Heart Like a Dog

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

A Walk in the Blizzard

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Well it seems our area of the country is quickly turning into the Super Storm capital of the world.

Apparently our local weather station has been naming snow storms for a number of years.  They are calling this one Charlotte.

Recently the National Weather Center began naming winter storms as well, they’re calling this one Nemo.

I’m calling it Charmo.

No matter what it’s called, we’re having a blizzard.

It started about mid-morning yesterday and our Governor was requesting people stay off the roads, since I work literally five-minute from work, I stayed for half a day.   Then went home to get the dogs out for a walk.

We had just entered the park when I saw movement up the hill and to my right.  It was a herd of deer.  The dogs were easily redirected although they were definitely searching for something.

S and D What does that smell like to you?

Snowy D I love pictures of Delilah in the snow, she is so beautiful against the white background. (Is it just me or does her nose look crooked?)

Blizzard Wind So that’s what a blizzard wind feels like.

  Snowy Mama The snow melts on the dog’s fur, but not on mine.

All walked and happy, we went back to the house and are all hunkered down waiting for the blizzard to pass.

Are you in Charmo’s path?  Did you get a chance to walk before the storm or are you playing indoor games?

Co-Hosted Follow-Up Friday

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Co-Hosted Follow Up Friday Blog hop, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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My co-hostess this week is a repeat offender. :-)  I believe this is her third time hosting.  She’s a great hostess to have on board and I love following her blog and all the adventures she has with her dog Gizmo.  Her Travel Thursday posts are making me itch for a Florida vacation.

Please welcome Beth and Gizmo from Terrier Torrent.  Welcome, welcome Beth and Gizmo thank you for co-hosting this week!!

I Heel My Dog With a Chick Pea – Author’s Note

You guys are so kind!  The more I work with the dogs the more I realize I like doing it.  I’m just not very motivated nor do I have a lot of time.

I’m really proud of Delilah, she’s highly motivated by food and sometimes it’s quite difficult to keep her from chomping your fingers off.  Many is the time I’ve pulled my hand away because she’s gotten more than the treat.

As Donna mentioned in the comments, when you have Labs you can train with lesser food values as sometimes the higher values result in bloody appendages.

Super Snow Sunday – Author’s Note

Last week’s predicted snow was a bust, but I don’t think we’re getting off so easy this week.  Snow is coming and it’s supposed to be another one of those Super Storms.

Currently they are predicting one to two FEET.

Wish us luck. 🙂

Holler Holler for a Collar – Author’s Note

Indoor collars are certainly a personal preference. I like having them on as an extra precaution.  I also know my dogs and their activity schedules and feel very comfortable with them wearing them. I’d also note that these collars are not tight at all, so there is no chance of them cutting into Sampson or Delilah.

Wordless Wednesday – Update

I am LOVING this Wordless Wednesday caption the photo!  You guys are all so creative, I giggle as I read them

I actually had two captions.

IMG_3966 1) Yes I actually am a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

2) Is this outfit okay for Jetty’s Baaa Mitzvah?

This ‘N That Thursday – Author’s Note

I hope the Trio Animal Foundation keeps us updated with Valentine’s progress, I love stories with happy endings.

I laughed myself silly typing that Knock Knock story. The trouble with writing for funny, is just because I find something funny, doesn’t mean you will.  And it’s not always easy to convey tone in the written form.

I have to tell you, Frankie Furter’s comment was so stinking funny, I had to laugh.  His poor MOM! I wouldn’t have a cat after that either!!

That’s all I have for Follow-Up Friday, we are hunkering down in preparation of Blizzard Charlotte and Storm Nemo.  If you are in their path, please be safe.

This is the Co-hosted Follow-Up Friday blog hop brought to you by Terrier Torrent and Heart Like a Dog.  Follow-Up Friday:



This ‘N That Thursday

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Today we’re joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog on This ‘N That Thursday.  Some days you have a little of this or a little of that. 

Many thanks to 2 Brown Dawgs!!

Facebook

Facebook is a time suck for me.  I sign in to post my blog or check a story and before I know it, an hour has passed.

There’s a lost dog or a dog that’s on its last hours, I need to share those, and sometimes there’s a LOT of them.

Then I have the Oooh look, Nancy has the top score in Mahjong Trails or Oh my god, Kim is playing Criminal Case, a Hidden Object game moments.

And there I go, an hour gone that I’ll never get back.

But sometimes….you get that story that just grabs your heart.

A Special Valentine

(I think Mel actually shared this one.)

Valentine is a five-month old German Shepard. Unfortunately both of her front paws are deformed because her bone growth has occurred too fast and instead of the bone growing into the joint, the bones are pushing against them.

She is in incredible pain and rarely uses her front legs, but just look at this sweet girl!

295406_10150272550109955_162750503_n I took this photo from Trio Animal Foundation’s Facebook page.

The good news is there are surgeries and procedures which can help her, the bad news is the cost is a minimum of $10,000.

The very idea that the rescue was willing to work towards raising the funds just boggled my mind.  I quickly shot off an e-mail committing to a modest amount and stating I would share Valentine’s story with you today.

I’m so happy to report that they had actually ALREADY raised the funds needed for Valentine’s surgery!!  They posted the story on Friday and by Monday they had raised the money.

If you have a mo (moment for you non-Harry Potter readers), and want a feel good story, go check out their Facebook page.

Knock Knock

About two weeks ago Delilah and I hopped in the car to head to our Rally class.  Just as I hit about 40 m.p.h. I heard this knocking on my driver’s door.

I looked back at Delilah to see if part of her leash was hanging out of the window hitting my door.

It wasn’t.

I pulled over, got out and checked my door to see if anything was hanging.

Nothing.

I got back in the car and got on the highway.  Just as I hit 40 m.p.h. the rapping started again.

WTF is that?  I thought to myself. 

I hope there isn’t some animal that somehow got stuck inside my door. (I had just read somewhere about beeping your horn before starting your car because sometimes small animals climb up inside the engine because it’s warm.)

In the dark of the car, my next thought was Oh. My. God.  I wonder if it can come out and get me?  I thought back to the story a co-worker told me of a friend of his who had a snake come up the front of her car between the windshield and the hood and hang on her wipers.

I scrunched over as far to my right as I could get, without climbing into the passenger seat while still maintaining my vice-like grip on the steering wheel.

As soon as we got off the highway, the noise stopped.

Thank God!  Whatever is in there doesn’t like speed.  I can tolerate it, as long as it’s not knocking on my freaking door.

Ooops, I hit 40 m.p.h. again and there it was.

Knock. Knock.

Who’s there?

I don’t know, but whatever you are, you’re scaring the shit out of me.

Finally, twenty long minutes later we had arrived at our destination.  I parked under a light and got out of the car and inspected the door again.

Guess what I saw?

I’ll tell you tomorrow.

Relax already, I’m just kidding.

It was the auxiliary cord to plug my phone/iPod into the radio.  The damn thing is SO long and I have a habit of sitting my phone in my lap and just unplugging it when I get out of the car, sometimes the cord falls out.

Had I looked closer the first time I stopped, I could have saved myself a terror filled ride.

That damn cord hangs over my rear view mirror now.

Have you ever had anything surprise you in your car? What does your imagination tell you about strange noises in the dark?

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