Heart Like a Dog

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

You Make Me Smile – September 10, 2017

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

I’m not always fiesty, but when I am, I like to destuff toys.

Since partially tearing his CCL, Sampson doesn’t get a lot of playtime. But lately we’ve been trying him on something new, (more about that in a later post), and he’s been feeling a wee bit feisty at times.

Some days, he tries to play with Delilah a bit, but we typically put the kibosh on that. So lately, he’s taken to grabbing a toy and running a wee bit, then settling down and de-stuffing it.

That’s exactly what happened in this photo.

Sampson was excited I was home, grabbed a toy and before I knew it, there he was, lying on the floor with the glory of his de-stuffing surrounding him.

I looked over at him, and he looked so darn cute, I couldn’t help but smile.

I Write To Save Lives – Remember Me Thursday

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Unless you’ve been driving the Rover on Mars, or living under a rock, you know that a good portion of Texas is suffering from Hurricane Harvey.  Watching the stream (forgive the pun) of people who refuse to leave their pets behind is heartwarming and heartbreaking. I feel like in this day and age, one shouldn’t have to make such a choice.

Of course, there are still asshats who have tied their animals up, or left them in crates to die, but I’ve seen a good majority of people and organizations working to saving the animals.

Watching this all unfold on my TV and computer screen, I’m reminded of the Hurricanes of 2005 (Katrina, August 29th and Rita, October 26th). In fact, the Lake Charles area of Louisiana which was severely impacted in those two Hurricanes, is also being affected by Hurricane Harvey, and began evacuating 12 years to the day of Hurricane Katrina.

Let’s Talk About Pet Adoption
Our sweet Delilah came to us from Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was in a high kill shelter, and I’m ever so grateful American Lab Rescue pulled her from there, and placed her in foster care, where she eventually found her way to our home, and more importantly, our hearts.  We can only guess her background story, but based on some of her behaviors, we are guessing she was either displaced because of either Katrina or Rita, or she was a result of a dog that was displaced from one of these Hurricanes.

Chocolate Lab

“Baby” Delilah – The only picture I have where she looks remotely like a puppy.

Now more than ever, it’s so important to shine a light on animal rescue.  There are millions of animals placed in rescue every year. Some, like Delilah, get lucky, but so many more don’t.  I won’t share those numbers here, because it breaks my heart to think about it.  My husband always tells me I can’t save them all, but damn it, I sure want to!

I’m ever so grateful to all the rescue groups out there, that walk the walk, and talk the talk when it comes to animal rescue.

I Write To Save Lives
One way I can help these millions who are homeless is use this blog, and my words to shine the light on these precious beings. This year, I literally am shining my light for animal rescue.

While I was at the BlogPaws Conference in Myrtle Beach,  SC, I stopped by the Helen Woodward booth, and spoke with the ladies from Remember Me Thursday.

I’ve known about the Helen Woodward Animal Center from my friend, Jackie Bouchard.  Who has been volunteering there for as long as I’ve known her.

Remember Me Thursday is a global initiative that takes place on September 28th, 2017.  On that day, people and organizations from all over the world will literally light up social media in a campaign designed to encourage more people to adopt shelter pets.

You can help us spread the word, by snagging one of these virtual ‘candles’ and sharing it on your social media channels.

Cat and Dog Virtual Candle

I love them. I love how they have dogs, cats, dogs and cats, rabbits.

If you check out their site, you can ‘light a candle’ in memory of one of your furry babies, and definitely grab a graphic and help me light up Social Media on September 28th!

The wonderful team at Remember Me Thursday was kind enough to provide us with a goodie box, full of items to help us spread the word about this great campaign.

Besides the great posters, there is a bandana for Delilah, and a Tee-Shirt for me.

We’re styling’ for Remember Me Thursday

And of course, we’ll be shining our light on September 28th! Will you join us?

 

When The Good Dog Goes Bad

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Between my two dogs, we all know which dog is the good dog. Anytime there is something destroyed in this house, we know just who to look to.

We often times joke about the destroyer really being Sampson, who then sits back and watches Delilah get accused of his dirty deeds.

Don’t get me wrong, when Sampson is playful, and sometimes when he’s stressed, he will destroy a toy, but other than that, he’s such a good boy.

Many’s the time I’ve walked out the door and gotten to the gate before I realized I’d left his leash inside. I have actually left him at the gate and told him to ‘Wait’ and he’s still standing in the exact spot I left him when I get back.

He’s never been a counter surfer, except when he was younger, he did go on the counter for Filet Mignon (no-one can blame him for that) and butter.

In fact, he loves butter so much, my sister’s nickname for him is ‘Butter.’

We recycle in my house. We recycle pretty much everything, glass, cardboard, paper, plastic. Because we have so much recycling, I hang a plastic bag on a door know in the kitchen, and when the bag gets full, I take it out to the bin.

For the past week, an empty butter box has been waiting to go to the bin, and at some point, it fell out of the bag and made its way to the floor.

Confession: Delilah loves butter too, and so I left the empty butter box on the floor to see how long it would take for her rip it up.

The butter box stayed on the floor for two to three days, before it was finally noticed.

But it wasn’t Delilah….

So what do YOU do when your good dog turns into the bad dog?

Well, if you’re me or Hubby, you take pictures and record it.

He tried to pick it up in his mouth and carry it away.

And after you’ve gotten all your photos and video, (and your dog is ripping the butter box apart) you give the dog some butter. 🙂

One way or another he’s determined to check out that box.

The funny thing is…there wasn’t a smudge of butter in it…just the smell.

I’ll be working on getting that video up on our Facebook page.  You can check us out on Facebook by finding the little Facebook icon.

 

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