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Barks and Bytes – March 10, 2016

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Update:

So I wrote the post, Is it just me? And I laid out about four different scenarios of how it could play out in my mind, BUT I never told you what DID happen.

This is what happens when I don’t write a post in the morning and digest it during the day and tweak it at night. I was rushing to get it finished before bed, decided to add in the bullet points and totally forgot to wrap up the post.

Siriusly, did she just compare me to Cujo?

I don’t get any respect around here…

So here’s what happened…basically nothing.

I hurried Delilah along and once we got on the downside of the hill, the other dog couldn’t see us anymore. Whether that made the dog change its mind or the owner bought a vowel, I’m not really sure. All I know is as suddenly as she began pursuing us, she stopped.

And I spent the rest of the walk playing out that last scenario where I dropped Delilah at home and drove up to the park and punched her in her stupid face, But, once I got home and released my frustration to Hubby, cooler heads prevailed and I settled in to enjoy the rest of my Sunday.

Note to self, read and re-read your posts before hitting the schedule button.

TummyWorks: Last week we had a review and giveaway for TummyWorks, a new probiotic being offered by Finest for Pets. I told you I would announce the winners today and thankfully, I remembered to pull the names.

TummyWorks So without further ado, my winners are:

  • Mandy Imburgio
  • Andrew Barella
  • Jan  – The Poodle (and Dog) Blog
  • Dianne
  • Sandy Weinstein

I’m in the process of gathering e-mails and forwarding them along to Steve. I’m super excited for you all to try it!

Steve at Finest for Pets is generously giving Heart Like a Dog readers a one-time 25% discount on a purchase of TummyWorks, simply use this code HLDWorks at check out.  You can purchase TummyWorks at Amazon, but just a reminder, if you click on THIS LINK and order TummyWorks, we will receive a small discount. And we thank you.

Sampson update: It has been six weeks since Sampson did a partial tear on his ACL. I’ve got him on a host of supplements and medications which I fully intend on writing in a post for you all. I’ve tried to keep him as quiet as I possibly can, and limited his walks in terms of timing and speed.

Yesterday he went to see the Physical Therapist for his first visit. It was worse than I expected, because he basically has no muscle left in his right leg, which means he’s been struggling with that leg well before he did the partial tear.  And I missed it. I’m not beating myself up over it, dogs, especially stoic dogs like Sampson can be very good at not letting you know when they are struggling. I can’t go back and change it, I can only move forward and do my best from this point on.

His therapy consisted of some cold laser therapy and five minutes on the underwater treadmill. The plan is for him to have the cold laser and underwater treadmill twice a week for four or five weeks, with the goal being to add in some land exercises once we build up that leg.

After the therapy package is finished, we will re-evaluate his progress at that time and determine if more therapy will be beneficial to him, or if our money can better be spent in other types of treatment, such as acupuncture or chiropractic.

The therapist and I also discussed other treatments that might help him and I’ll be researching those and of course I’ll let you know what we decide.

 

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Is It Just Me?

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DOG knows I’ve had my share of crazy encounters with dogs, off-leash dogs and clueless dog owners. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s an epidemic or maybe I’ve become a magnet for dumb ass dog owners.

It was a week ago this past Sunday. I had given Sampson his afternoon walk, came back and swapped dogs. Delilah and I started out and I could tell right away, she was headed for the woods. Perfect, there’s nothing I like better than a walk in the woods.

The park was in sight when a Jeep came flying up the street and parked in front of the park’s entrance. Delilah and I stopped and I watched for a few seconds and sure enough I heard a dog. I figured it would be best to hang back, let the dog get into the park and then Delilah and I could follow, choosing a different path.

If only real life went the way it does in my head.

The woman climbs out of the Jeep, while the dog explodes out, pulling the woman towards the park. Then the dog sees Delilah and gets super excited. We were a good distance away, so I wasn’t too worried about it, but I thought it might be best if we head away from the park.

We took a right to head around the block and as we began walking up the hill I peeked over to see where the woman and her dog were.

The dog was dragging the woman after us.

I increased my pace. Stopped, turned around and looked. They were gaining on us.

Then I heard a yip. Apparently the woman sat her dog down. Hard.

Maybe, just maybe I could shake them off.

I started jogging. Now here’s the thing about me and jogging…it’s not something I typically do, I don’t really mind it, but my knees. My knees are freaking useless. And when I jog, Delilah thinks for some reason that she needs to jump along beside me. Sort of like Tigger.

So I’m jogging up the hill. Right. You read that right. I didn’t jog DOWN the hill, oh no. THAT would be too easy. No, no, I jogged UP the hill, with Tigger-Delilah jumping along beside me.

And while I’m running, all I can hear in my head, is “Run Forrest, Run.”

Except I can’t. Because my knees just don’t work.  So after a long time of jogging, (about 30 seconds), I had to stop.

I looked behind me again and the woman and dog were still coming!

I started getting pissed off. For real pissed off.  And I’m thinking of all the ways this scene can play out.

  • The woman catches up to us, and Delilah goes all Cujo on that dog.
  • The woman catches up to us and I go all Cujo on her ass.
  • I see one of my neighbors outside, and hand them Delilah’s leash and say,  “Can you hold my dog for a minute?” Then I stomp back to that woman and light her up like a grill in springtime.
  • I bring Delilah home, get in my car and drive up to the park and pop that woman in her nose four or five times.
Siriusly, did she just compare me to Cujo?

Siriusly, did she just compare me to Cujo?

Is it just me, or do things like this happen to you too?

You Make Me Smile – March 6, 2016

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You make me smile,(or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Delilah, the way you sit on the couch, like you’re the neighborhood watch…

Chocolate Labrador watches out window

you make smile.

Do your dogs keep track of what’s going on in your neighborhood? Do they sit and watch out the window like Delilah?

 

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