Pee-Pee

It's always been a mystery to me why my dog, Shannon, can't pee without some prompting. I usually have to throw her ball a couple times before she'll go. I would always shake my head and wonder "why?" If you have to go, just go. Well...today at my drug test I could barely eek out the feeblest of a trickle. So I had to sit in the waiting area drinking cup after cup of tap water feeling dumb until I thought my bladder would burst. Every 15 minutes or so the nice nurse would peek around the corner and ask if I was ready yet. I would just sigh and shake my head "no." "That's ok honey," she'd say, "Sometimes this happens." If only she had a ball...