Heart Like a Dog

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

One On One

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Having Sampson on the D.L. has added a whole new dynamic to our exercise routine.

There are some nights when Hubby can be convinced to walk with us.  His biggest complaint is the leashes are a pain in the butt.  I agree, most days I feel like I’m playing Chinese jump rope, but hey…you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have…the facts of life.  (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself, blame Pupfan for putting up tv theme songs video.) 😉

(It’s stuck in your head now too, huh?)

There have been a couple of nights where Hubby just didn’t want to go, but I won’t let that stop me.

Monday night I put both dogs on the long leash and off we went.

Okay, you got me. It’s an old photo, you really don’t expect me to juggle two dogs and a camera do you?

 

Yes, there were many, many times where I ducked, twisted and cussed dealing with two dogs on long leashes, each with their own agendas.

The more interesting walk though, happened on Tuesday night.  It was raining pretty hard when I got home.

Hubby checked the weather and it looked like we were going to get a break, but not until later.

I decided I’d take the dogs for a quick walk, but I’d take them individually.

I put Sampson on the long leash and out the door we went.  I was amused when he went directly to the car and looked at me as if to say, well go ahead, open the door.

Nope, sorry buddy, we’re hoofing it today.

We walked up the hill and into the woods, up the wide yellow path for a very short time and turned around to head home.

I was so impressed with Sampson on the long leash. Normally he pulls me, but not on the long leash and not without Delilah there, competing with him.

After a brief walk of maybe 15 minutes, I brought Sampson home, put Delilah’s harness on her and headed off.

She was marvelous too!

The beauty of walking the dogs in the rain was, there weren’t any other dogs out.  The squirrels and chipmunks however, didn’t get that memo.

Delilah and I had a very tense moment with a squirrel, where I got very close to her, (in case I had to grab her) but eventually she was convinced to leave it and the squirrel made himself scarce.  Delilah and I continued our walk.

I’ve noticed on previous walks that each dog wants to be ahead of the other one, which can cause huge challenges when walking two dogs on leash, which is also why, I like them off-leash!

Don’t mind us, we’re just checking our pee-mail.

 

It was nice to get them out and walk them individually.  Except for getting soaked to the skin, I really enjoyed our one-on-one leash time.

Do you have more than one dog?  Do you walk them together or separately?  Do you prefer one over the other?

WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday (10-3-12)

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Please note this post is not meant to make light of the deeds described here, only to make fun of, ridicule, bully and just plain beat the shit out of the idiots who commit these stupid acts.

As you know, or maybe you don’t, my laptop is in the shop, which means I rely on Hubby’s computer for blogging, which has severely hindered me in 1) responding to comments and commenting  on your blogs and 2) getting some WTF material via facebook.

Siriusly, Hubby does not allow me on facebook on his computer.

Ever.

I did manage to sneak a bit at various times, which is when Lauren from Life With Desmond sent me this.

W.T.F

Suffolk County SPCA Warns Against Animal Cruelty, NY

Apparently there was something posted on youtube encouraging people to kill a pit bull on Halloween.

W.T.F. or maybe more aptly phrased, who the fuck thinks this stuff up or even better yet, thinks it’s a good idea?

I can almost picture the two of us (Lauren and myself) sitting in front of our computers, mouths open in shock and horror.

After a quick couple of exchanges Lauren says she checked it on Snopes and Snopes says it is not true, but that doesn’t make me feel any better because you know some dumb red-neck is going to attempt this.

Which is exactly why you didn’t see me jumping all ugly on this on my facebook page, I don’t want to give anyone any ideas.

This photo just about sums it up for me.

Photo courtesy of ecards.

 

Excuse me a moment, my Irish Coffee needs attending to.

WTF/Whoo Hoo!!

Dog survives wild ride, Taunton Ma/Providence RI

Yeah, apparently this person saw the dog run out in front of them but then they didn’t see the dog.

That’s because it was jammed under your grill, dumb ass.

Did you think it was a ghost dog?

WTF kind of person doesn’t stop to check and see what happened to the dog? What if it was just severely injured and lying on the side of the road?

My first dog, Washy was hit by a car when I was a kid, despite having a broken pelvis, she managed to drag herself home.  To this day I don’t know if my father put her down or she died from her injuries.

I do know the asshole that hit her didn’t stop.

There’s something fundamentally wrong with a person who doesn’t stop to find out whether they’ve caused bodily injury, whether it be to human or animal.

Still I find it amazing the dog survived with only minor injuries.

Whoo Hoo

This dog survived 110 miles on the top of a car engine, San Clemente, CA

When the driver stopped for lunch after a 110 mile trip, he felt his truck lurch and then noticed some fur sticking out near his wheel.  When he opened the hood, a 25 pound Keeshond mix looked up at him.

Jamie Magaña attributes the large well between the engine and the front with saving Chevy (the nickname given to the dog.)

Authorities are currently looking for Chevy’s owner.

And finally, because I can.

 

How was your week?  Did you have more of a Whoo Hoo or a WTF week?

Sampson’s Saga Continues

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Sampson has a bruise on the inside of one of his back legs. I noticed it right after the last time he was at the vet, but figured since he is scheduled for next week, I will simply keep an eye on it, to make sure it’s fading.

Having seen him bulldoze his way through trees and shrubs, I assumed he whacked himself good.

When I popped a peek at it Sunday night, I noticed he had a number of red bumps on his underbelly. Hubby said, they look like blisters.

To which I said, I’ll check the side effects of the Meloxicam tomorrow and call the vet to see if it can wait until next week.

Sure enough one of the severe side effects of the Meloxicam is, you guessed it, blisters.

(Just for the record, I worry.  So the safest bet for me is NOT to check side effects when first beginning a medication, if I do you can be sure a symptom will somehow manage to manifest itself.  I’ve had to carry this philosophy over to the dogs or I’d be a constant mess.)

First thing yesterday morning I placed the call to our vet.

When our vet called back she said, blisters are a known side effect in humans but not in dogs. She wants to make sure it’s not a skin condition so we changed his appointment from next Wednesday to this Thursday.

After I took my lunch I decided that Thursday is just too long to wait, so I called the vet’s office back, but they couldn’t fit him in any sooner, unless of course the condition gets worse.

So I asked, well is there anything I can do for him In the meantime to make sure he’s not uncomfortable? Our vet said put aloe on it.

It doesn’t seem to be bothering him, because we haven’t seem him scratching or licking at it.

But it sure looks awful.

Considering the shaming I got for posting poop pictures, I figure it was wise to hide Sampson’s attributes.

 

You can see the bruised area, it is the dark spot just above all those little blisters.

 

What do you think about him having symptoms of a side effect but being told it’s not the same for dogs?  Is it merely coincidence?

Just because it hasn’t happened in dogs, does not mean it can’t, right?  I intend to bring that point up on Thursday. 😉

How do you handle it when your vet tells you something but your gut tells you something else?

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