Heart Like a Dog

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

What’s The Ruckus?

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The day started routinely enough.

I was busy in the kitchen prepping Sampson and Delilah’s breakfast.

Sampson was sitting quietly waiting, while Delilah danced back and forth looking for the best spot to observe the process.

From her temporary post at the edge of the kitchen she sat facing the back window.

All of a sudden she darted to the window, paws on the sill, barking frantically.

Sampson rushed over and joined her.

Both of them stood there for a few seconds, then dashed to the door.

As soon as I opened the door, they pushed through it, then out the screen door, where Sampson turned sharp left and ran up the stairs, and Delilah turned sharp right and rushed up the fence line.

I remember thinking, Gosh I hope a skunk didn’t get trapped in the yard or something.

As I turned around to head back into the kitchen I walked past the window and glanced up into the yard.

And that’s when I saw it.

Photo courtesy of www.wookmark.com

“Ho”  “HO!”  I said. (Apparently I was channeling my inner Santa.)

Then I thought, oh my god, what if they actually corner it, or it gets stuck in the yard?

I rushed out the door after the dogs and ran up the stairs.

My next thought was, Thank God they can jump fences.

Have you ever let the dogs out without thinking what MIGHT be out there waiting?  Good or disastrous results?

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Cats and Dogs

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Up until this past spring, doggy daycare was part of our weekly routine. Then Delilah had a little fence fight, finances got tight and we stopped going.

Lately I’ve been sending them randomly, mostly when I know I won’t have a chance to walk them. 😉

Normally when I pick them up from daycare they are waiting at the gate for me, but yesterday I surprised them a wee bit early.  They were in crates, resting.  Jumping up and rushing out only when they saw me.

Little stinkers.

That was the first thing I noticed.  The second thing I noticed was the other dogs, lots and lots of dogs.

It was like a scene from 101 Dalmatians, except there weren’t 101 and they weren’t Dalmatians.

 

The next thing I noticed was Sara had a cat on the grooming table.

 

Wait a minute!  Really?  A Cat?

Yes, that is a cat on the grooming table.

Like you’ve never seen a cat before?

 

A cat.  On the grooming table.  Calm and cool amidst a sea of calm and cool dogs.

Cool and steady wins the race.

 

A cat, unrestrained on the grooming table.  While dogs meandered here and there, and neither species bothered the other.

I know how my dogs react to cats and I was surprised at how cool that cat remained with all those dogs around.

But as they say, truth is stranger than fiction.

Have you ever seen an interaction between different species that make you shake your head in amazement?

W.T.F./WOO HOO Wednesday

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My W.T.F. Wednesday is pretty light in terms of quantity but the W.T.F. content  is strong.

In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m a little behind in news and slightly scattered about writing topics down to save for W.T.F. posts.  Which is why a BIG W.T.F. should have gone out last week to the  Maryland Court of Appeals for ruling that all pit bull type breeds are “inherently dangerous.”

Yes, you read that right.  America’s dog is labeled inherently dangerous by a panel of people suffering from HUMAS (Head Up My Ass Syndrome.)  That’s like saying all 52-year-old red heads write dog blogs.

What?

Exactly.

So hey Maryland COA, siriusly, W.T.F. is wrong with you?

Punish the deed, not the breed.  Don’t think your setting any precedents here, dog lovers united will not tolerate this.  Take your head out of your ass and look around you.  Go talk to someone who rescues pit bulls, check out the Humane Society.  Some of the sweetest dogs on the planet are….yes pit bulls.

I’d tell you to open your eyes but with your head so far up your ass you’d only see your stomach anyway.

Turning from the stupidity of the Maryland Court of appeals, I found some Woo Hoo news about animals today!

The County of Frederick, Maryland is defying the Maryland COA and refuses to “Profile pit bulls into extinction.”  Instead they will address issues of aggression on an individual level.

See, not everyone with the authority to make decisions in Maryland has their head up their ass.

And yes, there are already animal activists asking the Governor to overturn the ruling.

In the ‘I’m proud to live in CT’ news, we had three great pieces of legislation pass the house last night!

H. B. No. 5409 “To facilitate the reimbursement to consumers for veterinary bills incurred for the care of sick dogs or cats adopted from pet shops, to clarify certain pet shop penalty statutes and to prohibit pet shops from selling dogs and cats obtained from substandard domestic animal mills. ”

CT pet stores are you reading this?  You can’t get your animals from mills anymore!!

H. B. No. 5446 “To allow pounds to complete and retain vouchers for the purpose of payments to veterinarians for the sterilization and vaccination of certain dogs and cats and to require initial training and continuing education for animal control officers.”

I’m not 100% sure I understand what this means, but I’m hoping it means when someone adopts an animal from the shelter or pound they will need to pay the spay/neuter/vaccination fee up front and the pound will follow-up to ensure the animal is altered and vaccinated.

I do know it will give animals control officers the information they need which should help make their jobs easier.

H.B. No. 5289 “To classify a second or subsequent offense of cruelty to an animal as a felony punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both. ”

While I’d like to see this type of punishment levied on first time offenders, I can settle for this.  I would like to see (as Jan suggested) an animal abuser registry similar to the ones for sex offenders.

I found out last Saturday that the Labs 4 Rescue group keeps their own registry and I imagine they are not the only ones.

Did you come across anything this week that made you shake your head and say “W.T.F.”  or did you see more of the jump for joy and scream Woo Hoo news?

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