Heart Like a Dog

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

Pig's Ears….Day Three Hundred, Fifty Seven

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Yesterday when I picked the dogs up from daycare I stopped for a quick chat with Sara and Sue  (Sara’s mom.)  The Mellow Mutt has these awesome little dog hitches attached to the wall.  If you’ve never seen or used them, let me tell you they rock.

The hitch is designed so you can hook the looped section of your leash onto the hook and you have your hands free, but your dog can only go to the end of their leash.  I use this hook a LOT when I pick up the dogs and need to keep Delilah from shopping. 😉

Sampson usually walks around, checks out all the baskets and goes to wait by the door.  As excited as he is to go to daycare, he is just as ready to go home when I get there.

We had been chatting a few minutes when Sue said, “Look at him.”

I looked over, and yup there he was standing by the door looking out.

Sue said, “No, look at him.”

As I looked again, Sampson looked back at me and wagged his tail and then I noticed the pig’s ear in his mouth.

While we were chatting Sampson had gone into the office and taken a pig’s ear, that Sue’s dog, Mabel had left on her little bed. 🙂

Sue very generously allowed Sampson to keep the ear and she gave one to Delilah too!

So Sampson lay down on the floor and enjoyed his treat before we went home.

Delilah wouldn’t lie down, instead she ate hers standing up.

Silly dog.

How Can I Help?…Day Three Hundred, Fifty Six

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Sampson did something very cute today and I was formulating the post in my mind, but I’ve changed direction and will share that story tomorrow.

Tonight, there are two dogs that are in desperate trouble and really need all the help they can get.

In Minnesota there is Lady, a foster dog of one of Blogville’s own, Mel Freer.  Lady slipped her collar on Friday night and has been on the run ever since.  To complicate matters, Lady is a fearful dog so anyone that sees her and tries to catch her may only succeed in scaring her further.

Lady

If you need more details, you can find it here.

The other dog in desperate need of your help tonight is in Connecticut, Sasha is a 3 year old Labrador Retriever/Hound Mix.

Sasha’s story is a sad one, living on her own in the streets for at least six months, she was finally captured but she went unclaimed at the pound. Her original rescuer rescued her again from the pound and housed her at the shelter where she keeps her rescued dogs.  Unfortunately the shelter can no longer keep Sasha and she must be out of there by December 1st.

Sasha

Sasha has been evaluated and is an extremely sweet girl, however due to her time on the streets she needs to go to a quiet home with a fenced in yard as she is a runner.  She will also need to learn some coping skills, Our Companions will provide training for Sasha.  Free. Of. Charge.

I know what you’re saying, “I don’t live in Eagan, Minnesota or in Connecticut” so how can I help?”

We need to get the word out about these two special girls so here is how you can help.  Share the links.

Either share this blog, or go to Mel’s blog and Petfinder and tweet it, stumble it, facebook it, e-mail it whatever you can think of.  Then ask other people to do the same, the more people we have talking about this,  the better chance we have of helping these two beautiful girls have a wonderful and loving Thanksgiving.

Thank for reading and thank you for sharing.

If you would like more information about how to find a lost dog, click here.  You might want a cup of tea and box of tissues with you because it’s a beautiful story.

 

Communication….Day Three Hundred, Fifty Four

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I was noticing today some different ways my dogs communicate to us.

Delilah barks when I am in the kitchen preparing her meals, she is communicating her need to be fed.

When the water bowl is empty the dogs will use their paw to scratch the bowl, communicating their need for water.

When Sampson wants attention, he will put his head on my knee and look up at me with his big, soulful eyes.

When someone he loves comes to the house, Sampson will “Roooo” his joy and prance up and down in anticipation.

When the dogs have to go out, they will run to the door and if we aren’t quick enough, they will bark or run back to us and then back to the door.

When they want to come in from outside, they bark “Hey open up.”

When Delilah is bored…..

She brings me her bone and wants me to hold it while she chews it. 🙂

Who says dogs can’t communicate, you just need to learn to understand what they are saying.

 

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