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You Make Me Smile – September 17, 2017

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You make me smile, the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis, that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

This little gal, this little gal makes me smile.

Holla’ Mama, what’d I do this time?

On our afternoon walk, we always pass this little grassy spot. It’s on the corner between two houses, and there is a fire hydrant on the patch of grass, a boulder and a large bush.

“Our” grassy area.

Most of the time we approach this area coming down the hill, so the area is on our left. (In this photo however, I turned around to snap the photo.)

As we approach, we encounter the hydrant first (because it’s in front of the bush) and we have to go beyond the bush to check out the entire area.

One day, Delilah stopped and stood perfectly still, staring. Since I’m typically behind her, and lost in my thoughts, it took a second to register.

Then I had to look too.

If you look close at the photo, you can see it way in the back.

Here it is, up close.

Peter Cottontail.

The first time, the rabbit didn’t move away very quickly, and so now, every time we approach this spot, Delilah looks for the bunny.

And that makes me smile.

Do you ever encounter animals on your walks? How does your dog react?

 

You Make Me Smile – September 10, 2017

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You make me smile, (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do, that make me smile.

I’m not always fiesty, but when I am, I like to destuff toys.

Since partially tearing his CCL, Sampson doesn’t get a lot of playtime. But lately we’ve been trying him on something new, (more about that in a later post), and he’s been feeling a wee bit feisty at times.

Some days, he tries to play with Delilah a bit, but we typically put the kibosh on that. So lately, he’s taken to grabbing a toy and running a wee bit, then settling down and de-stuffing it.

That’s exactly what happened in this photo.

Sampson was excited I was home, grabbed a toy and before I knew it, there he was, lying on the floor with the glory of his de-stuffing surrounding him.

I looked over at him, and he looked so darn cute, I couldn’t help but smile.

Stop and Smell the…Plants?

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With Delilah’s tummy issues, I’ve found it necessary to monitor her food intake quite closely. To that extent, she can no longer be out in the yard by herself, because Lord knows what that dog will eat.

Case in point.

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It looks like she’s sniffing a plant.

Ha ha ha, NO. No, she was EATING that plant!

Some mornings, I’m super pressed for time before work, so I’ll just let her out the back, and keep my eye on her. Which is how I happened to catch this photo. I was intrigued because of the way she stood on the steps, and balanced her front paws on the wall, so she could reach out and snag some tasty bite of weed. Because as best I can’t tell, that’s what she’s eating.

The next day, I let her out to see if I could catch her doing it again. I caught her just standing on the stairs, so I grabbed my cell phone and started snapping.

She heard it, but she couldn’t tell where it was coming from. She was staring at the door, but I was in the window to the right.

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Don’t you love the intensity of that stare? Do you ever get candid photos of your pets?

(FTR, I did make some color adjustments when I was resizing the photo. )

 

 

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