Still with the radio silence

[ksmith]

Just stopped by to open the windows and give the place an airing.

Came home after work to find a bit of a fraught situation–King edgy and clingy, drinking lots of water. Water splattered all over the dining room floor. In addition, when I went into the living room I found the television pulled away from the wall and the cable box unplugged. Meanwhile, in the dining room, I found the grow light unplugged and the power strip into which it had been plugged yanked out of the wall and lying on the floor.

I was understandably upset by this. I am already concerned about King’s old-agedness, and at first I thought he’d had some sort of fit. I wiped up the splatters and gave him time to settle down. After an hour or so, I fed him. He ate normally. Meanwhile, I pondered.

Then I remembered the fly.

When I came home at lunchtime, I left the back door open a little too long and let in a honking big fly. I tried to swat it and failed, and since I had to get back to work I left it in the house with the pups. I should have known better because King goes after flies. What I think happened is that he tried to catch it in the living room, chased it behind the TV, and got tangled in the cable box cord thus yanking it out of the wall. Same thing in the dining room with the power strip and the grow light. King got tangled in the power strip cord–the strip was atop a small table–yanked it out of the wall and pulled the strip down on his head. At the same time, he managed to pull the grow light cord out of the power strip. Luckily, that didn’t topple on him as well, although it was resting a mite crooked on its shelf.

After all that, King still didn’t get the fly until a few minutes after I got home. He was pacing back and forth, spotted Fly bouncing off the backdoor glass, and snapped it out of the air, nervy nerves and all.

The TV still works. So do the power strip and grow light. King is currently lying on the living room rug, looking as though he has finally settled down.

Gaby was completely unaffected by all of this. Just thought you’d like to know.

Later….

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

Comments

[affinity8.livejournal.com]

Poor King! What a misadventure! I'm glad dog and TV are both okay.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The reason I never leave on Animal Planet is because when King hears animal noises emanate from the TV, he tries to get behind it to find the critter. When I had the ancient floor console, that wasn't an issue. But the 35-pound flat screen on the rolling TV stand? That's an issue. I'm lucky the thing didn't wind up on the floor.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

And my first thought was you'd had an intruder King had drive off. A two-legger, not a six-legger with wings.

Poor King. Poor you, too, but poor King most of all. I have an unwanted and very loud fly in the house right now so I deeply sympathize.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

There would have been signs of a two-legger. Way glad it wasn't one of those.

King's eyes are cloudy and his eyesight isn't as sharp as it used to be. He may not have even seen the cords. But then, don't ask me how he saw the fly. I think dogs can detect movement better than they can stationary objects. Then there's the buzzing to help them hone in.

The only other things that would have upset him that badly would have been thunder or the smoke detector going off. The detectors were all fine. A localized storm is always possible, but I don't think we had one yesterday.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

Heh. On the upside, he may be old but he thinks he's still a puppy.