Ewww!

Yu You has a couple of Bichon Frises (not sure if that is the plural!) that she plays with in the park, Boo Boo and Pheobe. Boo Boo is named after Yogi Bears companion apparently...

Today only Boo Boo came out to play and a few other big dogs. His owner is a very nice woman and is quite chatty. So there we were, letting our dogs exercise each other for us when I noticed Boo Boo has a white thing in his mouth. At first I thought it was a tissue and being a bit of a protective dog owner I thought I'd better take it from him. I know Yu You chews and tries to swallow everything and then proceeds to have a minor asthma attack afterwards. But as I reached for it I had to pull my hand back as I realised it wasn't a tissue but - EWW- a used condom. EWW. EWW. At this point Boo Boo has run away from me, clearly not understanding the situation!

Ok, so this is not my dog, but I can't let him eat it so I start to chase him shouting at him to leave it. Not my dog so doesn't pay attention (although what's new there as my own one also does not pay attention!). At this point his owner asks what is it he has in his mouth and I have to mutter it to her to save embarassment as there were other owners around. At which point we have caught Boo Boo and the decision has to be made about how to get it out of his mouth... again, not my dog so obviously I do not volunteer to touch it! Boo Boo's owner eventually managed to ping it out of his mouth with her finger nails only and we have to quickly black bag it (they should use this as an example of why dog owners shuld carry poo bags!) as Boo Boo insisted on getting it back!

Anyway, I thought I'd just share this nice surburban dog walking story with you.... hope I haven't ruined your dinner!