Heart Like a Dog

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

Follow-Up Friday

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For those new to the blog, my follow-up Friday provides me with an opportunity to update or revise a post from the previous week.  You know sometimes you post about something and you need an update but it doesn’t warrant a whole blog.  Or sometimes someone made a comment that really resonated with you.  Yup, Follow-Up Friday baby! 🙂

Last Chance – Update

Your last chance is really on the 28th, because that is when the promotion ends, but I have to tell you.  I got a LOT of followers on Twitter, now I just have to learn how to tweet.

Snarky Dogs – Author’s Note

Some of you found it hard to believe that Sampson was the snarky dog, I know it surprises me too.  But I’ve been watching and observing and here is my theory.  Dogs can be jealous and they can be possessive.  When Sampson is getting rubbies or lovies from a human and another dog comes near him, that is when Sampson will employ his, “Hey get away from here!”  Snarl. Snap. Growl. 🙁

Have any of you experienced or observed this with your (or someone else’s) dog?

That’s about all I have to wrap up this week, I hope you had a great week and an even better weekend.

Snarky Dogs

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We had our first play date with another dog at our house yesterday. 

I was a little nervous as to how Delilah would react, so we wanted to introduce the dogs in the best way possible.  I’ve heard all kinds of ways to introduce dogs, but this is what we decided to do.

Since the new dog, Pheebs was female we introduced Sampson first.  As I’ve mentioned previously Sampson is very good off leash so Hubby brought him outside and made him wait while our friend got out of the car.  Then he released Sampson to welcome our guest.

Then Sampson noticed Pheebs in the car so our friend opened the door and Pheebs jumped out.   After a quick greeting, she started running around the yard and then she ran up to the front door where Delilah was waiting.  When she approached the door Delilah started gnashing her teeth, barking and growling.  🙁  This really wasn’t a surprise because Delilah tends to be snarky with other dogs when there is something between them.

I opened the door and Delilah came charging out, but after a quick few seconds where both girls stood stiffly still sniffing each other they were off and running.

I opened the gate to the back yard and all three dogs ran inside, where they continued checking each other out.  Then we opened the door from inside the house and they all came inside.

As it turns out I didn’t need to worry about Delilah at all.  She and Pheebs were fast friends, they played like Sampson and Delilah usually play.  Everywhere Delilah went Pheebs was right behind her.  🙂  It was so cute.

Sampson was the snarky one. 🙁

What's Your Sleep Number?

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Every night around 9 PM the dogs get their stuffed Kongs, after about 20 to 25 minutes of working at them, Hubby and I will offer to help, because sometimes those baby carrots get stuck together and they can’t work them out. 🙂

My niece slept over last night in order for us to be up bright and early for our traditional Christmas shopping.   Because she was here last night we deviated slightly from our routine.

Sampson apparently got tired of waiting for someone to come and help him and he brought his Kong out and threw it at my feet. 🙂

Sampson absolutely adores my niece so he refused to go to bed when Hubby, Delilah and I headed off to dreamland.  I would have thought I’d have a much better sleep without him plastered up against me in the bed, but that wasn’t the case. 

I woke up with an aching back.  I guess my sleep number is adjusted to accommodate an 85 pound lab.

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