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.

Pet Blogger Showcase – July 16, 2016

In my introduction I said the Pet Blogger Showcase takes place on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays and I was WRONG! It takes place on the 1st and 3rd! That’s what I get for rushing. Apologies all around and many thanks to the folks who participated. We had some great entries, I highly recommend you check them out.

You Make Me Laugh – July 17, 2016

Emma asked, “Okay, we get it, but is that a compliment towards the lady?”

Okay…you got me Emma. Confession time. My ex-mother-in-law had a crooked smile, that’s what I see when Delilah smiles like this. Truthfully, we didn’t actually see eye to eye.

Jan said, “Timmy reminds me a lot of Napoleon. It’s nothing about the way he looks though.”

Ha ha ha, does he have little dog complex?

Monika and Sam said, “I know of no one as goofy as Sam so no…at least no physical resemblance to any person I know. Although his goofiness does sort of rival my oldest brother. Bwahahaha.”

There you have it! When you start looking at Sam and seeing your brother there….

Genevieve said, “GAH! If your ex-mother-in-law follows your blog, I’m sure she appreciates this….”

She does not. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago.

Jan K said, “I also wonder if this is a compliment or an insult – to either Delilah or your ex-mother-in-law?”

If I’m truthful….it’s probably an insult to Delilah. 😀

Jen Gabbard said, “When Laika smiles I can’t help but laugh because her front teeth are so messed up and uneven still. I guess they don’t even out until they’re about 5 or so. It makes her look so undignified and I love it so much.”

Oh, that is so sweet.

Murphy’s Law of Dog Walking

As usual, your comments are SO funny!

Meagan Maher asked, “I’ve had the deluge of rain one before. I hated it, Merlin loved it and when we got home he got the zoomies. Why do they get the zoomies after being wet or at early in the morning with the dew all over the grass?”

I don’t get the zoomies, but my dogs do it too! And Sampson also licks his paws when he comes in after getting wet!

Taryn Tipton said, “Walking along the sidewalk, a neighbor drives by, and you wave with the hand holding the full poop bag!…Running out of poop bags as your dog squats on that one yard with the crabby owner. (It was your dogs 4th poop of the walk! You would think bringing 3 bags along would be more than enough!)”

Ba ha ha, OR the dog takes a loose poop in the snow and no matter what you do, you just can’t pick it all up.

Emma said, “We always enjoy taking a nice big, slow dump on the lawn when people are entertaining outside, preferably eating. It sends Mom through the roof!”

Hahaha I wonder why we humans are so mortified about it?

Monika and Sam said, “I just realized Murphy’s Law should include your dog taking a dump right in the middle of a sidewalk going up toward someone’s front porch. And it’s more than just soft. And you have no tissue with you to wipe it off your hand because you WILL get some on your hand trying to smooth and cajole it all into the bag that seems to have miniaturized its width since you took it out of your pocket.”

I admit it, I laughed. BUT only because I’ve been there, and ended up wiping my hand in grass or snow. I’ve also flicked a piece of poop off my foot. 😀

Sand Spring Chesapeakes said, “Lol if it will happen it will happen to you.”

Why is that?

Jen Gabbard said, “The rain thing really gets to me though, I can’t even tell you how many times we’ve gone out while it’s clear only to come back soaked.”

I hear you. I’ve watched clouds, concerned that we’d be getting rained on and nope. Then I’ve had the times where I thought I could get a walk in and couldn’t. Weather!

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – Throwback Thursday

Meagan Mahler said, “I love it. Merlin likes to sleep up against my back, back of knees and with his head on a pillow. Once there was my partner and i sleeping on our sides of the bed and during the night i woke up and Merlin had wedged his way behind me and pushed me to the middle while he had my pillow.”

Ha ha ha, I wake up with his paws on my back, or pushed to the edge, but never the middle.

Taryn Tipton said, “Definitely not me! I don’t like dogs or humans snuggled up to me! Too hot!”

I understand that. I don’t like human touching me when I sleep (unless it’s a baby) 😉 but I don’t mind the dogs at all.

Two French Bulldogs said, “mom has aches and pains and sciatica in the morning. BOL”

Oh yeah, been there, done that. 

Emma said, “Mom loves having Bailie sleep in bed with her. She doesn’t mind that Bailie always manages to have her butt in Mom’s face or she gets kicked in the face sometimes.”

I’m with Mom on that. The other night Sampson kicked me SO hard, right in the face. LOL Then he kicked me again in the chest.

Rebekah said, “I wish my dogs were cuddlers, but they are not. I think they get too warm.”

Sampson gets too warm in the summer. The warmer months he is more likely to get down off the bed, but in the winter, it’s almost a given he’ll stay on there all night.

Alexa88 said, “i love sharing the bed with her. a bed just doesn’t feel right until lily comes to bed. hubby too of course lol.”

I love sharing my bed with my guys too. Sometimes it’s tight, with both dogs in the bed, but I honestly love it.

Jen Gabbard said,”Laika doesn’t sleep in my bed because of her night howls (that happen at least a few times a week). I wanted it to work, but unfortunately she is so loud it’s impossible to sleep with her, and it’s even a challenge when she’s 4 rooms away on the couch. But on the weekends there’s nothing I love more than those moments when we both end up napping on the couch together.”

Oh my, sometimes my guys sort of yip/bark while sleeping, but I usually rub them when they do that and reassure them they are ok. Do you know why Laika does that? Is she dreaming? Does rubbing or touching her wake her up?

Well that’s it for me friends, have a wonderful weekend!