Heart Like a Dog

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

Obedience And Agility…Day Three Hundred, Forty Five

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Tonight at the half-way mark of our drop-in obedience class, Sara took out some agility equipment.

The A-Frame, See-Saw and Dog Walk.

My favorite little lab mix Zoe was there and I have been itching to get Zoe on the agility equipment to see if we can help her and her mom Marcie, gain some confidence.

I offered to try Zoe on the Dog Walk, I used a treat and up she went, like she was an old pro! She was just as good on the A-Frame, in fact the only equipment she was hesitant on was the See-Saw, she went on it well enough, she just wasn’t expecting the quick drop once she reached the top.

You may remember Maggie from an earlier post where we worked on getting her through the tunnel, this time we used the treats to get her up and over the dog walk.  She did fantastic!

Sampson did the A-Frame and the Dog Walk, but he really doesn’t care for the See-Saw, Delilah of course LOVES the agility and will do just about anything for a speck of food as evidenced in the photo below.

The Green Monster….Day Three Hundred, Forty Four

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Hubby and I were chatting in the car.  I mentioned something about Sampson and how cute he was and Hubby said, “He kills me.”

Naturally I was puzzled, “What do you mean?” I asked.

“The way he ignores me,” was his response.

“Oh, he ignores me too,” I brushed it off.

“When I come home, he runs right to the back door to go out, when you come home he tears from wherever he is to the door to greet you.” He said.

It really is cute when he does it.  Sampson has this little “RooooooooRooooooo” he does when he is excited or happy.  I’ve been trying to capture it on video but each time I have the camera ready, he doesn’t do it. 🙁

I tried to appease him, “Well honey, I walk them almost every day, I give them lots of treats.”

“Yeah….I guess,” he said.

But secretly I smiled inside.

Is that wrong?

Seriously how can you not want that smile to be for you?

How Did The Deer Fare?…Day Three Hundred, Forty Two

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Since I had no power Saturday morning I took the dogs for a long walk to help fill my time.

I mentioned to Hubby after the walk, “Branches and limbs continue to fall up there; I know this because I am clearing and moving what I can as I notice them.”

Hubby said, “I’m sure there are, it’s been very windy lately.” His brows furrowed “I wonder how the deer fared?”

I shook my head quickly back and forth, “I don’t know, I wonder where they go?”

Yesterday power was back on so I took the dogs for a long walk so they would be good and tired so I could clean.  🙂

I put their fluorescent vests on because I was planning on taking them on a less traveled (by us anyway) trail.

There is one area where there are deer trails, and you can manage to wind your way through this denser area if you have to, normally I stay clear of it unless my hiking buddy is with me. I prefer to stay on the well traveled paths. 🙂  Sampson normally pays pretty close attention to this dense area, his head is high with his ears alert.

Since Delilah is attached to me by the 30 footer, she doesn’t get the opportunity to run off nearly as much as she would like.

Normally they are spotting chipmunks and squirrels, I know this because they typically don’t go very far and tend to stop and sniff right around a tree base or a rock.

Yesterday Sampson snapped to attention and dashed off into the woods; normally I let him get a bit of a run then call him back, but he wasn’t coming; then I saw the white tail of the deer.  Delilah and I waited on the path, with me calling him intermittently until he came back.

A short time later he took off again in about the same spot and I thought things were cool until I heard the sound of something large scrambling through the brush, and there was another flash of white tail.

Today on our walk Sampson chased a deer again, in a different spot. I think we are safe in telling Hubby that at least one deer survived Alfred in our neck of the woods. 😉

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