Heart Like a Dog

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

It’s Time For My Walk

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I had a photo on our Facebook page of Delilah and how she’s got her food times down to a “T”. When she knows she’s close to a food time, she will not leave me alone. I cannot do a thing without her right in my face, she follows me everywhere.

Sampson doesn’t worry about food, he knows he will always have food. But he does care about his walks. While he doesn’t follow me about waiting for his walk, he does have an internal clock that lets him know it’s time. Then he gets up and comes to find me, give a little tail wag as if to say, “You haven’t forgotten my walk, have you Mama?”

No sweet boy, I haven’t forgotten.

It makes me happy that he loves his walks so much, and of course, it always makes me smile.

You make me smile (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

What did your pet do that made you smile or laugh this week?

A Sunday Smile

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Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and I apologize, but my day was long, and I meant to get a post ready early, before everyone came over, but I didn’t.

By the time dinner was done and cleaned up, I was about done. I started a post, and hit something that accidentally deleted it, and I just gave up.

So for your Sunday Smile today, I’m sharing St. P Day pictures from a couple of years ago.

 

 

And because Delilah’s the ‘mouthy’ one, and Sampson is not, here you go.

Golden Lab in Irish Hat

Is there a treat in this for me?

Are you Irish? Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Do you eat Corned Beef and Cabbage? Inquiring minds want to know.

Premium Real Estate

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This past Wednesday, we were hit with a Nor’easter. I thought it had perfect timing. The bulk of the snow fell in my area late in the afternoon, and was finished by the next morning. All told, we got about 8 to 10 inches of snow. This doesn’t bother me in the least, I love winter, and I love snow.

I know this can be a very unpopular opinion with some people. But what can you do? Haters gonna hate.

The last big snowfall we had, was light and fluffy snow. This snow is dense and heavy, and when you add snow removal into the mix, the sides of the road can get very deep. In most areas, the snow is well above my knees.

Thanks to my neighbor who clears an area around the hydrant. It’s a great place to check p-mail.

This means, potty real estate is at a premium right now. 

I’ve said many times before, my dogs are as opposite as two dogs can be.

One dog, Sampson, is a particular pottier. He only likes to go on grass, and he prefers his privacy. When he was younger and went to daycare, he would hold his poop all day. (They had a gravel area for the dogs to relieve themselves.) The first thing he would do when he got home? Run into the back and poop. When we are walking in the woods, he will push his way through bushes so he can have a little privacy.

On the other end of the spectrum, Delilah goes where Delilah wants to go. She routinely pees in the road, has peed on a dead frog, a newspaper left in a driveway, fresh paint on the road, etc. She will channel her inner Elsa and climb a snowbank to drop deuce on the top.

On top of all this snow, the daytime temperature has been in the upper thirties to the lower forties, with a temperature this warm, the snow hasn’t been able to freeze. This means, the dogs sink into it when they try to climb it.

This basically leaves the dogs with very limited options for relieving themselves.

You put both feet up, you set your bottom down, you look at the snow, then…go to town.

Delilah of course is fine, she has two ways of handling the snow for peeing purposes. 1) she faces the snow, puts her two front paws on the snowbank and pees in the road.  Or 2) she has mastered the sideswipe technique, of lifting her leg.

This is my signature move. You just sidle up to the snow, and lift your leg.

For pooping, she just goes in the road. (I left the photo small so you didn’t have to stare at it.) You’re welcome.

Sampson on the other hand, will walk and walk, trying to find a spot where there is a bit of grass so he can pee or poop. It kind of worries me, because I feel like he’s not emptying his bladder enough, and since he really only goes out twice a day, it is super important to me that he pees properly.

I give up! Where’s a dog supposed to go?

On those rare occasions where he does lift his leg to pee on a snowbank, it sure does make me smile.

You make me smile (or laugh.) The sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do, that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

What did your pet(s) do this week that made YOU smile or laugh?

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