by Nanette

Created on: July 18, 2008

I have an adorable Boston Terrier. Her name is Stella and she is just over a year old. If you also happen to have a Boston, you undoubtably know that a common problem among Boston Terriers (and Stella is no exception) is that they often, well, fart. Alot. And not those girly little farts that make guests and family giggle. I mean really smelly, eye watering, clear out a room, silent but deadly killer kinda farts. As Stella gets older, her noxious ommissions have decreased, thankfully, but when he was just a few months and still eating a high fat puppy food, she was really stinky bad. I even had to warn my friends about her before they came to visit me in my tiny condo apartment. Most of my friends were very forgiving although still grossed out when it happened. The funny thing about my Boston Terrrier has always been that, unlike everyone else within 20 feet, she does not seem to notice her own stinkinesss. At the same time, if anyone or anything else lets out a little fart, her ears will perk up and she will exitedly sniff out the source of the offensive odour. Her cute little puggy nose will follow the trail right to the offender.

When Stella was just a few months old, I had a few friends over for conversation, wine and appetisers. We were all having a nice time when all of a sudden the room filled with that familiar, Stella induced stench. Everyone in the room turned to my Boston Terrier puppy and in almost perfect unision exclaimed "Stel-la". Well, Stella's ears perked right up and she started sniffing the air. My boyfriend and and I stared at eachother in horror as she excitedly started following her nose. Before I had time to react, Stella quickly sniffed her way over to one of our guests (who just moments ago had accused her of being the odor causing culprit), struggled up onto the sofa and shoved her face right in his butt! She was so excited and proud that she found the source of the smell, she started barking and happily growling.

Of course it eventually dawned on everyone in the room that Stella had followed her nose to the real offender. With the exception of one very humiliated guest, every one of us started laughing. Most of us laughed so hard that we cried! This happened so long ago, yet every once in a while the image of Stella sniffing out that fart will pop into my mind and I will start laughing all over again. A year later my friends still bring tell the story.

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