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The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads
#6326918 - 12/02/06 11:01 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Interesting article... and oh yea, i havn't forgotten about the dog incident in the pub where you guys screwed me... lol... fuck all you nay'sayers! Dogs LIKE to get high! 
The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376594
All Things Considered, October 24, 2006 ยท A dog may be man's best friend. But one dog, Lady, decided she needed more friends -- and she found plenty in the knot of toads living at the local pond. A suburban family's secret struggle with an uncommon addiction comes to light in this personal essay by NPR's Laura Mirsch.
Lady "was really perky, and happy, and generally excited to see you when you came in the door every day," recalls Andrew Mirsch.
But that was before the Mirsch family moved into a new house.
"We noticed Lady spending an awful lot of time down by the pond in our backyard," Laura Mirsch recalls.
Lady would wander the area, disoriented and withdrawn, soporific and glassy-eyed.
"Then, late one night after I'd put the dogs out, Lady wouldn't come in," Laura Mirsch says. "She finally staggered over to me from the cattails. She looked up at me, leaned her head over and opened her mouth like she was going to throw up, and out plopped this disgusting toad."
It turned out the toads were toxic -- and, if licked, the fluids on their skin provided a hallucinogenic effect.
What followed was the Mirsch family's quest to stop their cocker spaniel from indulging herself. But it wasn't easy. Lady was persistent, and resourceful.
The situation seemed to resolve itself when the toads went into hibernation for the winter.
But when they returned, so did Lady -- and with a vengeance.
"We couldn't keep our dog's addiction a secret any longer," Laura Mirsch says. "The neighbors all knew that Lady was a drug addict, and soon the other dogs weren't allowed to play with her."
In the end, Lady seems to have found a way to manage her problem.
"She seems to have outgrown the wild toad-obsessed years of her youth," Mirsch says, "and now only sucks on weekends."
Edited by veggie (12/02/06 11:18 AM)
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: SDP]
#6328025 - 12/02/06 05:31 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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thats pretty funny lol
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: ButterWeasels]
#6328094 - 12/02/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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more power to 'em
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: SDP]
#6328141 - 12/02/06 06:14 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think that dog should be arrested for using nature to get her kicks
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: cerpinjc7]
#6328147 - 12/02/06 06:16 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I must admit, I used to obsess over hallucinogens, but after reaching the loop of eternal rebirth and life and becoming only for a split second, enlightened; That flash of epiphany on a universal level has set a large amount of respect in me.
I no longer care much about doing hallucinogens.
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: I2ancid]
#6329708 - 12/03/06 08:28 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i wish my dog was that cool
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: Drewwyann]
#6329861 - 12/03/06 10:16 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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That is a pretty tight looking frog!! It would make a good pet just b/c of its colors, but knowing hes hallucinogenic would be a plus too. I wouldn't "liiick the toaad" b/c its prolly toxic, but it would be tight as hell to stare him down while on some mushrooms, hehehehe
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Re: The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads [Re: SDP]
#6331108 - 12/03/06 07:13 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thats a great story
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