Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Follow-Up Friday – June 27, 2014

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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 Smile – June 22, 2014

Golden-Labrador

Cupcake said, “Mug for the camera!!? Cupcake believes the camera was invented for her!”

LOL Cupcake! While Delilah will rarely (if ever) pose for the camera, when I try to take Sampson’s picture she has no problem photo-bombing it!

Emma asked, “Did he get a bath? ”

Actually this picture was taken after a walk in the rain, but he did in fact get a bath on Sunday.

Elevated Liver Levels in Dogs

Emma said, “You should also make sure she isn’t secretly drinking along side you…I know you like to imbibe with the stress of Sampson, perhaps she has secretly been doing the same.”

I have to watch her around my coffee because if I set it down and walk away, she will drink it.  

Jenna, Mark “Husky-Crazed” Drady said, “Good ol doctor google!  He has made me think myself, my kids, and my pets are all dying, more times then once!”

OMG I am always diagnosing myself! LOL And sometimes I’m right!!

Donna said, “So I’m not going to say “Don’t worry” cause I’m sure you will. But I will say, how often HAVE you worried, and it turned out to be nothing serious at all? ”

All the time Donna, that’s my strategy.  😉

Blueberry’s Human said, “My burning question about Delilah is – how did she get the (possible) liver infection? I’d want to know what causes that – is it random? something in her diet? a medication she’s on? did another dog have it in its poo and she sniffed it and that’s how it happened? I have a sickness – it’s called “needtoknowwhyitis”

I think we are soul mates.  I am usually the exact same way I just dropped the ball this time. 🙁

Jan said, “Someone should probably sue Dr. Google for malpractice.”

Yes.  Yes they should.  I imagine it will be a class action lawsuit. 

Pamela asked, “Are you beginning to wonder if the dogs are just trying to worry you to death so they can inherit your fortune?”

I would suspect that, IF there were a fortune, but sadly there is none.

My Gated Community

Carol Bondy asked, “Hahaha…my house looks the same way…gates all over…is sampson ok???”

Ok is a relative word.  Sampson is not doing as well as he could be and I have a post planned for Monday to fill you all in on where we’re at and what we’re doing to help him get what he needs.

Dining room chairs block the front window.

Dining room chairs block the front window.

Jenna, Mark “Husky-Crazed” Drady asked, “Question though, I understand the stairs to the couch etc….but how come the window and those things are all gated? Just to keep Sampson more contained until he is healed?”

That’s a great question.  Sampson loves to run to that window and stand on his back paws and place his front paws on the sill.  Since he shouldn’t be standing on those back legs just yet, I’ve blocked off that window.

Blueberry’s Human said, “A little side note – maybe he doesn’t like using the stairs because they are a bit narrow.”

God I love you!!  So many people have said something similar but in a different way.  I kept thinking they were suggesting the stairs were not deep enough, but you, YOU were very clear and now I totally get it!!  We will be looking into getting a wider set of stairs!

The Neighborhood Poop Patrol

I thank all of you who commented about when you post as well as those who commented on the article I shared.  BTW that article was shared to me by Maggie from Oh My Dog.  

Emma said, “The article on paid media is interesting. We have started changing what we do and what we expect in return. We have raised the bar in most cases. Sometimes we do reviews because it is a fun company and we just enjoy it, but these days, if it is not a paid review, the product has to be worth it to us in most cases.”

I agree, there are some products I would review because I love them or they are fun, but when I do a review I spend a lot of time writing the post, taking photos, etc. and personally I feel my time and opinion have value.

For more on this subject, join me on our Facebook page for further discussion.

2 Brown Dawgs said, “You schedule posts?”

Yes I do.  If I don’t I will never get a post up. 🙂

Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom said, “I would have loved to hear your explanation of ACL surgery!”

First I said he had surgery on his leg and then when they pressed for more details I kind of said he hurt his knee like a football player does. LOL  It was not my best performance. 🙂

Well that’s it for me, thanks for tuning in and have a great weekend!!

The Neighborhood Poop Patrol

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The Neighborhood Poop Patrol:

Our neighbor next door has a dog, Gunner.  Gunner is a black akita mix and probably about 11 years old now.  Our neighbor’s yard is not fenced, so when Gunner is outside he is on a chain.  I want to be clear, Gunner is not a ‘chained dog’ as he does not live his life on a chain, in fact he is part of the family and gets along very well with the two little boys who live with him.  When they are outside playing whether it be in the front or back yards, Gunner is with them.

The dogs and I have run into our neighbor with the children and Gunner in our park.  Gunner is usually off-leash there.  He’s an aloof sort of dog, greeting my dogs and then going about his business.  I figure he thinks I’m off leash, I want to make the most of it.

Sometimes, I’m not sure how, but sometimes he roams the neighborhood.  When this happens I say, “Hey Gunner” and he looks at me and keeps going about his business.

One day as Delilah and I were coming home from our walk, we passed the neighbor’s house where the children were outside playing.  For some reason known only to his 6-year old mind, the neighbor child felt compelled to stop me and let me know that they had found dog poop in their yard and it wasn’t from their dog.  I stood there in the hot sun with a stinking bag of shit hanging from my hand and debated whether I should mention that many people in the neighborhood probably had the same problem from his dog.

In the end I said something along the lines of, “Gee that’s not cool,” and continued on our way.

Then two days ago the kids stopped me to ask why I was walking my dog on a leash…

Um…because there are leash laws in this town, they are supposed to be on leash.

“But not back there,” he said pointing to my yard.

“No, not back there.  Back there they can run without a leash.”

“But I saw you walking him on a leash out there yesterday, why were you doing that?”

Ah…yes, try explaining an ACL injury and surgery to a four and six year old.

Bath Zoomies

Guess who I caught doing zoomies after his bath?

Zoomies are the best part of a bath Mama.

Zoomies are the best part of a bath Mama.

What time do you post your blog?

Ever since I participated in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers promotion over at Kol’s Notes, I’ve been scheduling my blog to publish 1 minute past midnight, EST.  I belong to a pet blogger support group on Facebook and this question came up about what time people post.  Someone mentioned they like their posts to go up around 6:05 am because they get better traffic then.  So yesterday I scheduled my post for 6:01 am, but I’m not sure I like doing it that way.  What do you think? what time do you schedule your posts for?

For those of you who do reviews

There was a great article last week on AKA Design + Life about earned media.  (Pssst, earned media is the link) 😉 I’m not going to share too much here, but she articulated my thoughts on this topic so well, I thought I’d share it with you.  If you read it, please let me know what you think about it. 

Heart Like a Dog

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My Gated Community

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Hey everyone, Sampson here taking over for the Mama this morning.

 I’ve heard Mama talk about gated communities.  In fact she was all excited about one she heard about in North Carolina that had lots of hiking trails, a river and lake.  I’ve been to North Carolina on vacation a couple of times and it’s a pretty neat place so I was all on board with it.  Besides anywhere I’m with my Mama is a fine place to me.

But then the Mama made OUR house into a gated community and I think I’ve changed my mind.

Check it out.

Not a gate but effective at keeping me away.

Not a gate but effective at keeping me away.

These chairs used to be in our dining room around our table. Now they sit in front of my favorite window, and I can’t see out it.

A makeshift gate across our stairs to the outside.

A makeshift gate across our stairs to the outside.

Daddy made this to fit across the top of our stairs.  Now I can’t run down them to greet people when they come to visit me.

Someday stairs, someday I will run down you again.

Someday stairs, someday I will run down you again.

Instead I have to lie at the top of the stairs and wait for folks to make their way to me.

This is my couch. MY COUCH.

This is my couch. MY COUCH.

Up until a few weeks ago it was completely off limits.  The Mama removed one of the gates and placed the weird stairs there instead, because she knows that side of the couch is MINE and she thinks I’ll use the stairs to get on MY COUCH.  Except I hate those stairs and I won’t use them.

Last week there was an added twist….

Then, in a mean spirited moment, my Mama removed the blocks so I could climb up on the couch. Except my favorite spot is where those dreadful stairs are. I hear my couch calling, but I can't answer the call.

 In a mean spirited moment, My Mama removed the gates  so I could climb up on the couch, but she left the stairs right in front of my spot.  Not using them!  I hear my couch calling, but I can’t answer the call.

 

As if there gates weren't cruel enough, blocking me from everything I love, LOOK. This is where I should be going into my bedroom. Except I'm not allowed and now Delilah sleeps in there with my Daddy.

The door to my bedroom.  Off limits.

This is where we all used to sleep together. Now the Mama and I sleep in another room and Daddy and Delilah sleep in our room.

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The room the Mama and I sleep in. 

For a while I had to stay in there all the time, sometimes she even locked me in!  

While I know the Mama has my best interests at heart, sometimes it feels like she’s going a little overboard.  Sirisuly, you wouldn’t want to live in a gated community like this would you?

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