Heart Like a Dog

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

Run Fast, Run Free Emma

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The post that was scheduled for today, is being rescheduled for tomorrow.

All of us at Heart Like a Dog extend our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Joy, Bailie and Madison at My GBGV Life as they mourn the loss of their beloved Emma.

Emma – My GBGV Life

Emma was one of the Blogville dogs I was lucky enough to meet in real life. She was a dog who loved to meet her fans and was always happy to pose for a photo. She was also one of the top commenters on this blog, and her wit and wisdom was always appreciated here.

Run fast, run free Emma.

Food Motivated Dogs – A Blessing or a Curse?

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First, I want to apologize to you all for not getting around to visit your blogs lately. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with a lot going on. (More on part of this on Wednesday’s post.) Hopefully things are settling down, and I’ll be back to catching up this week.

One of the things that kept me busy this past week, was a work event. Wednesday I had the opportunity to get some overtime at work. One of my engineers asked me to attend a public meeting in a town about an hour and a half from my house. Because I had to be at the meeting for 6:30 PM, I didn’t have the chance to go home first to walk the dogs.

I had to get a dog walker.

You guys know me, I trust very few people with my dogs.  I could go to one of those dog walking websites, or I have a friend whose sister walks dogs. I also happen to know my friend’s sister, so Aileen came over last Sunday to reacquaint herself with the dogs.

I gave her as much information as I could. Showed her where leashes and harnesses are kept. Where to find poop bags. Which dog goes out which door (Sampson out the back, and Delilah out the front). I showed her where the treats were and told her it was up to her if she chose to use treats or not. While she was here, we walked around the neighborhood, and I pointed out all the DADO houses.

Honestly, I was as comfortable as I CAN BE leaving my dogs in the care of someone else.

Wednesday as I was driving to my meeting, I was tempted to text Aileen to see if she had gotten there yet. To see how the walk went, how the dogs were. BUT, I WAS driving, so I restrained myself.

Thankfully, just as I arrived in town, I received a text from Aileen. The context of which made me laugh out loud.

Aileen: All went well, I just got back with Delilah. They both peed several times and pooped once. I’ll lock up, leaving now.

Me: Thank you SO much.

Aileen: I gave them water and treats too…Delilah walked me to the closet to remind me.

Hubby laughed just as hard as I had when I shared the story. Honestly, there are blessings and curses to having food motivated dogs, but if there’s anything you can count on, there will be laughs.

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

What did your pet do to make you smile this week.

We Have Lift

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When Sampson was a puppy, sometimes he would squat to pee. Our trainer told us if he didn’t lift his leg by the time he was a year old, he probably never would. She also said, he had to have a male dog to show him how to lift his leg.

He squatted for probably the first two years of his life. I’m not sure why it bothered me so much, watching him squat, but I can’t tell you how proud I was the day he actually lifted his leg and peed on something.

Because he has bad knees, he still squats at times. Actually, it’s not so much a squat as it is a little dip of his hips. And now, it doesn’t bother me at all.

I was reminded of this story, yesterday morning when Delilah lifted her leg to pee on a telephone pole.

I had never seen a female dog lift, and Delilah didn’t start lifting until we started walking in the woods. When she first started doing it, I tried like hell to get a photo of it. I mean, really, how often do you see a female dog lifting her leg?

Eventually, I got the photo.

If you look closely, you can see the urine stream, but just in case, I used the arrow to point it out to you You’re welcome.

Now when Delilah ‘lifts’ she doesn’t raise her leg the same way a male dog does, it’s more like she rests her foot on the object she’s aiming for.

No matter how she does it, it makes me smile to see it and think about it.

What did your pet do to make you smile this week?

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

 

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