Leroy quickly made his move when no one was looking and swallowed it. Oh boy, it was the end of the world as my son new it. He cried for hours and insisted that I take Leroy to the pound!
So, the next morning before he went to school he asked me that after I took Leroy to the pound if I could go out in the back clean up dog poop and look for his squishy. Of course, I told, thinking to myself yeah right like I'll ever find it.
So after taking Leroy to the pound(just kidding) I went and looked for the squishy, went to pick up the first pile I came to and omg there it was, staring straight up at me this little grey seal, fully intacted in a pile of poop!:shocker: The thought crossed my mind to just scopped it up and put it in the bag, but then I remembered my son's heartbroken face, so I chissled off the frozen poop with my shovel went inside and got a pair of gloves and saved the squishy!
Scrubbed it, soaked it, scrubbed and soaked it some more(it's still soaking) but when my son came home he was so excited that it was saved!!! He says that he can't wait until it's done soaking and he can go to school and trade it since it is now even more rare than it was when he got it!!!
Just wanted to share this, and hope I am not not the only one who has had to dig through their dogs poop!
 

newfam

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! What a true MOM you are! Congrats on saving the day. Not sure I could have convinced myself to try it...but you never know. 7 kids have know to throw me for a loop every once in a while. :D
 
Ever since we got Leroy I always tell my kids-"Don't leave your stuff where Leroy can get it, on the floor, table, counters, etc. You would think after numerous things have been eaten or destroyed they would get the hint. Nope!
Hehe, good story. I have friends who have had as many as 8 Basset Hounds of there own in the house plus boarders and fosters in the last I bet 30 years, and they still have not learned. And belive Bassets can compete for the Counter Surfers Gold Medal as well as a long legged dog.

You are good Mom to dig through the poop for your son. Hope he really appreciates it when he is a adult. :)
 

brownnewf

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He was, until tonight when Leroy chewed up his playstation game that he left laying on the floor. So I guess it's back to the pound tomorrow. Actually maybe I'll switch things up and stop by the orphanage with my son :). Just kiddin.
 

lacey9875

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You know you can use this for the rest of his life, right? Not cleaning his room, late curfews,etc. Just throw out a, "I picked through dog poop for your squishy and this is the thanks I get??!!" It's the ultimate guilt trip. :D
 

blphome

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Never dug in the poop have seen some things. Like last year when I saw this BRIGHT RED thing in a turd while on poop patrol. OF course, I freaked out..."WHAT KIND OF WORM IS THAT???? A BLOOD WORM? WHERE DID LEWIS GET BLOOD WORMS???? OH MY GOD!!!!" Upon closer inspection it was a piece of bright red parachute cord I'd used to secure the pad in Lewis' crate. Lewis hated the pad so he chewed the cord and pushed the pad so he could lay on the cooler plastic. Thankfully six inches of parachute cord is expendable vs. the highly collectible and apparently digestive tract resistant seal squishy. Forget trading at school....EBAY!

Nice job restoring order to the universe and rescuing the seal!
 

Angela

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:!rolling::!rolling::!rolling:
Maybe if you did threaten to take him to the orphanage that would stop him leaving tempting things around for Leroy???
 

Bob M

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Three cheers for a great mom!

But yes, I immediately thought, "She can use this on him for the rest of his life," too.:LMAO:
 

sara722003

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Kids will NEVER keep things picked up! Our two left socks and towels and other goodies down for our inhaler-prone Berner, and we paid literally thousands to operate twice on our boy. Mercifully, he survived, but I convinced the kids they HAD to keep their doors SHUT after the 2nd surgery. Anytime I walked in and saw their doors open, they would lose all priviledges for the next 24 hours. I got their attention quickly, after taking away their cell phones for 24 hours, and they got really good at keeping the messes behind doors.

Your story made me laugh! What Mom's don't do.....but don't count on using it for future guilt trips. I've discovered that they tune us out immediately when we try it! :yawn:

All good things take time. It'll take them to have their own kiddos 'til they get an inkling....but that's how it probably SHOULD be anyway. Thankfully, my Newfs have never really been scavengers. BossMan was for the first 2 years, but that was almost 2 years ago, and how quickly the nightmares fade.
 
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