Heart Like a Dog

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

This ‘N That Thursday ~ May 30, 2013

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Today we join our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

“This ‘N That Thursday A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

First things first, Follow-up Friday will be a tiny bit different this week. (Only for me!)

I have a very special post planned for tomorrow so my Follow-up Friday will actually take place on Saturday.  No worries for you die-hard FUF hoppers, the blog hop will be available on my co-hostess’ blog.  I will have a link to her blog at the bottom of tomorrow’s post, but if it’s easier for you, you can go directly to her blog tomorrow to link up.

My co-hostess for this week is Misty Shores Chesapeakes!

The dogs at BlogPaws.

Life has been super busy since I came back from BlogPaws and I haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and write some more BlogPaws posts.  Before it gets too far away from it all, I’d like to showcase a couple of the dogs I met at BlogPaws and tell you a little about the pets that were present.

I don’t have any of the finesse that Pamela at Something Wagging has, so I’m just gonna put it out there.  There were some perfectly nice dogs at BlogPaws and then there were some dogs that just weren’t comfortable in the situation.  Which isn’t to say they weren’t perfectly nice dogs, I’m just saying they may have been more comfortable at home or in their rooms.

I sat in a session where there was so much growling going on behind me I thought a fight was going to break out.  There was also the woman in the elevator who said her little dog just wasn’t used to the elevator yet, as she gave him a little tug in.  The poor thing was shaking so bad, if he’d been any bigger I’d have been worried he’d shake the elevator loose from the cable.

Don’t get me started on the woman who sat with us and told us her dog was in her room because she was a butt face for barking at another dog.

I bit my tongue. A LOT.

But I did meet some incredibly well-adjusted dogs, with savvy owners.

Prizes from BlogPaws

The folks at BlogPaws had some awesome sponsors and prizes.  It started with an amazing bag from Jones Natural Chews filled with swag! (BTW Jones, this is the Best. Bag. Ever.)

On Friday night in a random drawing I won a Chromebook!

IMG_5061 If you’re unfamiliar with these, the closest I can figure is it is Google trying to compete with iPad.  You can add apps, but you have the convenience of the ‘laptop’ style.

Then on Saturday the awesome folks at the PetSafe booth gifted me with a dog’s water fountain.

Thank you PetSafe!!

Thank you PetSafe!!

 

Except my dogs won’t drink out of it, so I have a small bowl of water sitting next to it, while they acclimate themselves. 🙂

This is a blog hop, hosted by our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs blog.

A Dog Walker’s Chinese Star

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It was a four bag walk.

When the first deposit was made, I carefully picked it up, looping the bag into a knot, juggling it between managing Delilah’s leash and dispensing treats.

When the second deposit was made, I repeated steps one and two, then tied the two bags together.

Sampson and Delilah each did their business one more time, each time I picked up the poo, sequestered it in its own bag and then tied the bag to the others.

As I tied the fourth one in place, it hit me.

No….not the poop, the idea.

Safety is always a concern for me on our daily walks in the woods.  I worry about Stranger Danger, uncontrolled dogs and wild animals.  I always travel with my trusty little pepper blaster pistol in my back pocket, ready and willing to unleash a powerful blast of burning fury at the offending perpetrator.

Now staring at the baggies in my hand, I realized I held what equates to a dog walker’s Chinese Star.

Behold, the dog walker's weapon of choice.

Behold, the dog walker’s weapon of choice.

Drum roll please…..

Yes, it’s true.

My dogs are capable of producing Weapons of Ass Destruction, or WAD’s if you prefer.

Who needs a pepper blaster when you can easily wind the baggies up and hurl them like a shot-put?

Don’t believe me?  I didn’t think you would, so I made a little video to prove the WAD’s capabilities.

(If the video does not work, click here.)

Warning you need really good aim though, because these baggies are versatile but they’re not tough, and while they are warm to begin with, they are not heat seeking nor do they have lock capabilities.  Too hard of a toss or bad aim and you’ve got a…… mess of ass destruction on your hands.

(If the video does not work, click here.)

What do you think, should I apply for a patent?

Marrow Bones From Jones All Natural Chews

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While I was at BlogPaws I stopped by the Jones Natural Chews booth to meet my friend Flea.

The folks at Jones were one of the sponsors of BlogPaws so naturally I left the booth with a couple of treats for Sampson and Delilah.

Imagine my surprise on Saturday when I was handed a bag with a variety of Jones treats to take home with me.

IMG_5048 One of the treats I was excited about were these marrow bones.

I figured once they got all the marrow out, I had another set of bones to pack with pumpkin.

Back story: We’d left my mother and niece in charge of the dogs, for 36 hours.  Thirty-six.  A day and a half.

All they had to do was to feed the dogs two meals, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast.  The meals were meticulously prepared and placed in plastic baggies in the refrigerator, and labeled, Sampson dinner, Delilah dinner.  You get the picture, right?

Hubby spent 25 minutes explaining to my niece the additional supplements each dog required.  (This was I think, the flaw in the plan.)

For those of you playing along at home here are the key points: 36 hours, 2 dogs, 4 meals.

Despite the instructions and the prepared food, the labeled baggies AND the fact that my mother has fed the dogs many times herself, somehow, incredibly Frick and Frack managed to feed the dogs three days worth of chicken necks for Sunday breakfast.

This equates to about 2 1/2 pounds.  EACH. Of chicken necks. In one meal.

Which I did not realize until after I’d fed them their dinner, when I went in the fridge to get their second course and noticed the individual baggies which I questioned Hubby about.

Hubby was furious and I have to admit I wasn’t too happy either.

I called my niece who was supposed to be in charge, but she had no explanation.

If I’d known about this before I fed them dinner, I wouldn’t have fed them.

Of course, Sampson and Delilah couldn’t understand why they didn’t get a snack on Sunday night.

Monday morning I held back on a full breakfast and called the vet, who recommended they get no more bones for a couple of days and suggested there might be a bit of straining as they tried to pass all that bone.  She advised straight meat and veggies for a couple of days.

Dogs on raw diet usually have a harder, more compact stool, so I watched and waited, waited and watched.  Finally on Wednesday there was no more bone in their stool.

Still we held off on the marrow bones, until Saturday night, and let me tell you, the dogs were excited to get them.

IMG_5051 Nom, nom, nom, what’d you make me wait for?

IMG_5053 Nom, nom, nom.

After about 15 minutes or so, I took the bones away, labeled a baggie for Sampson and another for Delilah and put the bones in the fridge.

I packed them with pumpkin and put them in the freezer the next day and they’ve been enjoying the same marrow bone for three nights now.

I’ve got a wedding in August I need to be gone five days for, anyone want to dog sit?

It’s Tasty Tuesday, hosted by Kol’s Notes and Sugar the Golden Retriever.

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