A dachshund with a banana problem

I was out of the house Saturday morning. I guess Jay was getting bored, so he gave Merlot a banana to see what she would do. Later, he told me that she absolutely loved it.

Around noon, I came home to this:
When Merlot wants something, she stares at it and cries NONSTOP. Truly, she does not take a break. She just stares at it and whimpers until we ultimately give in and give her what she wants (we're going to be awful parents!). Well, I came home to her staring at the bananas and crrryyyiiinnggg. A few hours passed, and she did not move or cease her crying. Jay and I decided to take Moses, leave Merlot and go outside on the deck and grill dinner. I checked in with her about every half hour or so, and she had not moved (you'd think she'd be getting a crick in her neck!). She also had not stopped crying (it actually just got louder, we could hear it from outside!).

Five hours later, I decided it was getting kind of ridiculous, so I hid the bananas off the shelf to where she couldn't see them. Later, I found her sitting, staring and crying the SAME WAY at my Swiffer duster sitting on the ottoman! The Swiffer duster handle is yellow. It kind of looks like a banana (the part she could see anyway)...
And I thought dogs only saw in black and white!?

*Sigh*

Whoever heard of a dachshund obsessed with bananas?

I blame Jay.






xo,
Bridget Marie