Poor Greta

Poor Greta. Greta is 11 years already. She's the sweetest dog EVER! She's super smart too. And nothing bothers her. Seriously. You can drop things on her, push her off the bed with your feet, cover her up with a blanket, anything and she just rolls with it. I wouldn't have guessed that anything could actually traumatize her! Boy was I wrong.

One day last month, Bill came home from work and she was nowhere to be seen. Of course he panicked!! His first thought was, "OMG, I left her outside at lunch!" It was freezing cold that day. So he hurries out back and calls her...nothing..."Shit, she's dead!" He walked all around the yard...no Greta. He back in the house, "Gretaaaaa, wanna treat??" Nothing. Finally, he looks at Pepper and says, "Pepper, where's Greta??" Pepper ran straight out to the sun-room. So Bill is out there calling her and still nothing. Then he notices that Pepper is over toward the corner of the sun-room. Sure enough, there's Greta, under the workbench, behind a couple cinder blocks, shaking like a leaf. Bill had to pull her out of the corner.

When he finally goes back into the house with her, he sits down and tries to soothe her and that's when he heard it...a small high pitched, little beep. Huh? Every couple of minutes. After another 10 minutes, he figures out that the battery in the CO2 detector is dying and it's beeping to remind us. THAT'S what traumatized her??? Yep.

Now, anytime she hears a little high pitched beep, she starts vibrating! Oy. Poor Greta. You would be surprised at all the things that beep! Last night I had to mute the TV because there was a scene with someone in the hospital and when they flat-lined and the heart monitor started beeping, Greta went over the edge!!

I hope she gets over it!!