Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer questions and generally just wrap up my week.

You Make Me Laugh – July 3, 2016

Meagan Maher said, “Ahh labs or slabs as they’re sometimes known when they overeat. They seem to have stomachs with bottomless pits.”

LOL I’ve never heard them referred to as ‘slabs’, but I do agree, she is a bottomless pit!

Emma said, “She sounds like my cat bro Bert. He never stops searching for food either.”

I’ve accepted that is who she is, but I still get sad thinking in might be what she went through before coming to us. Then again, she’s my first full-blooded lab, so I have no idea if it’s ‘normal’ or not!

Sue said, “LOL I’d take that as a sign she’s feeling better!”

She IS definitely feeling better. It was weird, she really had no signs until THAT morning when she peed then kept trying to pee. It came on SO fast.

Jan said, “She sounds like my little rescue Chihuahua who must have had some hungry days in her past and like Scarlet O’Hara vowed, “Ah will nevah be hungry again.””

Bah ha ha, yes, just yesterday I found her wearing the drapes…

Jan K said, “Too funny, but I love that it means she is not nervous at the vet’s office.”

She is NOT. She may pant a bit at times, but for the most part, she loves my vet, even when they draw blood or stick their finger in her bum. 

Cupcake said, “Purses are where moms hide GUM. I found some once, but Mom said the word, “Sorry Charlie. Dream on.””

I bet that was disappointing but gum can be very bad for dogs Cupcake. Mom was only thinking of you. 😉

2 Brown Dawgs said, “Hey that is a good thing. Can’t be too sick if thinking about food. 🙂”

She apparently wasn’t. LOL  It was definitely strange, but then again, that’s my Delilah. 🙂

Peyton said, “They do think about food a lot. When my wife rattles the cat bowls you need to get out of the way.”

So cats do it too? Delilah jumps backwards when I’m carrying her dish to her spot. Twice this week she’s knocked Sampson down. 🙁

Ding Dong the Walk is Done

Emma said, “Humans do so many things that we dogs pick up on! We learned to sit when Mom’s phone rings on a walk, all on our own. We read you humans so well, but you humans don’t read us very well. We don’t mind. We know who the smarter ones are 😉”

You guys really are smart! You’ve got us trained to walk and feed you. 😉

Taryn said, “We have a nice home theater down in the basement. The boys love going down there because they always get a chew to enjoy at the start of a movie. Then they go to sleep for the duration. So now when we show them the Redbox DVD they head down the basement stairs quick as can be!”

See how smart they are? 

2 Brown Dawgs asked, “Dogs are amazing. I wonder what would happen if you changed to ring again? Would he still know to turn around or is it the chime that tells him it is time?”

I’ve been watching him since that happened and I think it has more to do with me talking to him, then the chime, BUT I’ll keep watching and then I will change the tone to see what happens.

Lori said, “Good job, Sampson! Now YOU ring a bell to make Mommy bring you dinner!”

He doesn’t have to ring a bell. 🙂

Throwback Thursday – Lessons Learned

Siriusly, who doesn’t love a dog in an eye mask?

Jen Gabbard said, “Some things are worth burning your tongue for indeed. We don’t have those remade oven pizzas very often, but when we do I burn my tongue every single time because apparently I can’t wait a couple minutes for it to cool down… You’d think we’d learn after the 7th time or so, but no, not me.”

Ha ha ha, I never learned those lessons either! 

Jan K said, ” I imagine that was the last time you stayed in your sister’s bedroom?…We have allowed company to sleep in our bed in the past, and the dogs are usually happy staying with us wherever we are. Though we always closed them in the room we were sleeping in so they didn’t really have a choice!…It is fun to look back at those old posts and finding things we’ve completely forgotten about!”

It WAS the last time. LOL My dogs are like yours, usually very content to be wherever we are. I’m not sure if it was actually us being in that room, or the fact that the dogs were in there that was the issue. But two of her dogs were not very happy about it. 

Throwback Thursday seems to be a hit. Here’s what some of you said.

Sue said, “LOL Love those photos of Delilah and Sampson catching up on their beauty sleep! And I love that you re-posted this.”

Thank you. I admit, some of the earlier stuff is just dribble, but there are some good ones too!

Taryn said, “I like TBT because I am a late-comer to your blog and missed the early ones. Please keep up the reminiscing!”

You got it!

Alexa88 said, “ditto what Taryn said.”

Thank you.

Monika and Sam said, “Since I’ve been only blogging for a couple years, seeing your early stuff makes me realize how much I missed out on from one of my favorite bloggers! Keep the oldies a-coming, Jodi-we love ’em, you and your pups! ”

Oh thank you, that is SO sweet. (I’m actually quite fond of you all as well.) 😉

Well that’s it for me folks, have a great weekend!

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