POOP in Home Depot!

daniel940 · 07-05-2008, 11:40 PM

We had family in town today on a cross-country trip, and they needed some supplies at Home Depot. I figured this was a good opportunity to bring Cooper to the store with me on leash (I used to walk him around there in my arms when we first got him from the breeder, as part of our socialization plan). I mean, he's 7 months old, what's the worst that a little 30lb puppy could do? Bad daddy! Bad!

My uncle-in-law David and I had just gotten almost to the back of the store (of course - REALLY far from the front door) when David mentioned that Cooper was squatting! Sure enough, the little munchkin was poopin right in the middle of the store (I'm not talking in a nice secluded aisle, I mean in a big open area)! Agh! I quickly handed David the leash while I blocked the three piles of poop from view as best as I could. As I'm unwrapping a poop bag from my pocket to start grabbing, David says "Whoops! " Sure enough, as I look up from the poop I was grabbing, I see one more little one about 12 in. away, and beyond that, a huge shmeary area, with a nice big, David-sized shoeprint in it (and David looking embarrassed). No way to pick that up! Since I was already feeling a bit like I was breaking the rules having him in the store in the first place (Cooper, that is, not David, wakka wakka), and worried that three solid(ish) poops might be followed by the, well, yuckier kinds that sometimes come at the end (so to speak), I grabbed the poop, WIPED at the large squished pile as best as I could and ran through the store to get him outside. Cooper, of course, couldn't have been having a better time!

After David emerged from the store about half a minute later, we had a great laugh. As I got back to the car, I started to hear my karma alarm beeping, so I grabbed some Windex and paper towels from my trunk and headed back inside to make it right. In my defense, I tried to wipe up the original pile, the remnants of the shmear pile and the 15 or so exponentially shrinking poop footprints that David left through the store, but most of it was already dry, and to be honest, looked a lot like normal dirt. It was Home Depot, after all.

So to Cooper, I say "PLEASE don't remember how much fun that was! I'd like you to be a dog I can take with me when I go shopping!" (Though maybe I'll be a Lowes man from now on...) To the maintenance staff at the Windward Home Depot in Alpharetta, sorry!

gene · 07-06-2008, 04:30 AM

Way to leave your mark Cooper. Next time do it in the garden section.....hey, they sell manure....right??

**MaxandMe** · 07-06-2008, 08:06 AM

Gene...its COW manure they sell

daniel940.........sorry but i just had an excellent early Sunday morning laugh! hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa had a visual of everyone's nightmare that happened to YOU hhahaaaaaaaaaaaa

me? i'd been laughing to hard to clean anything up
good job though making it "right" hahhaaa

sooo did you buy anything at home depot?

PS little kids do same in kitchen/bath stores. Saw one once go poop
in a toliet on display hahhaaaaaaaaa!
puppies, toddlers.........they surprise youall the time!

makes life MORE interesting if you ask me

L's Mom · 07-06-2008, 08:21 AM

OH Yeah!!! I worked in a Home Depot when I was younger, and kids would potty in the display toilets all the time!!!

I am glad you made it right by cleaning it up, how funny!!!

07-06-2008, 09:14 AM

Hahahaha! Great story! And glad it was you and not me! Have you ever been to the home Depot here? Dogs are not allowed in our Home Depot

**lindamarie** · 07-06-2008, 11:50 AM

HAHA! That is too funny!.......you write very well and got your point across. I felt like I was there....vicariously! hahaha

Tink · 07-06-2008, 12:04 PM

Teeheehee
Good story, thanks for sharing!

blueteal · 07-06-2008, 12:16 PM

Bahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

Denver once peed in our local pet store.
I had seen another dog pee all over the cat litter bags
and before I could steer Denver out of the way he lifted his leg and did the same. If you ever try to tell a dog (at least one that lifts there leg)
to stop in mid pee well it is like asking any male species to do that and of course they turn to see what you want and pee goes in the direction of the turn...................no way to clean that up, so we just told the employees, and they said do not worry as it happens all the time........

DebBrown · 07-06-2008, 04:44 PM

Good thing you had a poop bag with you. It could have been worse?!

I guess sometimes you just gotta go. Maybe he was a bit anxious with all the strange people and that got things moving.

Deb

River Rat · 07-06-2008, 06:26 PM

That's a great story! We have taken Chouette, at over a year and about 55 lbs., into our Home Depot, but we put her in a cart, padding it first to make it paws-friendly. It avoids temptation and everyone makes a fuss over her. One staff person commented that she was the largest dog she'd seen in there, but there was no question but that she was welcome. It's not easy getting her into a cart though....

Leslie

daniel940 · 07-06-2008, 07:42 PM

Leslie - your reply reminded me that when we first got there, I considered putting him in a cart (thinking that might be more acceptable). Now I'm thinking we dodged a bullet! Imagine if he had pooped in a cart. Holy cow.

Dan and Cooper

River Rat · 07-06-2008, 07:50 PM

I don't know that it was exactly a bullet you dodged....

But the point is that they won't go in the cart. When we had to transport sheep or goats to the vet's we'd stick them in the back of the van and make them lie down, and they'd stay clean the whole trip. Worked wonders.

Leslie

**MaxandMe** · 07-06-2008, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daniel940

Leslie - your reply reminded me that when we first got there, I considered putting him in a cart (thinking that might be more acceptable). Now I'm thinking we dodged a bullet! Imagine if he had pooped in a cart. Holy cow.

Dan and Cooper

hhahaaaaaaaaaaaa I had to come back to this post and now i read this!
toooooooooo funny hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Beardedlady · 07-07-2008, 11:51 AM

Hahahaha! Now next time I'm in Home Depot I'll be looking at the marks on the floor...wondering.......

seazr · 07-07-2008, 01:41 PM

SH$#% happens!!!! Dakota has gone to Home Depot and Lowes with us since he was about 4 months old--my husband is a contractor so we go frequently!! About a month ago we were in Home Depot and as we rounded a corner I looked down and to my total shock, Dakota lifted his leg!!!! I gave him a swift swat on the but and scolded him, hoping DH didn't see--no luck! Dakota got the lecture of his life!!! Don't know what made him do it, but I sure hope it was a once-in -a-lifetime experience!!

07-05-2008, 11:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
daniel940 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	POOP in Home Depot! We had family in town today on a cross-country trip, and they needed some supplies at Home Depot. I figured this was a good opportunity to bring Cooper to the store with me on leash (I used to walk him around there in my arms when we first got him from the breeder, as part of our socialization plan). I mean, he's 7 months old, what's the worst that a little 30lb puppy could do? Bad daddy! Bad! My uncle-in-law David and I had just gotten almost to the back of the store (of course - REALLY far from the front door) when David mentioned that Cooper was squatting! Sure enough, the little munchkin was poopin right in the middle of the store (I'm not talking in a nice secluded aisle, I mean in a big open area)! Agh! I quickly handed David the leash while I blocked the three piles of poop from view as best as I could. As I'm unwrapping a poop bag from my pocket to start grabbing, David says "Whoops! " Sure enough, as I look up from the poop I was grabbing, I see one more little one about 12 in. away, and beyond that, a huge shmeary area, with a nice big, David-sized shoeprint in it (and David looking embarrassed). No way to pick that up! Since I was already feeling a bit like I was breaking the rules having him in the store in the first place (Cooper, that is, not David, wakka wakka), and worried that three solid(ish) poops might be followed by the, well, yuckier kinds that sometimes come at the end (so to speak), I grabbed the poop, WIPED at the large squished pile as best as I could and ran through the store to get him outside. Cooper, of course, couldn't have been having a better time! After David emerged from the store about half a minute later, we had a great laugh. As I got back to the car, I started to hear my karma alarm beeping, so I grabbed some Windex and paper towels from my trunk and headed back inside to make it right. In my defense, I tried to wipe up the original pile, the remnants of the shmear pile and the 15 or so exponentially shrinking poop footprints that David left through the store, but most of it was already dry, and to be honest, looked a lot like normal dirt. It was Home Depot, after all. So to Cooper, I say "PLEASE don't remember how much fun that was! I'd like you to be a dog I can take with me when I go shopping!" (Though maybe I'll be a Lowes man from now on...) To the maintenance staff at the Windward Home Depot in Alpharetta, sorry!

07-06-2008, 04:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
gene Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: youngstown ohio Posts: 8,619	Way to leave your mark Cooper. Next time do it in the garden section.....hey, they sell manure....right?? __________________ gene , jonah , miko and rumor "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley

07-06-2008, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
MaxandMe Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 15,103	Gene...its COW manure they sell daniel940.........sorry but i just had an excellent early Sunday morning laugh! hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa had a visual of everyone's nightmare that happened to YOU hhahaaaaaaaaaaaa me? i'd been laughing to hard to clean anything up good job though making it "right" hahhaaa sooo did you buy anything at home depot? PS little kids do same in kitchen/bath stores. Saw one once go poop in a toliet on display hahhaaaaaaaaa! puppies, toddlers.........they surprise youall the time! makes life MORE interesting if you ask me __________________ *Annmarie, Max,& Peanut* "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France uncondtional love: what a dog always does for us and humans strive to do but can we?

07-06-2008, 08:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
L's Mom Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: GA Posts: 1,162	OH Yeah!!! I worked in a Home Depot when I was younger, and kids would potty in the display toilets all the time!!! I am glad you made it right by cleaning it up, how funny!!! __________________ Jenny, Sam, Lucas, & Della

07-06-2008, 11:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
lindamarie Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Birmingham, Michigan Posts: 6,172	HAHA! That is too funny!.......you write very well and got your point across. I felt like I was there....vicariously! hahaha __________________ Linda & Bogart Dogs=Unconditional love "We have it all! Just like Bogie & Bacall!"

07-06-2008, 09:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Hahahaha! Great story! And glad it was you and not me! Have you ever been to the home Depot here? Dogs are not allowed in our Home Depot

07-06-2008, 12:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tink Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West central Wisconsin Posts: 2,506	Teeheehee Good story, thanks for sharing! __________________ www.tinkerdoodle.net Hickory, Ava, Hana, Misty, and Chip (happy master of his Harem)

07-06-2008, 12:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
blueteal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,334	Bahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa Denver once peed in our local pet store. I had seen another dog pee all over the cat litter bags and before I could steer Denver out of the way he lifted his leg and did the same. If you ever try to tell a dog (at least one that lifts there leg) to stop in mid pee well it is like asking any male species to do that and of course they turn to see what you want and pee goes in the direction of the turn...................no way to clean that up, so we just told the employees, and they said do not worry as it happens all the time........

07-06-2008, 04:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
DebBrown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oak Park, IL Posts: 1,690	Good thing you had a poop bag with you. It could have been worse?! I guess sometimes you just gotta go. Maybe he was a bit anxious with all the strange people and that got things moving. Deb __________________ Deb, Wayne and Charlie

07-06-2008, 06:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
River Rat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 983	That's a great story! We have taken Chouette, at over a year and about 55 lbs., into our Home Depot, but we put her in a cart, padding it first to make it paws-friendly. It avoids temptation and everyone makes a fuss over her. One staff person commented that she was the largest dog she'd seen in there, but there was no question but that she was welcome. It's not easy getting her into a cart though.... Leslie __________________ \Portraits http://www.leslieficcaglia.org \ \Wild and Scenic http://mauriceriver.igc.org/ \

07-06-2008, 07:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
daniel940 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	Leslie - your reply reminded me that when we first got there, I considered putting him in a cart (thinking that might be more acceptable). Now I'm thinking we dodged a bullet! Imagine if he had pooped in a cart. Holy cow. Dan and Cooper

07-06-2008, 07:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
River Rat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 983	I don't know that it was exactly a bullet you dodged.... But the point is that they won't go in the cart. When we had to transport sheep or goats to the vet's we'd stick them in the back of the van and make them lie down, and they'd stay clean the whole trip. Worked wonders. Leslie __________________ \Portraits http://www.leslieficcaglia.org \ \Wild and Scenic http://mauriceriver.igc.org/ \

07-07-2008, 11:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
Beardedlady Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 459	Hahahaha! Now next time I'm in Home Depot I'll be looking at the marks on the floor...wondering....... __________________ Ann (and Lucy) Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. -- Dave Barry

07-07-2008, 01:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
seazr Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento Posts: 2,971	SH$#% happens!!!! Dakota has gone to Home Depot and Lowes with us since he was about 4 months old--my husband is a contractor so we go frequently!! About a month ago we were in Home Depot and as we rounded a corner I looked down and to my total shock, Dakota lifted his leg!!!! I gave him a swift swat on the but and scolded him, hoping DH didn't see--no luck! Dakota got the lecture of his life!!! Don't know what made him do it, but I sure hope it was a once-in -a-lifetime experience!! __________________ Diane (and Dakota) http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/seazr/

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