Due North

by carolynholm

It’s our 4 Year Anniversary!

Throughout the month of February we are celebrating four years of weekly Interspecies Memos by sharing some old favorites.This one is from March 7, 2014, with our now departed sweet dog Molly (read more about her here!)

Dearest Molly,

I heard on NPR that dogs face North when they poop. Do you know anything about that?

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

Ohmygod NO!

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

Today on our walk when you pooped you were facing West. Distinctly West.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

I did it wrong? No one told me about this. How am I supposed to know where North is? Am I a failure?

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

I wouldn’t call it wrong. You’re not a failure. Maybe you just don’t have the innate sense of direction they’re talking about.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

Sounds like failure to me.

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

Maybe I heard it incorrectly. Or maybe it wasn’t scientific at all. Maybe it was on something like Fresh Air, not, like, on Science Friday.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

Is Fresh Air the one with the nice voice? I like her laugh. I’d like to think she was just misinformed about dogs facing North. Do you think it’s possible she was mistaken and I didn’t do it wrong?

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

You shouldn’t beat yourself up over this, Sweetie.

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

Are you kidding? I’m a Terrier. We do things right. We’re Competent. I can’t believe this is happening. Now I have to know all about the points of the compass. This is totally too much pressure. It’s hard enough to find just the right place to poop.

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

Is that what it’s all about when you do all that turning around just before you poop?

Love, Carolyn

 

Dear Alpha Mom,

Yes!!! Finding the right place!!! Don’t you understand anything????

Your Best Dog,

Molly

 

Dearest Molly,

I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought this up. It was probably just some musician on Fresh Air talking about God knows what.

Love, Carolyn

 

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