Sighted my... DOG?!

[Saydrah]

That's right: Augustin the Wonderpooch was an SC today!

SO got home and told me a story revealing my dog's dark side... he's that most awful of SCs, the freebie grabber! Read on, and all shall be revealed,

It seems SO headed to the McDonalds drivethrough with Augustin in the car, riding shotgun (as always, we turn off the passenger airbags for him). SO orders two double cheeseburgers and drives up to the second window when...

Employee: "That's $2.80."

SO: "$2.80? For two double cheeseburgers?"

Employee: "Oh, I'm sorry, man, they took those off the dollar menu. They're like a quarter more, plus tax now. Sorry I didn't warn you."

Augustin: "ARRRRRRRRRR WOO OO OOO!" (This is a noise he sometimes makes that is very hard to describe-- starts like a howl, goes down to a deep growl, and ends as a yodel very like a human voice)

SO: "My dog doesn't like that price at all, apparently!"

Employee:

....

Employee: "Would your dog like a free cheeseburger?"

SO: "Why, yes. Yes he would."

Augustin: *OM NOM NOM BURGER*



....So, yes. My dog complained at a McDonalds and got free food. I can't decide whether to be proud of his intelligence or ashamed he's an SC!

[Polenicus]

I know EXACTLY the sound you're talking about. My miniature schnauzer, god rest his obsessive compulsive, dog aggressive, pig snorting little soul, use to make exactly the same noise.

The first time he did it? I was in junior high, and just brought home my first musical instrument, a clarinet. We were to take them home, and get all the experimental tooting out of our systems before we starting in on actually learning fingerings and stuff.

Well, he was in my room, and after the first few honks and squeaks, he folded his ears back, and made a sound very much like you described. It was the first time he EVER howled.

After that, he'd typically do it if he was excited or frustrated, and only when I was around. Which led to my parents being convinced I was making himdo it somehow, and telling me to 'Stop making the dog howl!'

[Nyoibo]

That's awesome.

[PepperElf]

that's too cute to be SC-ish!

[ralerin]

*points to avatar* My dog does that same sort of noise!

And this had me on the floor. I agree, that's too cute to be SC-ish!

[One-Fang]

LOL our Maccas have doggie biccies in the drive-through windows, and when they run out sometimes give hamburgers. Nom nom indeedy for the puppy pooch.

Out of curiosity - why disable the air bags? This is something I haven't heard of (Fang-pooch rides in the back of a stationwagon anyway, so n/a in our vehicle).

[chainedbarista]

mine does that if he's left alone; a big, princessy canine tantrum. yes, he's a very spoiled boy, is my little man.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Out of curiosity - why disable the air bags? This is something I haven't heard of (Fang-pooch rides in the back of a stationwagon anyway, so n/a in our vehicle).

Air bags can injure you, or even potentially kill, especially if you're not in the right position - sitting upright and properly belted in, and not too close to the bag. If you're short enough, it's possible for the bag to catch the top of your head and snap your neck back (which is why they advise that children not sit in the front seat with an airbag). And while it's definitely preferable to faceplanting through the windshield, it's not exactly a feather pillow. Granted, that doesn't happen near as often as scare-mongers would like us to believe, but it's probably not safe for a dog.

[PepperElf]

yeah. airbags can even hurt adults too. guy i know won a lawsuit over that... vs the lady who rear ended him (into another car) and the airbag company. sure he walked away with over a million but... personally i think he'd rather have kept his eye.


so i can just imagine what it'd do to a doggie