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May 14, 2008

Of animals and porta-pots

See the dogs.

See the dogs wait.

See the dogs wait patiently in front of the portable toilets.

See how the dogs are causing no harm.

See how the dogs, when they are no longer thirsty, stop drinking.

See the dogs behave.

See the humans.

They are at a horse race called the Preakness.

They are not watching horses.

They are throwing things.

They are running on top of toilets.

See the humans misbehave.

The dogs are wearing leashes, but they don't act like they need them.

The humans aren't wearing leashes.

But they are acting like they do.

(Photo: No, they're not waiting their turn -- just waiting for their indisposed masters, who were among those taking part in the Animal Humane Society's 34th Annual Walk for Animals, in Golden Valley, Minn. earlier this month. By Jim Gehrz/Associated Press)

(Video: The Running of the Urinals, Preakness 2007. By Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Posted by John Woestendiek at 7:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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If you are really lucky and it is late in the day, sometimes people pee in balloons and throw THEM at you.

Posted by: Marie | May 14, 2008 7:25 AM

Wow, I never thought of doing that leash-thing! I've been taking my very large dog INTO the porta-potty with me. Very crowded. Very. Very.

Posted by: Eve | May 14, 2008 8:51 AM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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