Heart Like a Dog

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

The Smile Says It All

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Every once in a while, I’m reminded that no matter how hard you try and protect your pets, to do what’s best for them, dogs will still be dogs.

Take Sampson. Despite the fact that he’s had a partial CCL tear for 18 months, there are still days where he has that hitch in his giddyap. If he sees a squirrel or a cat on our walks, he can get to jumping and lunging around. That’s when I rein him in.

As much as I want to protect him, and keep him as comfortable as I can, there are days, when he just gets away from me.

Like yesterday. Delilah was at the door to go potty. I was sitting on the couch, trying to determine what I was going to post today.

Suddenly, there was a ruckus at the door, and I distinctly heard the sound of dogs bolting out the door. That’s dogs….like plural. Two dogs. Not just one. Two.

It took a minute for my brain to register, but when it did, I jumped up almost as quickly as they had bolted out the door.

And there, way up in the back of the yard, was Sampson! He went out the door, down the stairs, and up the fence line!

When he got back to the stairs, he looked at me, and I was totally prepared to help him up the steps, but then he gave me that look, and climbed stoically up the steps, then darted into the house and tried to initiate a wrestling session with Delilah!

At first I was ticked at myself for leaving the door open, but he was so proud and happy with himself, that I couldn’t help but share in that with him.

It’s not often that he gets the opportunity to cut loose, so those moments should be treasured.

The smile says it all.

 

Caption This Photo

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Every Labrador Retriever I’ve ever met, has been motivated by food. Like all dogs, some are more motivated by others.

Sampson is only part Labrador Retriever, so while he’s motivated for food, he’s never been one to go into the garbage, destroy used napkins or paper towels that had food on them, run off on a walk to eat bird seed from the neighbor’s yard, counter surf (except for when he was a puppy and went for the butter, and filet mignon, but who could really blame him for that? Not me.)

Unlike a certain Labrador Retriever who has done all of the above, and then some.

Honestly, her exploits are what legends are made of. Every self-respecting Labrador should aspire to eat at least half of what she has.

Okay, so I gave you the background, now here’s the task. While I was searching for a photo for today’s post, I came across this photo.

Now, I already have a caption in mind, but I want to hear what you think, and how you’d caption the photo. And just for a little background, that container she’s holding is what stores their raw food in the refrigerator. I had used the last of the food up, and stuck the container in the sink to wash it. Delilah took it OUT of the sink, and decided to wash it her way.

True story.

I have a friend, who met her current husband in a bar. It went down like this.

My friend Charlotte was visiting from Chicago. So the Hubs and I decided to take her out to our favorite bar for a drink. Hubs was shooting pool, so Char and I sat at the bar. The TV was on, but you couldn’t hear the sound, SO…I supplied the dialogue. But in a funny kind of way, because I like to make things funny. Well, there was a guy at the bar, and he was listening in, and we all were laughing, and the next thing I knew, I was standing up for them at their wedding.

What can I say? I like this kind of stuff….and I thought it might be fun to include you guys in it.

Sound like fun? Good.

Captioning contest will end Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, and I’ll announce the winner either Sunday the 16th, or Tuesday the 18th.

Oh and to make this a bit more fun, SO…The person who has what I consider the best caption, will receive a $15 Amazon card.

And go!

 

Sippin’ and Paintin’

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Kathleen Gage Community Challenge – Week Eight

The Thursday night I was at BlogPaws, there was a Sip ‘N Paint event hosted by the Red Roof Inn. Siriusly, is there anything that says community more, than getting drunk and painting with 100 of your closest friends? ‘-)

This here’s the sippin’ part.

I really had my doubts about me making a painting that might actually look like a painting. But the ladies who guided us on this painting adventure were quite simply, amazing. As you can see from the above photo, we started out using a ruler and pencil and drawing a line halfway down the canvas. Don’t worry, I moved the wine before I started painting. (Mostly I moved it into my belly. LOL)

We made these paintings using only the colors of blue, black, white, yellow, and red. When I looked at the painting completed by the woman leading us, I thought, shit, there’s no way in hell.

Look at Maggie, she’s all cool, professional looking, me, I’ve already sipped waaaay to much and veered off topic. Photo by Jodi Chick, used with permission.

I mean, look. I’ve barely started and I’ve got my canvas in my hand. What’s up with that? (Maybe it’s that half empty wine glass…) 😉

The ladies leading the charge gave us step-by-step instructions. As it turned out, we all made some really nice paintings. Many thanks to the professionals who guided us, and the nice folks at Red Roof Inn for supplying all the necessary supplies.

The dog looks like a butternut squash with ears, but all in all, I’m pretty pleased with it.

Oh, and Chloe was nice enough to ship the paintings home for those of us who didn’t have room to pack them.

Speaking of Red Roof Inns, did you know that pets stay free at Red Roof Inns?  Every Red Roof Inn allows at least one pet at no charge, while many others will accept more than one.  If you are traveling with more than one pet, please call ahead and confirm that particular hotel will allow more than one.

Anyone who travels with pets knows, it’s not always easy finding a place that accepts pets. My friend Jen, from My Brown Newfies, drove from Ohio to South Carolina, with Leroy, her Newfoundland. Being the diligent dog owner that she is, Jen had called ahead and planned on stopping at a Red Roof Inn. Then, because she was making such good time, she decided to keep driving. And she had to keep driving, and driving, and driving, because she had trouble finding another hotel that would accept dogs. Especially a dog the size of Leroy.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve reached the age, where when I travel, I like to know where I’m stopping. Those days of driving until I’m punch drunk, and have the “I’m tired” giggles, are well over. This ole’ gal needs to know there’s a place to lay her head. 🙂

One more thing before I let you go. Did you remember that next Saturday, July 15th is the quarterly Blog the Change for Animals blog hop? I’ll be co-hosting along with Kim Thomas from Cindy Lu’s Muse. For those that don’t know about BTC, it’s a quarterly blog hop where blogger’s write about causes that are near and dear to our hearts, or issues that are affecting animals.

Because of my co-hosting duties for the Pet Blogger Showcase, my BTC post will be up on Thursday, but the linky won’t open until the 15th.

I hope you’ll consider joining us. Even if you wrote a post a while ago, if it’s about animal welfare, please be sure to link up.

Hope to see you then!

 

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