This shit weighs a ton

I’m too old for this shit

Jeffrey Field
Other Voices
2 min readDec 21, 2018

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Carrying out the big black bag of trash every Friday was never a problem. Until now.

Our rescue puppy, Oso, was six pounds when I found him scared and alone by the side of the road. Here he is at about 10 weeks. And here he is about two weeks ago. Today I reckon he weighs in at about 20 pounds, maybe more. (He weighed in at the vet’s yesterday at 17 pounds.) His shits are enormous for a dog his size. And we’re talking two and three shits a day. Or maybe I’m just used to the little shits from my Westie and Miniature Schnauzer.

But my point is this…

I can barely lift the trash bag on Friday. There’s a week’s worth of dog shit in there along with the regular trash. Must weight 40 pounds.

Oso goes for his third vet check-up today so I’ll come back here with an exact weight.

It’s a heavy load I bear.

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Jeffrey Field
Other Voices

It ain't what you think. Former newsman, car salesman, teacher. Everything is Thou, if you so allow it. You can find some of it at https://youtu.be/w6RtVjMDHzE