Heart Like a Dog

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

A BIG Thank You!

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Every once in a while I’m reminded that the real reason I blog is for the connections I make with people and the sense of community that revolves around this blog.

When I wrote the post The Most Important Question You Can Ask Your Vet and asked YOU for your thoughts and suggestions to share with Alexa on her dog (Lily’s vet visit,) you more than rose to the occasion. 

If you recall, we asked Alexa to update us after Lily’s visit and Alexa did. Lily’s vet visit was on Monday and I was reminded again what amazing friends I have when Alexa came back and left this comment:

LILY’S VET Visit UPDATE
Overall her visit went well. They were even able to get a pee sample.

She has been doing so much better now that summer has arrived. Lily has been going to this vet since she was a puppy so they know her very well.

In addition to the fish oil capsule we have been giving her daily since about April we are to start her on Glucosamine daily.

During the times we were waiting for the day of her vet apt. telling myself not to worry so lily wouldn’t pick up on my feelings I realized something that has changed my outlook and feelings about her aging process. Lily has been with us since she was just a tiny puppy. She knows she is loved and cared for. Being here for her during this phase of her life is a blessing because we can be there to help her through it and doing all we can to help her through it. What ever happens she knows she won’t be going through it alone. That we know her well enough to a. notice when something is off b. to hear her when she is letting us know something. For example shorter walks. Sure there is still grief esp. when she is having a rough day and we can’t wish it away for her but being here for her is a blessing that I’m so thankful to have realized now. I’ve shared this with my husband and it’s helped us both so much.

Thank you for the informative article and for taking the time to do so. Your caring to do so was definitely not taken for granted.

Thank you to all of you that took the time to comment and the info shared.
I felt hugged and a sense of calmness that I believe helped me to realized the different way to look at the aging process.

I don’t know about you, but this comment brings tears to my eyes. First because Alexa verbalizes for me what a blessing it is to be able to be there with our pets, even when things are tough. I’m so grateful that I have options to help my dogs with medical or old age related issues.  Second, I’m thrilled that our little community helped Alexa feel better. 

Alexa, thank you SO much for coming back and updating us on Lily. I was thinking of you both on Monday and am so thrilled that there are things you can do to help Lily feel better.

A BIG thank you to all of you, first for reading and second for caring, you make this crazy world of blogging a whole lot easier.

What's a douche bag?

Yeah, thank you. Thank you very much. She’s all mushy now and hugging all over me. Sheesh.

Don’t Worry…Be Happy

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In the beginning of 2014 I started focusing on the things I was grateful for in my life, instead of the things that were negative, or that made me sad or unhappy. I can’t tell you what a difference that one thing has made in my life! Every night when I lay down to sleep, I try and think of ten thing that happened that day, that I was grateful for.

My dear friend Mary at Tales from the Back Road, told me about a Blog Hop that was taking place on Tales from the Motherland, this hop’s focus is 50 Happy Things and here’s how it works.

Set a timer for 10 minutes; timing this is critical. Once you start the timer, start your list (the timer doesn’t matter for filling in the instructions, intro, etc). The goal is to write 50 things that made you happy in 2015, or 50 things that you feel grateful for. The idea is to not think too hard; write what comes to mind in the time allotted. When the timer’s done, stop writing. If you haven’t written 50 things, that’s ok. If you have more than 50 things and still have time, keep writing; you can’t feel too happy or too grateful!

  1. We’ve had the money to give Sampson and Delilah the type of veterinary care we feel they need.
  2. We got rid of one bad tenant who lived in our duplex.
  3. My youngest daughter moved back to CT.
  4. For the most part my family is healthy.
  5. My mom made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas without ending up in the hospital.
  6. I got an awesome fishermen’s rain slicker and pants for Christmas.
  7. I went to Nashville to Blog Paws and got to hang out with and meet some really awesome people.
  8. I went to a blogging conference in Pennsylvania and hung out with one of my blogging friends.
  9. One of my dearest friends just came down from Canada and we got to spend some great time together.
  10. I finally saw my granddaughter dance in a recital (It was a Christmas recital. I missed her original recital because I was in Nashville.)
  11. I managed to pay off a couple of small credit cards.
  12. And put a good dent in a larger balance card.
  13. The first Saturday of the month I go to Home Depot with my grandchildren and make a little project with them.
  14. I was done with all my Christmas shopping three days before Christmas.
  15. My dogs haven’t yet killed me on a walk.
  16. The price of oil came down and I was able to fill my oil tank for a reasonable amount of money.
  17. My Uncle came down from Maine and we had some awesome talks when he joined me and the dogs on our walks.
  18. I was able to help my sister care for our Great Aunt when she went into hospice.
  19. I spent an amazing weekend with my other sister at Thanksgiving.
  20. I have one good paying tenant in my duplex.
  21. For the most part my dogs are healthy (with the exception of typical age related issues.)
  22. Even though I’m gluten free I’m still able to satisfy my pasta and bread cravings.
  23. I have amazing readers.
  24. I’ve become good friends with some very special bloggers.
  25. I finally saw the Newport mansions decorated for Christmas.
  26. I saw the original Alice in Wonderland manuscript on a glorious day in New York City with one of my daughters and my niece. 

    Alice Collage

  27. I found and bought a doll that reminded me of a beloved one from my childhood.
  28. Delilah has blossomed into an amazing dog, who has become very affectionate and she’s extending it from beyond just my husband and myself.
  29. I’ve managed to pay my bills on time despite some tight weeks/months.
  30. For the most part we are in fairly good health.
  31. The electric company took down a whole bunch of trees in the area, and while Hubby had to work really hard at it, we got a LOT of firewood for free.

Ok, so I ran out of time, but as the rules state, you don’t HAVE to get 50, the point is to just sit down and think about all the GOOD things that are happening in your life right now and to share them with others. You never know if sharing your positives can help someone else see the positive in their life and help them make a change. 🙂

If you’re interested in participating in this 50 Happy Things Blog Hop here’s what you do 1) Write your post and publish it (please copy and paste the instructions from THIS POST, into yours) 2) Click on the blue frog at the very bottom of THIS POST (That will take you to another window, where you can past the URL to your post. ) 3)Follow the prompts, and your post will be added to the Blog Party List. Please note: the InLinkz will expire on January 15, 2016. After that date, no blogs can be added. 

Please note that only blog posts that include a list of 50 (or an attempt to write 50) things that made you feel Happy or 50 things that you are Grateful for, will be included. Please don’t add a link to a post that isn’t part of this exercise; it will be removed.

It’s a great way to end one year and start another, don’t ya think?

Treasure Hunters

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The stillness of the quiet Sunday was broken by the steady hum of leaf blowers, trying to corral the ever growing piles of leaves.

Men and women, leaf blowers and rakes in hand worked diligently forming large piles of leaves on the side of the road in anticipation of the town’s leaf collection.

Children with small rakes worked alongside their parents, and randomly abandoned their task to jump spontaneously into the piles, emerging laughing with joy, their hair and clothes full of leaves.

Trees not ready to let the last vestige of their finery go, clung tightly to the small amount of leaves that remained.

The cold November winds tugged tenaciously at the trees, trying to wrestle the remaining leaves from their tenuous hold.

Meanwhile on the streets, dogs happily plodded along, noses buried in the leaves sniffing for buried treasured.

So this is what nose to the grindstone means.

So this is what nose to the grindstone means.

 

I JUST know there's something in here.

I JUST know there’s something in here.

The treasure.

The treasure. Yes, it’s bread. Why do people throw big hunks of bread out for the birds?

 

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