The Four Types of Dog Vomit
YELLOW URKA-GURKAS
Dog runs around the house and hides under furniture while making a prolonged
"uurka-guurka, uurka-guurka" noise (the only noise guaranteed to wake up a
dog lover who is hungover from a 3:30am post-dog-show celebration). After a
mad scramble to capture the dog and drag him outside, the episode ends with
an indelible line of slimy yellow froth from the living room rug to the back
door.
BLAP DISEASE
Dog exercises hard and
a) eats large mouthfuls of snow (winter blap disease) or
b) drinks a bucket of water (summer blap disease).
Within two minutes of returning inside the dog spews out large amounts of
clear, slimy liquid, making a distinctive "blap" sound and sharp percussive
noise as it hits the linoleum.
GARKS
Dog suddenly clears his throat with loud and dramatic "gggark, gggark"
noises, followed by a prolonged "iiksss" and then loud, satisfied smacking
noises. There is nothing on the rug. Don't investigate, you don't want to
know.
RALFS
Apropos of nothing, the dog strolls into the dining room and waits 'til the
innocent dinner guests are all watching him. Then, with a single deep
gut-wrenching "raaaallff", disgorges the entire week's contents of his
stomach on the rug. Variation: he eats it.
In all of the above events, the dog is entirely healthy and indeed, deeply
pleased with himself.