Heart Like a Dog

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

Oh Lord, My Water Broke

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I walked out of the bedroom door and said, “WTF is this wet spot on the floor?”

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My first thought was that my water had broken, but I knew that was wrong because 1) my pants weren’t wet, 2) the puddle was in front of me, not under me and last but certainly not least, I wasn’t pregnant.

My second thought was someone had an accident.

On the rug.

In front of the bedroom door, NOT in front of the ‘go outside’ door.

Then I looked up and saw the empty ice cream container.  The one I’d filled with water and left in the sink to clean out before recycling.

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Yup it was clean.

A couple feet away was the cover.

IMG_5314 Wow that was clean too.

I was pretty certain I’d left it in the sink.  In fact, I know I didn’t leave it on the floor.

Oh that delightful lab, Delilah with her mad lab skills carried a half-gallon ice cream container full of water, about fifteen feet BEFORE she spilled any.

Why she spilled it there is beyond me.  My guess?  She bumped into the bedroom door and dropped it.

I told you she had mad skills.

This Monday Mischief Blog Hop is brought to you by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog, and My Brown Newfies.

K-9 Kamp Update

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K-9 Kamp Kounselor Delilah here to help keep you motivated and fill you in on some of the things we’ve been doing to keep this first week of K-9 Kamp F-U-N.

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We love to take advantage of the woods right at the top of our street.  It’s a great place to have fun.  In fact, one of the first days of Kamp, Sampson and I got to chase a squirrel!

Here’s what happened.

Before I had a chance to leash The Mama up, a squirrel dashed across my path.

Without a thought for what poor Mama might do, off I went with Sampson right behind me.

The tree rat dashed into the woods and turned left, but he couldn’t get away from me, I was in hot pursuit!

The Mama meanwhile was shouting and yelling and Sampson went back to comfort her.  Meanwhile, I kept on going. The squirrel must have been scared for his life because he ran towards one of the houses that sits on the edge of the woods looking for asylum.

Ah ha!  Here’s my chance, I made the turn for the house, thinking I could pin him down there.

All of a sudden I heard the Mama, “Delilah, NO!”  I stopped for a second and thought the poor thing, she’s afraid to walk without me.  My second thought was, what a party pooper.

No worries, the are plenty of fun things I can find to do in the woods.

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Someone has stacked a bunch of logs on either side of a large tree across one of our trails.   This is a great challenge for us.  We can either jump clear over the pile or climb the logs.  This kind of exercising helps keep the muscles in our back legs toned and strong as well as helping us with balance.

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We also use other trees to climb over.

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Or to go under. (Oops, The Mama is not fast enough to snap me!)

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I decided it was time to let The Mama try rock climbing.  Rock climbing/walking is another good exercise for balance and toning. The poor Mama, it was raining that day and she slipped.  I coaxed and wheedled and even dangled an M&M in front of her, but I couldn’t get her to try again.

I’m so glad we are participating in K-9 Kamp because the Mama is severely out of shape.  I’ve tried these past three years to help her, but despite my best efforts, she still can’t make it up the hill by herself.  You try dragging 140+  of weight behind you, all the while listening to this:

“I can’t breathe.”

“AH my thighs, my thighs, they’re burning!”

And silly phrases like, “Oh my Dog I’m so tired, why can’t this field be full of poppies?”

The Mama calls it torture.

I call it weight resistance training.

Eh, some folks say TO-MAY-TOE and some say TO-MA-TOE.

How are you all doing with your K-9 Kamp challenge?  Do you need any tips or motivation?  Let me know in the comments and don’t forget to check back next week when we’ll share some fun things to do inside for those like us who are being challenged by daylight hours and weather.

This is the K-9 Kamp Blog Hop hosted by Kol’s Notes and Peggy’s Pet Place.

Of Chipmunks, Reflections and Food

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Delilah’s a lab which means she’s highly motivated by food.  One might even say obsessed based upon her dedication to us whenever food is involved.

She’s also obsessed with reflections on the ceiling.  As the sun makes its way across the sky, it shines in through various windows in our house.  All of a sudden Delilah will start jumping around, looking up at the ceiling and barking.  That’s when you know you left something out that is catching her eye.

In fact, we can’t eat at our dining room table because the light shines on the silverware creating a reflection and Delilah starts her antics.  It’s a miserable meal time for everyone.

Yesterday I noticed she has a new obsession.

Chipmunks.

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She literally sat at this door for hours, on the watch for chipmunks.  I think her obsession for chipmunks actually outweighs her obsession for food.

How do I know?

I spent most of yesterday afternoon in the kitchen making jam, while Delilah sat at the door watching chipmunks.  I actually peeled and quartered apples without having to tell her to back off.

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At one point I walked over to her and she had a big drool hanging from her mouth.

Truth be told, this obsession has me a little worried.  I can work around her food obsession, I can move things when the light reflects on them, but until we get rid of the chipmunks in our yard, there’s nothing I can do about this.

I’m wondering if anyone else has a dog with obsessions and what you do to manage that.

I will have you
Yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly
A wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you (Animotion – 1984)

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