Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer questions and generally just wrap up my week.

This one goes WAY back to LAST Thursday, but it was so priceless, I just had to share it.

The Fox and the Hound

Lauranne said, “I love how even with the creative commons thing across the photo my first thought on seeing it was “Wow Jodi has really upped her camera skills, what an amazing photo!””

Honey, I love how you have THAT much faith in me!

You Make Me Smile – April 24, 2016

Margie Guess said, “Ginger the collie makes me smile and laugh with empathy every time she tries to talk English! Her voice goes up and down in all the right places, but the utterances lack consonants. I can usually figure out what she is staying if it is in the evening and the deer are out.”

Question for you Margie, does Ginger the collie ever make a noise that SOUNDS like an English word? I would LOVE to hear that!

Jan K said, “Luke gets excited about dogs on TV! LOL”

Mine don’t do THAT, but I swear I caught Delilah watching a Yellowstone documentary about wolves once. 🙂

Hailey and Zaphod said, “Ours will bark even if they don’t know where the dog is. It happens a lot with the TV.”

Typically Sampson & Delilah don’t bark at the barking dogs on TV, BUT they do lose their minds when the doorbell rings on the TV. 🙂

Jan asked, “I think it’s funny when dogs in cars passing by bark at us and three of mine have to respond. Are they passing along neighborhood gossip?”

That’s a very good question, is it a California thing? I know how progressive you Californians are. 😉

Mary Ann said, “Lila doesn’t seem to be too bothered by other dogs barking. It’s the rabbits and deer that roam through our yard that get her attention!”

I think that’s reasonable. 🙂 Anything that MOVES in our yard is fair game and they will run the fence line if there’s an animal on the other side. 

2 Brown Dawgs said, “Usually they have to see them to take notice.”

Do your dogs just have to see them? I swear mine HEAR them and get up to look to see what they heard. 

UltraLite Bi-Fold Pet Ramp

Jana Rade said, “We had ramps, for, Jasmine and now we got a new one for Cookie; so it happens it’s a Solvit one too but we picked the telescopic. Cookie does well,with it, it’s quite sturdy and doesn’t bend or wobble.”

That’s the one I’ve been using for Sampson and he does just fine with it, I think because it’s longer. I was just looking for something a bit easier for me.

Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom said, “Shadow would probably benefit greatly from the use of a ramp. But I doubt she would feel safe using one to get out of the car, because of the pitch (as you mentioned).”

Do you have a car or an SUV? If a ramp is out of the question, do you think stairs would work?

Emma said, “Katie isn’t up for traveling anymore, so she only goes in the car on a rare occasion.”

Poor Katie, I know Mom is doing everything she can to keep Katie comfortable.

Beth said, “I hate when the pets disagree with us on the perfect products! That happened to us with a fountain–I found one that was exactly what I was looking for in the price range I could afford and Barley turned her nose up at it after taking a couple sips and then Soth decided to use it as a urinal.”

UGH, don’t you hate that? I got a fountain at my first BlogPaws and neither one of my dogs will use it!

Jen said, “It took us over a year to get Leroy to use our ramp. The incline was a huge issue for him.”

Sampson had no issues trying the ramp, I think that came from the Agility classes he took. In this case, I feel like the pitch was too steep.

Sue said, “Great video – love how near the end Sampson seems to be saying “let’s go!””

I loved how he looked towards the woods. You know the woods are his favorite place to walk. 🙂

Misty Shores Chesapeakes said, “It’s hard to tell he had a problem, your video was great and Sampson seemed so spot on.”

Thank you, I realized as I was putting it together that he did okay with it. Right after he walked in the park is when he fell going up it. I think it may have been that his legs were tired.

Jan K said, “That ramp does look much easier to deal with than the telescoping ramp (which I’ve been bad about using, and haven’t seen since we moved!), but I can see where the incline looks much steeper (though Sampson made it look easy).  We were taking a quick ride the other day and decided at the last minute to take Luke. The back seat hadn’t been put down, and he did not seem happy about having to lie on the back seat (he might have been better if we’d at least put the sling seat cover in there). We weren’t going far but I definitely learned that he’s more comfortable when he feels more secure.”

It is definitely more convenient than the telescoping ramp. Isn’t it funny how they get used to something and can be so resistant to change?

Dachshund Nola said, “Mine are all under 15lbs, so they either jump in or I just set them in, but I’m going to show my mom this. My parents have a 7 month old Mastiff, and at 95lbs, she’s getting too big to lift into the car!”

What I DIDN’T put in that post (and fully intended to) was this…I wish I’d used ramps or stairs with my dogs from the beginning. All the research I’m finding is telling me, when a person has a knee tear it’s typically because of a traumatic event, BUT dog’s knee issues are typically just wear and tear, like running and jumping. So I would definitely recommend a ramp or stairs for your parent’s dog.

2 Brown Dawgs said, “I think perhaps the ramp is not long enough for the height of your vehicle which is why it is too steep a pitch. I can see why that pitch would be difficult for a senior dog with an injury. I also wonder how much weight that ramp would hold? It looks like a good ramp for a lower vehicle.”

I think you’re right about the height of my car. The pitch was perfect on the side of the car, but the door was in the way. According to the Solvit website, that particular ramp will hold up to 150 lbs.

Will the Guilty Party Please Stand

Dawn said, “Delilah, I believe you are being unjustly accused. Just because you are capable doesn’t mean you did it, right? It might be time to take a stand and retain counsel. This is more than just you, this is about dogs all over the world being made to take the fall. It’s time to fight back. I’ll start a GoFundMe for your revolution….Power to the Pups!”

Oh dear Dog, don’t give her any ideas. She already thinks she rules the roost. 🙂

Emma said, “I’m going to vote for the cat as the guilty party. Cat bro Bert was MIA last night for a bit…he would eat flowers.”

Oh boy. I hope it wasn’t Bert, if it was then my dogs are lying down on the job. 🙁

Jan said, “You definitely don’t need to call in the CSI team to solve this one. I wonder if purple is one of the colors dogs can see.”

Do they see colors? I had no idea.

Lauranne said, “You mean you brought something into the house which wasn’t for either Delilah or Sampson… I think the guilty party may be you 🙂”

I think you might be right. AND this comment made me laugh!

Sheena said, “Lady D…….All the way, all dang day!!”

What gave it away?

Cupcake said, “Well done, D. Walking on your back legs comes in handy!”

It sure does, you should see her clean the stove!

Jan K said, “Around here it’s usually our cat Samantha that would be the flower eater. However, we don’t think you have a cat….so who you gonna pass the blame on to, Delilah??”

Nope, no cat here, I’m going to have to go with the D-Dog. 😀

Well that’s it for me peeps, have an awesome weekend!