Heart Like a Dog

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

Why Didn't I Think Of That?

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Thursday night is traditionally our obedience class at The Mellow Mutt.  This past Thursday Hubby was planning on working late, so we decided instead of rushing about trying to get ready, we would skip class and give the dogs a quick walk around the block.

Except the dogs didn’t know this, so when I got home Delilah was revved up and ready to go.  She brought me her toy and while I knew there were things I should be doing I felt bad, so I grabbed the toy and let her tug.  Once I’d won the toy from her I tossed it down the hall and she ran to fetch.

Sampson lay on the floor watching.  After the second toss, Delilah brought the toy back and we tugged again.  Then Sampson got up and as I won the toy and tossed it, Sampson ran down the hall and fetched it.  Then he and Delilah began their own tug of war which turned into some wrestling which resulted in about  15 minutes of play time.

Sitting on the floor watching them play brought a smile to my face and I thought, now why couldn’t they have figured this out on their own? 🙂

Book Update:  The book is the same.

Foster Opportunity In Connecticut

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This morning was a busy one, it was my pick-up dogfood day and I figured while I was out, I would get some of my weekend running done, in the hopes that tomorrow I can relax a bit.

My journeys today took me to the town I used to live in and past the town dump.  In this town (unless it’s changed) the dog pound is inside the landfill.  I know, gross.

As I was driving past the dump this thought popped into my head, “I just want to go inside and pull a dog.”  I’ve honestly never had that thought pop into my mind while driving past that area before.

Before you get too excited, no I did not stop.  I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what Hubby would say.

Then early this afternoon I got a facebook message from one of my friends asking if I was still interested in fostering.

Ummmmm, whatcha got?

She has a friend who is going to Ecuador for a year to teach.  She has a five-year old black lab named Nikko and she has someone who will stay at her apartment and care for the dog, but she’s not sure the dog will get everything he’s used to.  Hmmmm….

So I mentioned it to Hubby and he said, “No.  We have enough with the two we have.”

I walked away and under my breath I said, “You suck.”

I decided I needed some shopping therapy and so I headed out to Kohl’s.

On my way home I really thought about bringing another dog into the house.  For a year.

I thought about how Sampson is sometimes snarky with other males.

I thought about how difficult the adjustment was when Delilah joined our pack.

I thought about how my food bill for my dogs is already higher than the food bill for the humans.

I thought about how I struggle sometimes just walking two dogs.

I thought about how Sampson and Delilah go to daycare two days a week and what would Nikko do.

I thought about how small my bed seems with two humans and two dogs in it.

I thought about how we all would fall in love with Nikko and lose him after a year.

I thought about how Sampson and Delilah’s lives would change with the long-term addition of a third dog and decided long-term fostering isn’t the way to go for me.

When I got home Hubby said, “You know, we could probably do it.”

I said, “No.”

So if anyone’s interested in fostering a dog for about a year or you know someone who might be, leave me a message in the comments or shoot me an e-mail at auntiejodi@hotmail.com.  As my friend pointed out, Nikko does have someone to care for him, he may just miss some things for a while.

No progress on my book today.

 

Drew Barrymore's Bump

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I love Drew Barrymore.  So when I saw the link “Barrymore’s Bump” I couldn’t help myself, I had to click.

As I read the article I found out that Drew’s bump wasn’t a baby, it was a puppy.  She had the puppy tucked up under her shirt (I assume) to keep the puppy from being frightened by all the people.  Once I realized it was a puppy, I cringed.

You know when a movie comes out that has a dog in it, how sales of those dogs go sky rocketing?  Yeah, and then a bunch of those same dogs wind up in shelters because people really just have no clue what kind of work goes into a dog?

Well I got a bit nervous thinking, what if Drew’s puppy garners that same reaction?  We already have so many dogs in shelters, we certainly don’t need hundreds (if not thousands) more.

The other reason I cringed was the L.A. Boutique mentioned in the article, “Bark n’ Bitches“.  Naturally me being me, I jumped to the conclusion this was a store that sold puppies and we all know how I feel about stores that sell puppies.   So I googled them and found their website.

The first thing I noticed on the website, was a video. The picture on the video showed a dog in a crate.  Aha!  My suspicions were confirmed.  And then I read a little further, all of the dogs offered for sale at the Boutique are rescued.

The Boutique sells dog beds, collars, and dog carriers, among other things.  Their food and treats are holistic and organic and the best part is the proceeds from the sales from the store, funds the rescue of dogs.

So then I had to click on the video, which actually follows the owner, (Shannon von Roemer) as she goes to a Los Angles shelter and rescues two dogs.  Of course there are many more there that she can’t rescue and you can hear the emotion in her voice as she talks about these sweet souls.

So Drew Barrymore’s new puppy is a shelter dog.

Hopefully this means that people who might be interested in getting a dog will follow Drew’s lead and adopt from a shelter or a rescue.

In my opinion, it’s better than a movie. 🙂

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