Heart Like a Dog

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

Penny For Your Thoughts

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Yesterday two of my friends helped their beloved pets cross over the bridge.

Mrs. Taleteller had her beloved Blueberry for 11 years, she has a beautiful tribute to Blue on her page today.

My facebook friend Tamara, helped her Hannah cross the bridge last evening.

Both of these dogs were well-loved, well-taken care of family pets.  Sadly their quality of life had changed and their owners with hearts full of love, helped ease their pain.  It is a wonderful, unselfish gift to be able to ease the pain of those we love, despite the fact our hearts will ache in the process.

My heart goes out to both of my friends who are missing their pets today.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope that you will find peace and comfort knowing your pets are pain-free.

Run fast, Run free Blueberry.

Run fast, Run free Hannah Marie.

Sadly there are so many animals in shelters whose lives will end, at the hands of a stranger because there is no room at the shelter and no-one wants an older pet.

Dogs like Penelope.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

 

Penelope’s story is a sad one.  At 10-years-old she and her litter of puppies were dropped off at a high-kill shelter in the south.  Her owner’s signed the papers that should have ended her life.  “We don’t want her or her puppies, we’re tired of having dogs and anyway she’s old.”  And they left her.

Poor Penelope cuddled her puppies close, trying to protect them.  She was scared and confused and had no idea of where she was or what was happening.

But there is good news.  All of Penelope’s puppies were adopted and one of the shelter workers contacted a Lab Rescue and convinced them to pull Penelope.  As the rescue worker slipped a leash on her, Penelope licked their hand in gratitude.  You can find more about Penelope on her Petfinder page.

Penelope is currently in Lebanon, CT, if you are interested in helping Penelope spend her remaining years loved and cherished, you can contact lottoson@yahoo.com (Laurie.)

Please share Penelope on your social media networks and help her find the home she deserves.

Thank you to Lisa at Dogs N Pawz for Tuesday’s Tails, blog hop.

Dogs N Pawz

One, Two

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One, two foxes at my front door, that’s what I said now

Foxes, foxes who ignore you, they run ahead now

Sorry for the Spin Doctors reference, it just popped into my head.  And now, it’s stuck in yours.  You’re welcome.

Hubby made to step out the door Friday night intent on putting the doors on his jeep.  Sampson was right behind him, when he said, “There are two foxes out here.”

Photo courtesy of Free Fox pictures

Photo courtesy of Free Fox pictures

Isn’t this adorbs?  Yes, I want one.

Immediately I said, “Well he can’t go out then.”

Sampson said, “Woof, woof, whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine” which is Retriever for, “Let me at that Schiznit.”

Then Delilah joined the party.  When they were denied access to the front yard, they raced out the back, but the fox were too fast.  Once they saw Hubby they high-tailed it out of our yard and into the neighbor’s yard.

The next day Sampson sniffed the yard methodically, I think he was trying to figure out whose dog it was.

They were here, I can smell them, but they're gone now.

They were here, I can smell them, but they’re gone now.  Drats, foiled again!

 

We have seen wildlife around the area.  We’ve seen deer and wild turkeys.  We’ve been told there are fishers and coyotes but we’ve never seen them.  And we’ve never had a fox in the yard before.   It makes me a tad bit nervous, only because I worry about them getting into the fence and one of the dogs getting into an altercation with it. (Like the time we had the deer in the yard.)

What types of wildlife do you have in your area?  Are they bold enough to step into your yard? Do you worry about your pets getting into the animal version of a pissing contest?

You Make Me Laugh…June 23, 2013

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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.

Fart

Did you hear that? You're saying it came from ME? Why are you laughing?

Did you hear that? You’re saying it came from ME? Why are you laughing?

 

Believe it or not, I’m actually surprised by her farting, only because I’ve never heard a dog’s fart before.  They are usually the silent (but deadly) kind.  Does your dog fart?  Do you hear it, or are you only aware of it when you smell it?

 

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