Heart Like a Dog

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

There Is No Place You Can Hide

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Dogs are creatures of habit. It is very easy for them to fall into routines. For my dogs the two big routines are eating, and walks.

Meals (breakfast and dinner) are twice per day, and approximately 12 hours apart.  There is one snack, and that is given at night around 9:00 pm.

Other tidbits of food are doled out randomly. When I’m fixing their Kongs at dinnertime, they each get a small piece of pineapple. If I’m cutting up watermelon, they get a few pieces. After Delilah gets her eye ointment applied she gets a goodie. When they plop down for us to eat, they get a treat. After we finish eating they get a few treats. If SOMEONE has been very good, sitting while I’m in the kitchen, she gets a treat. (By default, Sampson does too, because he’s NOT in the kitchen.)

My point is, my dogs know when food will be doled out by the Mama, and when it’s a hopeless cause.

Of course, Labrador Retrievers being notorious for eating just about anything and everything, know how to keep track of the foods.  Delilah is textbook Labrador when it comes to this particular trait.

During the week, I get up, fix their food, walk the dogs, get ready for work, feed the dogs, and wash the dishes. Lately I’ve been giving them each a banana chip before I leave. That’s the last bit of food that is handed out in the morning.

Until that list bit of food is doled out, I’ve got a shadow. Mary thought she had a problem with that frickin’ lamb, but that bit of fluff only followed her to school.

My ‘lamb’ follows me into the bathroom.

Why are you sitting down? Pull up your pants, there’s food to dispense.

I’m laughing about it now, but trust me, there’s no laughing when you’re trying to get some sirius business done and you can’t breathe.

You make me laugh, or smile, the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do, that bring a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

What did your pet do that made you smile or laugh this week?

What a Goofy Dog

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One of the rules that is fairly strongly enforced in our house, is that the dogs must lie down while we eat dinner.

We started off with mats and used the “place” command, but a mat is just one more thing I have to wash, and we already use throw rugs for dispensing treats, so the mats just went by the wayside. Instead, we let the dogs lie in front of our chairs while we’re eating.

Well in Sampson’s case, it’s wherever he wants to lie. Sometimes he stays in the bedroom, or in the kitchen, but usually at some point during the meal, he’ll get up and wander into the living room.

AND in Delilah’s case, she’s never quite mastered the “place” command. She likes a position where she can monitor your food intake, and be ready to pounce, on the off chance you happen to drop some food.  There’s usually a bit of yelling (on Hubby’s part, not mine) because she just refuses to lie down when Hubby is home. When Hubby is not home, she lays down just fine for me, and I release her when I’m done eating. And yes, I do have a little smug superiority regarding it, but we shan’t tell Hubby, okay?

Usually we are watching TV while we’re eating, which is why the dogs are in the living room.

As I said, Sampson is the easy going one, and at least three times a week, after we’ve finished eating, we look down to see him with all four paws in the air, or a big smile on his face, and he’s just waiting for some loving.

Last Tuesday night, I looked down to see this.

Thankfully, I had my phone handy and quickly snapped a picture. Of course, then we laughed because really, 1) look at the smile on his face, 2) THOSE EARS! and 3) check out the way his back legs are crossed.

Honestly, these dogs really do make me laugh every single day.

You make me smile, or laugh. The sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

What did your pet do that made you smile this week?

Chocolate Cheese Head

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I raised three girls, so I’m use to cooking in larger amounts. After the girls left home, I couldn’t quite figure out how to reduce my cooking to just two, so I continue to cook for five and we use the leftovers for lunches during the week.

For health reasons, I’m encouraged to eat smaller portions, about six times per day. I practice this religiously during the week, but sadly, I can’t quite master it on the weekends.

Because of the way I eat, I bring a lot of food with me when I head to work. Of late, my afternoon snack has been an apple, and a little package of mozzarella cheese. These are the cutest little things, just three in each package and I buy them in bulk at my local consumer’s shopping club.

Mondays when I’m packing for work, I add my lunch and my apple, as well as all of my hard-boiled eggs, and my cheese snacks. Apples and lunch are taken daily, but it’s just easier for me to pack my breakfast eggs and cheeses in the beginning of the week.

Last Monday, I set my back down in front of the refrigerator and started ‘loading’ it up. Delilah was standing right there watching me. I added my apple, my lunch, my bag of eggs and then I started on the cheese.

One, two, three….

I happened to catch her in the act.

Luckily for me, she was happy to exchange her prize, for one of her beloved banana chips.

But boy, did I get a laugh out of that. As did Hubby when I showed him the photo.

You make me laugh (or smile,) the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do, that bring a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

What did your pet do that made you laugh or smile this week?

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