Little white dog displays some odd behaviour at times, this one I like to call the window cleaner. She loves looking out the windows in the house, even when it's dark and there's seemingly nothing to see. She barks at the shadows the trees make or the branches moving in the wind. Either that or she's got some kind of night vision that makes her see people when I definitely can't. The window in my living room is covered in nose prints. The only time it isn't is in the first few minutes after I wipe them off using a vinegar & water mixture, but even that isn't much of a deterrent. One time she followed behind me and after a quick sniff, followed by the dog version of that face we make when eat something vinegary or sour, she proceeded with a taste test and then covered up my hard work with saliva and more nose prints. 

But that's not the window cleaner I'm referring to, she only did that once. I haven't washed that window since because holiday decorations have prevented most of the nose prints from reappearing. I'm referring to her obsessive need to lick this one window in the car. Not a car trip has gone by without her licking it. Maybe there's some kind of invisible food fairy that comes along and sprinkles invisible food dust on my window when I'm not looking. I can't find any other explanation for this behaviour. Or maybe she has some odd form of OCD that only manifests itself during car rides. It's always the same window though she can reach two windows only one is covered in tongue prints. The other has nose prints. Either way, I've started to find it endearing. 

At first I thought that maybe she was thirsty and was trying to extract that foggy stuff that shows up on windows, but it wasn't. I offered her water a couple times and she didn't want any. So if you're rolling down the highway and see a little white dog licking the back window on the passenger side, it could be us so wave hello. 

I love drinking ice cappuccinos (from Tim Hortons). Apparently, Finley shares this affinity. I knew she liked the smell of it and would probably love to taste it. I’ve known this since I got her. I had one in the car the day we went to adopt her and she obsessed over sniffing it and trying to stick her nose in the opening to get at it and by stealing the straw.

I often get one when we go out and now that I have the seat belt, I have left one in the cup holder while I ran into the store a couple times. I will no longer be doing this. Today, I bought a small one and left in the car with her while I ran into Omer DeSerres (art supply store) and then Staples. I came back to the car and my ice capp was untouched.

Then we went to the pet store to get her shampoo and a pet water bottle. It was safe again but only because she gets to go into that store. Then I ran to Wal-Mart to get a different shampoo for her. So while I was in there, somehow she managed to step on the seat belt latch and undo her seatbelt. I was surprised when I walked out the store and she was lying down on the seat, instead of watching for me or barking at strangers.

I got to grab my drink when I realize that something is missing. At first I thought I might have knocked it over with my purse since I’ve done that before but no. Then I notice that someone is playing with a plastic cup that’s been licked clean. Intense panic sets in. There’s coffee, chocolate and loads of sugar in these drinks...all things dogs aren’t supposed to have. I immediately call my dad who calls the technicians at the vets. They have to go and consult with the vet on this, apparently this doesn’t happen often.

I was told not to worry about the chocolate and coffee in the drink, it wouldn’t be toxic to her since she only got a small portion of the drink. Thankfully I drank most of it by then. The sugar however worried the vet because it can affect her pancreas. Just have to watch her for the night, feed her a smaller supper and make sure she doesn’t throw up, if she does  I have to take her to vet’s. After hearing this I started to feel calmer and a little less worried.

It’s been almost 4 hours now and she isn’t showing signs of being sick, so I think she will be okay. However, we just feed her supper so it’s still wait and see with her.