Heart Like a Dog

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

Dog Days….Day One Hundred, Sixty Seven

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There is nothing I like better than walking into an establishment and being greeted by a dog.  Of course I expect this at some of my local pet stores, and  at the groomers/daycare facility, but not when I walked into the spice store this afternoon.  The dog in question was sleeping on the floor in front of the cash register; he lifted his head and looked up when I entered, then lay back down.  Apparently, I wasn’t interesting enough to warrant a second glance!

I must confess, I long for a job where my dogs can be with me all the time.  Luckily enough I have been able to bring my dogs to work a couple of times, this requires a lot of work on my part, because Delilah will go through all the waste baskets looking for any food scraps.  Once she found a long abandoned ant trap and tried to chew it; thankfully I was right there to take it away from her!  I realize if they were at work with me all the time it would become routine and not quite as much work for me.

The upside to bringing the dogs to work is there is a walking trail that runs parallel to the parking lot with easy access from the lot to the trail, so I can easily take the dogs out for a bit of exercise.  Which would free me up a lot more time in the evenings that I could use for blogging!

Hard Work Pays Off…Day One Hundred, Sixty Six

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It was a lazy day at Stone Manor; while I readied myself for my god-daughter’s college graduation (congratulations Julie) Sampson and Delilah decided life was better off in bed, so that’s where they went.

Apparently the whole time I was gone (6 hours) no-one in the house-hold (including hubby) did much of anything.  It was raining for much of the day, so I can’t really say I blame them, and heaven knows had I been home I would probably have been on the computer all day; checking facebook, blogs and e-mails. 🙂

Even though it was icky out, I still wanted Sampson and Delilah to get some exercise, so as soon as I got home, I put the groceries away and hastily prepared a pot of soup to simmer while we were gone.  We grabbed the shaved roast beef and headed off.

Whenever possible (re: the Lacrosse team isn’t using the field) we like to run Delilah and tire her out just a little before we hit the trails.  Of course Sampson runs too, but he tires more easily than she does, so we don’t run him as much.  Five or six lengths of the field is usually good and then we headed off to the trail.  Since we were very late in getting started we decided a quick trek through the woods was enough. 

The rain had stopped, but the sky was still overcast with the occasional sprinkle, so we were quite surprised to run into a young couple in the woods.  Yes, there really was a point to this blog. 🙂  Normally when we come across someone on the trail, we call the dogs to us and make them sit while the person passes.  I was too busy chatting and I didn’t see them, but here is really what I wanted to share.  The dogs very casually walked up to the people and wandered right past them.  Granted they didn’t sit (which is really what my ultimate goal is) but the exciting thing is they did not run full tilt and they weren’t intrusive. 

Hard work really does pay off when it comes to training your dog.

Everything is so green! Spring has sprung!

Working Those Poles…Day One Hundred, Sixty Five

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Delilah really worked the poles today; the weave poles that is.  The weave poles are challenging for a couple of reasons. 1) The poles aren’t set-up every Saturday so we don’t get the same practice on them as we do the tunnel, tire, jumps etc.  2) The weave poles are a little harder for the larger dogs,  simply because the dogs are well …large. The smaller dogs can get their heads and bodies thru the gaps much easier than the larger dogs.

I have to confess, I enjoy the Saturday drop in agility class as much, if not more than Delilah.   The class is challenging for us, both physically and mentally, but I for one truly enjoy the camaraderie of being around other people who love their dogs as much as I do and who want to have fun with them.

We probably laugh more than we do anything else.  Which is great, the dogs all get along and the humans all get along and everyone has a great time.  One of these days I’m going put a video camera up to capture all the hijinks that takes place during one of these Saturday agility classes.   Until then, you will just have to take my word for it. 🙂

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