The pee incidents were not related to any tantrums. Just an overfull bladder and having too much fun to take a potty break. Unfortunately for me, this meant an accident as I carried her to the bathroom as fast as I could. Thank goodness I have understanding friends with husbands that own big enough shirts to cover the roundness of my belly so I could spend some more quality time with friends on a Saturday night instead of at home folding laundry.
As for the pooping...well I really don't understand what happened there. We were on our way to the Vet (poor Kel has an ear infection in one of her ears) and despite my 10 minute attempt to get her to go to the bathroom before getting in the car, Kelly decided to leave me a surprise.
We were driving down the Autobahn (highway) towards the Vet when I smelled something stinky. I thought it was Kelly's usual toxic fumes and said "Oh my goodness Kelly what did you eat yesterday!?" as I looked in the rear view mirror. It was then I realized Kelly was in her "crunch" mode. She was pooping the back of the Volvo!
I screamed for her to stop which caused her to look at me. If you can picture the face of someone who gets caught doing something and then decides "screw it, she can't get me back here", that's the face my dog gave me. Because I was driving on a stretch of road where going less then 70mph could cause you to be involved in one serious accident, I had to focus on the road.
But the smell...oh my god was the smell was horrid.
There was no where for me to exit for at least 5km so I opened the window because Lucy is in the backseat coughing and saying "Mommy. Stinky Poop." Just an FYI for anyone who this should happen too-NEVER OPEN THE WINDOW!
Opening the window made the smell worse because now it was circulating in the car. Those 5km felt like 100 miles by the time I was able to pull off the highway and get to place where I could get in the back of the car safely. Kelly dropped her head the minute I opened the hatch. Thank God it wasn't one of those messy poops and Kelly didn't walk in it while the car was moving. I pulled Kelly out of the car and cleaned up the mess, then walked her to a grassy area to see if she had to go more.
I'm lucky that we decided to get a liner for the back trunk area to protect the carpet. That meant the poo was easily picked up and wiped down. I have to wash the liner still, but at least I don't have to find a guy to shampoo the carpet. Plus, by wiping it down with a baby wipe, the smell disappeared!
Honestly, I think I've had my fill of pee and poop in the last week. I have gone back to asking Lucy every 30 minutes to go potty and plan to let Kelly out numerous times a day for a while. I just hope Lucy remembers how potty time works when she goes to preschool tomorrow. Now if I can just convince the newest member of our family to come out potty trained, I'll be set.
Oh, and Kelly is fine. She even lost a little weight (couldn't have been the 5lb poop she left behind in the car, right?). The Vet told me we're lucky she's gone this long without an ear infection as its a common thing for bulldogs to endure their whole lives. Now I just have to figure out how I can pin her down to put drops in her ears 2 times a day. I'm sure a peanut butter treat will work wonders in this arena.
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