Neihardt Council Replaces Carpet After Bathtub Dogs’ Latest 'Little Accident'

Story by Christina Mayer 

| Published Mar 30, 2010

The Neihardt Residence Association is paying to replace the carpet in one of the main lounges following “a little potty problem” involving the Bathtub Dogs yesterday evening. NRA representative Marilyn Demarco explained that “they get overly excited, and they tend to dribble a bit. It’s sort of sad, actually. But they’re just so darned cute that it’s really hard to really discipline them.”

Pamela Moore, a 2009 graduate and ex-resident of the hall, isn’t buying it.

“They were always down there at God knows what hour, walking over the piano keys and harmonizing at passers-by. Then there was the smell, of course, which got really bad when it rained. Eventually someone would get mad and scrounge up some crappy Canadian a cappella CD from somewhere, which always got them to quiet down for some reason. It was really a hassle.”

But Jeremy Walken, a sophomore business major and current Neihardt resident, called for compassion.

“They need a place to stay, and we can provide that. Sure they get a little messy sometimes, but they can’t help it. A newspaper to the nose is not the way to solve this issue. Besides, if we allow them to gather in the lounge, then we can get a more successful trap-neuter-release program going. It’s really the best thing for everyone to let them kennel down there.”

The council has not released an official plan on how to deal with the Bathtub Dogs in the future. Demarco did say, however, that part of the proposal would “include potty training. We might teach them some clicker tricks. And hopefully we can get them to stop humping the freshmen.”