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This And That

December 29, 2011 By Jodi

My post today is a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  Neither one was really enough  to make a complete blog post about, so I kind of combined them.

This is about Sampson’s potty habits.  Like a lot of people Sampson is particular about where he potties.  When he was younger, he wouldn’t do his number two business just anywhere, in fact at daycare he would hold it all day and first thing he would do when he came home would be to run into the backyard and drop the kids off.

As he’s gotten older he has become a little less rigid about where he goes, but I do notice when we are out walking he will run ahead and if I by chance I happen to catch up to him, I notice him off in the woods popping a squat.   He will then run off like he is 5 pounds lighter, bouncing and frolicking like a small puppy.

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I picked them up from daycare and while I was settling Delilah into the car, I noticed Sampson up by the fire hydrant taking a dump!  I hurried over to where the pooper scooper is kept and when I looked up; he had moved from the fire hydrant across the driveway and was finishing his poop by the mailbox!

Enough of This.

That is about someone who won’t be named leaving the package of fire starter within munching level of a certain chocolate lab.

Delilah is like my little shadow. Normally wherever I am you can be sure she is close behind.  Which is why when I got out of the bathroom this morning and she wasn’t laying on the bed, I knew she was up to something.

Sure enough I went out into the living room to find her chomping on the fire starter.

Rest assured the fire starter is not toxic to your dog; I know this because this isn’t our first dance with the fire starter.  I will however be watching her to make sure she isn’t bound up from all that fiber.

Finally, just some quick pictures of what crossed my path on my way in to work this morning.

Lucky for them Thanksgiving was last month.

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Filed Under: bad dog, Dog Training, Dogs, Humor, Meanderings, Positive Dog Training, Rescue Dogs, Writing

Delilah 1, Ornaments 0

December 26, 2011 By Jodi

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, ours was pretty good even though we were missing a few family members.

As I noted in an earlier post, I have to keep my tree gated off to keep Delilah from eating the ornaments.

This year she was really good, never even went near the tree until yesterday when I removed the gates for Christmas morning.  She was particularly interested in a sand dollar ornament I had picked up in Florida on one of our vacations.  I assume it was because her nose smells better than mine and she can smell a faint trace of sea life.

Hubby and I were sitting and relaxing with our Irish Coffees and playing a little Donkey Kong and I guess I may have relaxed a little too much, because all of a sudden I heard Hubby exclaim, “Delilah!”

Yup, she got it.

Once she got it, she stayed away from the tree.  Bob on the other hand kept going underneath the tree scratching at the bag of dog treats.

Gates are back up.

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Snarky Dogs

December 19, 2011 By Jodi

We had our first play date with another dog at our house yesterday. 

I was a little nervous as to how Delilah would react, so we wanted to introduce the dogs in the best way possible.  I’ve heard all kinds of ways to introduce dogs, but this is what we decided to do.

Since the new dog, Pheebs was female we introduced Sampson first.  As I’ve mentioned previously Sampson is very good off leash so Hubby brought him outside and made him wait while our friend got out of the car.  Then he released Sampson to welcome our guest.

Then Sampson noticed Pheebs in the car so our friend opened the door and Pheebs jumped out.   After a quick greeting, she started running around the yard and then she ran up to the front door where Delilah was waiting.  When she approached the door Delilah started gnashing her teeth, barking and growling.  🙁  This really wasn’t a surprise because Delilah tends to be snarky with other dogs when there is something between them.

I opened the door and Delilah came charging out, but after a quick few seconds where both girls stood stiffly still sniffing each other they were off and running.

I opened the gate to the back yard and all three dogs ran inside, where they continued checking each other out.  Then we opened the door from inside the house and they all came inside.

As it turns out I didn’t need to worry about Delilah at all.  She and Pheebs were fast friends, they played like Sampson and Delilah usually play.  Everywhere Delilah went Pheebs was right behind her.  🙂  It was so cute.

Sampson was the snarky one. 🙁

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