Heart Like a Dog

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

She Just Needed a Chance!

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Her brown eyes stared out at me from her photo on Petfinder, wide with uncertainty. Eyes who will haunt my dreams for a long time to come.

Urgent

Her story was sad.  Life at the end of a three foot chain tied to a tree. Very little food or water, wallowing in her own feces, covered with ticks and fleas.  One of three dogs removed from an animal cruelty case, and up for adoption.

At the Hartford dog pound dogs get 10 days before they can be euthanized.  The pound will hold them longer if there is someone willing to take them.  They post them on Petfinder with their legal date for adoption.  Hers said, “NOW, URGENT.”

I shared her on facebook and asked people to share her.

Today she was gone.

I don’t know, Leslie pointed out that maybe it’s a good thing, maybe she made it out and I pray to God that she did, but my heart is heavy right now and my tears are falling fast and hot down my cheeks.

Poor sweet baby, just needed a chance.

There’s one more at the Hartford pound, his legal day is tomorrow. (Which means if he isn’t adopted out, he can be euthanized.)

Bulldog The adoption fee is $50 for residents and $5 for non-residents.  I will help you find transport, if you aren’t in CT.

Here is what Petfinder has to say about this guy:

“It doesn’t get goofier then him.  Super sweet and super friendly.  Affectionate.  Playful and very animated.  Great with dogs he met..big and small,  Loves to be close and thinks he should be a lap dog.  Great on leash and great when you drop the leash.  Eager to please and very smart!!”

Contact information to adopt this guy can be found here.

Who knows, maybe she got the chance she deserved, and maybe she didn’t.  One thing’s for sure, we can do all we can to help this guy get his chance.  Will you please share his picture and story on your social media outlets?

We may not be able to save them all, but we can save one at a time!

This is Tuesday’s Tails Blog Hop, hosted by Dogs ‘N Pawz, many thanks to Lisa and the crew for a great opportunity to help dogs in need of forever homes.

Dogs N Pawz

I Spy With My Little Eye

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The leaves have been falling in our little corner of paradise for the last three or four weeks.  Last week during one of our walks I noticed that Delilah had a bunch of leaves plastered to the back of her left foot.

Fotor01019220717 Yup, poor Delilah.  She stepped in an ass bomb.

I pulled the leaves off and wiped as much of it as I could off and when we got home, I washed her foot.

Now if this had been Sampson I’d have had no idea where he picked this up, but seeing as Delilah is on leash and limited in her travels, I figured she picked it up on one of the trails.  So the next time we were out there, I found the offending pile in the middle of the trail and removed as much of it as I could.  I say as much of it, because the ass cake was right in the center of an embedded rock.

And no, butt nuggets do not rock.

This month’s #ScoopThatPoop blog hop is Poop Poetry.  I guess I should have checked before I designed this post.  Because I don’t have any poetry prepared.  I had to do it on the fly…sorry!

Don’t fly the coop
After you drop that poop
Teach your human to scoop
Before someone steps in that goop
And falls on their ass with a whoop!
 

I know it’s not always easy, I mean I’ve had them both pooping at the same time on different sides of me.

As I’ve mentioned before, poop from a raw fed dog is much harder than a standard poop.  What I may not have mentioned is….the color.  My dog’s poop is a mustard/yellow/gold color.

Did I mention that a LOT of the leaves that are falling in our woods are yellow?  Yup, sometimes I just can’t find that poop.

For example, see if you can spot the poop in this photo.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (Yes my trained eye found the offending Lincoln Log and picked it up.)

This may not be the best example because most of these leaves have dried and turned brown, but I think you get the point.  Go ahead and guess, I already have a photo ready for Friday’s post that shows you just exactly where the colon cake is.

It’s like the Where’s Waldo of poop.  I spy with my little eye…….butt butter.

Anyway, I know all of you clean up after your dogs, but we need to find a way to get everyone to do this, it really helps cut down on the spread of diseases.

Besides, it’s the environmentally friendly thing to do.

So how do we get people to understand the benefits of cleaning up after their dogs?

You Make Me Smile – I’ll Always Want a Lab

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One of the big reasons I started this blog was for all the crazy, funny things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face or a laugh to my lips.

Sometimes it’s not easy to write a full blog post about it and sometimes I forget to share.

Some posts will be You Make Me Laugh and others will be You Make Me Smile, but they will all be the silly, sweet, funny things Sampson and Delilah do that help make crazy days just a little bit easier.

Feel free to share what your pet does to make you laugh/smile in the comments.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Delilah, the way your mouth is always wet in anticipation of food, you make me smile.

Yesterday when I was walking the dogs Delilah was tight against my leg wanting a treat.  When her mouth touched my pants it left a wet mark on them.

Immediately tears filled my eyes and without conscious thought I said, “I will always want to have a lab.”

She makes my life a lot of fun.

A side note: the photo was taken using an effect called “sparkle” which I found in the “magic” settings of my new camera.

Friday I’ll show you a photo of Delilah using the fun effect called “punk.”

So tell me, what do your dogs do that make you smile?  Is it a breed specific trait?

 

 

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