Toadsucking

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Lady_200Anybody else besides me hear the story on All Things Considered (on NPR) about the family dog (named Lady) who was addicted to toad-sucking?

"Then, late one night after I’d put the dogs out, Lady wouldn’t come in," Laura Mirsch says. "She finally staggered over to me from the cattails. She looked up at me, leaned her head over and opened her mouth like she was going to throw up, and out plopped this disgusting toad."

It turned out the toads were toxic — and, if licked, the fluids on their skin provided a hallucinogenic effect.

NPR has the story here about one family’s shame with their junkie-dog.  Listen to the audio — it’s better.