Heart Like a Dog

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

Will the Guilty Party Please Stand

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This may come as a surprise to some of you, but I don’t make my living blogging. No, the sad truth is, in real life, I’m an Administrative Assistant for an Engineering Firm.

I tell you this, because yesterday was Administrative Professional day, which I totally forgot about until I saw someone’s post on Facebook.

So when my boss asked me to go into the conference room because my co-worker needed to chat, I was understandably suspicious.

Turns out Joey DID have something to chat about, but it was really a diversion while my boss snuck this in.

Pretty isn’t it?

Purple, my favorite color.

Purple, my favorite color.

What the fuck does that have to do with a dog blog you ask?

Hang in there friend, I promise you, a dog figures in here.

When I left for the day, I brought the plant home with me. I thought I could find a hook somewhere to hang the plant.

Turns out the hook on the plant was too thick for any of the available hooks at my house, and we were expecting a frost last night, so I put the plant on the corner of the pool table.

The CORNER of the POOL TABLE! You see that in the photo, right?

I put the plant on the corner of the pool table and went to change into my walking clothes. I grabbed my treat bag and as I did, I saw this.

Looks like part of a PURPLE flower to me!

Looks like part of a PURPLE flower to me!

Yeah, in the two minutes it took me to change my clothes and grab my treat bag, someone tried to eat the flowers.

Process of elimination will tell me who it is.

Sampson, can barely walk, never mind stand on his BACK LEGS to reach the pool table, so we’ll take his name out of the hat.

Delilah on the other hand, well Delilah routinely goes onto the pool table to score nummies, AND Delilah can STAND on her back legs.

For further proof to substantiate my claim, see the below photo.

Do you see that whitish looking spot on the left side of the flower? That's wet.

Do you see that whitish looking spot on the left side of the flower? That’s dog slobber.

That particular flower is on the back side of the plant,which means the dog that did this really had to reach for it.

So there’s my evidence and my argument, who do you think the guilty puppy is?

 

 

UltraLite Bi-Fold Pet Ramp

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This post is being sponsored by Solvit Products. I am being compensated for sharing my review of Solvit’s UltraLite Bi-fold Pet Ramp. All that being said, my opinions are my own and I only share products with my readers that I use myself.

My dogs don’t ride in the car as much as they used to, but when Sampson did a partial tear of his right CCL, vet appointments became more frequent. We’d been using a Telescoping Ramp by Solvit that worked very well, but I was looking for something more light weight.

I was so excited to try the UltraLite Bi-Fold Pet Ramp from Solvit.

UltraLite Bi-Fold Pet Ramp

Let me just tell you HOW much I LOVE this ramp. 

  • The ramp folds in half, which makes it very compact in size. It fits easily in the back of the car when I’m not transporting Sampson and when he is in the car, it fits nicely on the floor of the passenger seat.
  • The ramp is not heavy at all. In fact, it is so light and compact that I can easily carry it in one hand.
  • Setting the ramp up is as simple as unfolding and positioning it.

Check it out.

A difference of opinion.

Sadly, Sampson did not share my opinion of the ramp. Although, I have to be honest and say, it could have been handler error, so please hear me out.

It started off fine. I opened the ramp up and left it on the floor for a couple of days, after which, I asked Sampson to walk across it, which he did with no issues.  In fact, the first couple of times he used it he was fine.

Then on a day I took him up to the park, he fell while trying to get up the ramp. I didn’t panic, or freak out, I simply lifted him back up and he used the ramp to finish his climb back into the car. I thought maybe the pitch of the ramp was too steep for an 11 3/4 year old dog with arthritis and bad knees. I decided to try the ramp on the side of the car.

But I made a mistake.

As long as I’ve had Sampson, he’s always had the run of the back of the vehicle whenever he was in the car. A while back I won a seat cover from Jan at Wag N’ Woof Pets and I thought, I’ll put the seat cover on the back seat and use the ramp on the side of the of the car and everything will be fine.

Apparently I’ve never learned a damn thing about easing my dog into something new.

I can’t tell you if it was the ramp on the side of the car that was the issue, or being confined to the back seat. All I know is Sampson panted the entire way to his appointment, wouldn’t lie down at all (he sat the whole way there) and I had a hell of a time getting him out of the car.

In fact, I’m pretty sure I said a very bad curse word, very loudly in the parking lot of the vet hospital.

What went wrong?

The ramp didn’t work great on the side of my car, because of the way my car door opens. With me on one side of the ramp and the door on the other, I think it was too confining, plus the ramp was pitched a tiny bit to the side because of the narrow car door opening. I know if I had a car with a sliding door there would be no issue. The ramp would be at a moderate level of incline and there would be plenty of space on either side for Sampson to walk up it.

So there you have it, I found the perfect ramp for me,  but it turns out it’s not the right ramp for Sampson.

But that doesn’t mean I won’t try him again with it, maybe in a few months when he’s feeling a bit stronger. Except next time, I’ll take my time easing him into a new ramp.

Do you use a ramp for your dog?

You Make Me Smile – April 24, 2016

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

Sampson, the way you bark and posture when you hear another dog barking, even though you have NO idea where that dog is….

Golden Labrador

You make me laugh.

It happened yesterday on our morning walk. I heard the dog barking but couldn’t figure out where it was, but that didn’t stop Sampson. He started barking in response and his fur got all up on his butt, and I had all I could do to keep him from jumping around.

Do your dogs get all excited at the idea of another dog?

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