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Russian Neighbor

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Anyone who happened to see the other night's episode of Two Broke Girls can understand what I found so funny: two girls take a vacation, so to speak, while dog and house sitting for some friends.  I instantly related, as I tend to look at upcoming jobs as little "breaks" or "vacations," considering on the house and job.  I died laughing when part of the instructions left for the girls was to express one of the dog's anal glands--it turned out to be meant as a joke.  When the owners came back one of them said, "who asks someone to do that to their dog??!"  Let me tell you: I know those people.  I have watched a dog so ancient that I had to squeeze his back half to get help get his bowels out, and I did not get paid extra. I have many stories of my adventures with dogs, sometimes the same dog with several issues.  But today I'll tell you about my experience with a nosy neighbor and a humongous dog. Huldy, a rhodesian ridgeback was just a coup...