Heart Like a Dog

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

Let It Rain….Day Two Hundred, Thirty Seven

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We got a break from the heat today; it came in the form of rain.

After nearly a week of not walking, I was amped up and ready to go, as were Sampson and Delilah.

We weren’t going to let a little rain stop us, so we piled into the car.

As soon as we got to the park it began raining in earnest.  We went anyway.

Sampson and Delilah were so happy to be out of the house and running through the woods again.  I tried desperately to get some pictures but due to the rain, they are rather dark.

We were only out for about 25 minutes; I had to cut it short because the bug spray (from countless applications) was running off my hat into my eyes, so I ended up taking my hat and glasses off.  Thankfully it wasn’t so dark that I couldn’t see. 🙂

As soon as we stepped out of the park near the car, the rain let up.  It stopped about 45 minutes after we got home. 🙁

Here is a picture of me when we got home.

Chet said, “There’s a glare on it.”  But once we looked closer we realized that was where my fanny pack sat (for treats, cell phone and poop bags.)

Literally the only dry spot on my person.

The dogs didn’t fare much better, but we were all happier for the much-needed exercise.

Wet but happy.

Sunday Sunday….Day Two Hundred Thirty Six

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The dogs are pooped and so is the cat.  My nephew, niece and their daughter came over today and all the activity tuckered them out.

All tuckered out.

I was a bit nervous with the little one (13 months) around the dogs, but I have to tell you, they were awesome.  There were a couple of times where she stepped right on them (once on the tip of Delilah’s tail), and only once when she fell practically on top of Sampson did he growl.

All in all it was a great day, spent with people (and puppies) I love.

Duck Duck Goose…Day Two Hundred Thirty Five

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I thought it was supposed to be cooler today; it wasn’t.

Chet and I had scouted around looking for places for the dogs to go swimming.  I had found an area that was literally around the corner from the house so I brought Chet there this morning.

A woman and her pup were playing near the water, and we chatted for a few minutes.  She told us it was ok for the dogs to go in the water there.  Her pup would run thru the water, but wasn’t swimming.  A flock of geese approached and the dog was so adorable watching the geese and trying to figure out just what the heck they were. I wish I’d had my camera on me.  Oh when will I learn?

The woman kindly told us to watch where we stepped because the area was almost entirely covered with poop!  I knew that could pose a problem with Delilah.

We have a tendency to eat dinner a little on the late side and since we’d had a late lunch, we postponed dinner and took the dogs out right around 6:30.

It was a perfect time to go since we were the only ones on shore, there was one man in a small boat fishing but he really wasn’t that close to us.

Delilah LOVES playing fetch in the water.

Sampson even got in on the swimming action.

Since Sampson is not into the fetching and swimming, Chet took him down below the falls for a little walk.  Delilah thought she was missing out on something and hurried out of the water to see what they were doing.

Daddy, Sampson and Delilah

After they came back up to the area we were playing in, Delilah got in the water and started swimming away.  She totally ignored us and headed out towards the man in the row-boat!  We were calling and calling and she just kept swimming away from us.  I was standing their flummoxed looking at Chet, when finally she turned around and came back.

That tiny little speck that you can barely see in the middle of the picture is Delilah.

We wrapped it up shortly after this escapade.  We decided we would try a different area the next time basically for two reasons.

1) That poop was goose poop.  Now I was game for picking up dog poop, but there is NO WAY I am picking up goose poop!  The entire time I was bringing Delilah in and out, I was shouting “Leave it, leave it!”  Even so, she still got a few. 🙁

2) Look at the picture.

Yeah whatever kind of snake that is, it's too big for my liking!

Let’s hope tomorrow’s swimming area is a bit better!

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