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Go With The Flow

“Stop watching me.”

As a well trained male with many years of experience holding purses, it has been my observation that your average, common or garden variety of female has a bladder the size of a walnut.

That trait is consistent across species as far as I can tell.

But guess who breaks tradition?

That’s right. Reiko-chan has a bladder that, were it a balloon, she could rent it to Goodyear to fly over football games.

She goes to bed with me about 9:00 each night. (I know, I know…shush).

She gets up with me at about 4:30. (Shush again.)

She holds throughout the night and even then seems in no rush to make her first pee run. Amazing, and never an accident in the bedroom. But when she finally lets loose it’s like a day trip to Iguasu Falls

I don’t know why I felt I should share this tidbit with you today, but there it is.

Carry on.

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20 responses to “Go With The Flow”

  1. lois Avatar
    lois

    That girl is just full of surprises, isn’t she?

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      Something new every day. Thing is, on gym days I want her to get her business done early otherwise it is pee pad time. Guess which days she decides she wants to go slow? Uh huh.

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      1. lois Avatar
        lois

        You think this is all related to the hoarding situation she came from?

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        1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
          Reiko’s Journey

          That’s what I think. I figure all or most of her behaviors were shaped in an environment where survival was key and her strategy was to avoid standing out among the crowd.

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  2. Bitey Dog Avatar
    Bitey Dog

    Murphy was like that when he first came here. My other two used to love going out often to mark the world. If it weren’t for Lasix, Murph would probably still be on his twice-a-day schedule.

    Reiko’s bladder sounds like quite a blessing!

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      I prefer it to the opposite. Max was a classic guy dog and couldn’t pass by anything, not even a blade of grass, without a lifted leg blessing.

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  3. Xena and Lucy Avatar
    Xena and Lucy

    Yep, my girls are like that too. But because of all the moisture they get from their raw diet, they don’t drink a lot. Reiko sleeps under the bed, I think, right?

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      Yup, under the bed and she treats as sacrosanct anything to do with the bedroom. That’s her “cave” and safety spot even with a huge lump of owner on top of her. For my part I never intrude on her when she is in the bedroom.

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      1. Xena and Lucy Avatar
        Xena and Lucy

        Smart.

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    Anonymous

    , Napoleon, one of mine, seems to store it up….his party piece is when I return home he darts out of the door to produce Noah’s flood, while giving me a dirty look for imprisoning him in the house during my absence.

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      Clearly “Anonymous ” is Helen’s for who else among us would have a dog named Napoleon? 😀

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      1. lois Avatar
        lois

        haha! I was thinking the same thing–**this sounds an awful lot like Helen** 😂

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      2. Helen Devries Avatar
        Helen Devries

        Guilty as charged.

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  5. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    🤣

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  6. doesitevenmatter3 Avatar
    doesitevenmatter3

    I wonder if it is because little Reiko has not had a normal-dog-life. 🙁
    Coop always loved a good pee…and lifting his leg even when he didn’t have to go. Ha. Makin’ his mark! Sniffin’ out the p-mail from the other dogs in the neighborhood! 😉
    I wouldn’t have told you this while he was alive…but when he was 14, 15, 16 years old…he sometimes squatted to pee like a female. 😉 I can hear him now, saying, “Oh, mom! You didn’t HAVE to share that!” 😁
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      One of my favorite Max stories was that he would squat to pee as a puppy. Finally, on a walk he approached a light pole and raised a leg. We were SO proud our little boy had figured it out. But the problem was he raised the leg that was distant from the pole! A backwards pee. We laughed about that for years.

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      1. doesitevenmatter3 Avatar
        doesitevenmatter3

        Aw! That is funny and so cute! 🙂

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  7. doesitevenmatter3 Avatar
    doesitevenmatter3

    Just poppin’ in to say HEY! to you and to Reiko!
    I think of you two so often and I’m always sending the bestest wishes your way! Always hoping and wishing for some joy for each of you in each and every day. ❤️❤️ (((HUGS))) 🙂

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    1. Reiko's Journey Avatar
      Reiko’s Journey

      HEY! to you, too. Thanks for the kind wishes, you’re the bestest. All is well in roommateville, for now. ❤

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      1. doesitevenmatter3 Avatar
        doesitevenmatter3

        You’re welcome! 🙂

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