Heart Like a Dog

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

Ugh!

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I went home on lunch to take the dogs for a quick walk today.

I changed my work pants and put on my ski pants, boots, heavy jacket, gloves and ear visor.  I almost went without the ski pants but then I thought, what if I fall again?  At least the pants will provide some protection.

Attractive isnt’ it?

I needed to load the fire and get their food ready as I was meeting friends out tonight, so I kept their walk to about a half hour.

By the end of the half hour I was ready to go home and take a nap.  Walking around with all that extra gear on makes for an intensive workout.

And my gloves were soaked.  From the leash being dragged through the snow and then running through my hands.  I need to wear thin gloves though so my hands will fit in the treat bag.

Honestly, we can put a man in space but we can’t make a pair of warm, water proof gloves that fit in a treat bag?

Book update: My book has 4,809 words.

Of Dogs and Weekends

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We had another nice long walk through the snow this morning with our extended pack.

I found out from my walking buddy that the guy who allows hunters on his land, now has chickens.  Yes, another reason why Delilah must not be allowed off leash in that area.

Our walks go something like this, we do a loop then we let the dogs run around in the field for a few minutes, lather, rinse, repeat.

Since it is winter and the leaves are off the trees, it is much easier to wander deeper into the woods, which we did.  We found a spot where the deer had spent the night.

Can you see the impression in the snow?

 

On one of our trips into the field Delilah and Brady got their zoomies on.  The funny thing was that somehow Delilah started to lose her vest.

You can see the vest is hanging off her butt.

I tried getting her attention by calling her, but she was having so much fun with Brady, that I let her run.  As you can see the vest didn’t seem to hinder her running.

It's almost off now.

I found myself just standing there watching and laughing hysterically because it was so comical.  Eventually she got it off on her own.

Yup, she got it off.

I picked it up and she came over to me and waited as if to say, “Please put my vest back on.”

As I was fixing her vest, Sampson and Brady decided to play with a stick.

My stick, No my stick.

After about an hour and 15 minutes of walking, we decided to head home.  My buddy and I ended up just standing chatting and I was very impressed because the dogs all stayed right with us.

We weren’t even in the door two minutes before Sampson was on the couch.  Delilah joined him shortly after.

They’re still there now.  Of course, they changed positions once or twice.

 

I’m sorry the weekend is over already, I can hear Monday calling my name.

How was your weekend?  Were you busy or relaxed? Or were you like us, a little bit of both?

Book Update: My book has 4,734 words.

 

What's In A Pack?

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My sweet little granddaughter turned one on the 9th.  Her party was scheduled for the 7th, but she had a stomach bug and so it was postponed.  To today.

It was a snowing this morning when we got up, but seeing how my granddaughter’s party was at our house, I wanted to make sure the dogs got their exercise in.

I put their reflective vests on and headed out to the field. I had some Taste of the Wild kibble in my treat pouch so I took the risk and dropped Delilah’s leash.  She took off across the field but came running back every time I called her.

That little speck you see is my dog....running back to me.

After we cut through the field, we headed off into the woods, on our way back down towards the field Sampson ran ahead, by this time I was holding Delilah’s leash and I looked down for some reason, I heard a dog bark in the field and when I looked up, Sampson was gone.

Delilah and I kept walking towards the field and I kept calling him but wasn’t having much luck, finally I saw a dog at the bottom of the hill and forgetting that Sampson was wearing a reflective vest I said, “Come here.”

Thankfully it was Brady, my walking buddy’s dog.  She also had Kodak with her and so we all walked together.

While we were making our trip back down the hill to the field, I saw another dog at the bottom of the hill.  My buddy and I quickly figured out that it was another woman who typically walks anywhere from 4 to 8 dogs.  None of the dogs have collars on and I’m pretty sure none of the dogs are registered with the town.

A while back my walking bud and this woman had a little tiff, and they no longer speak, so I asked my friend if she wanted to keep walking down the hill.  She said, lets and we’ll head toward the field.

Meanwhile the four dogs had run down to greet the other dogs.

By the time we got to the field, all four of our dogs were back with us and the woman and her pack had left.

We decided to let the pups run and play a little in the field.

The Pack

Delilah and Brady really play well together, and they do an awful lot of running.

Just playing

Sampson and Kodak fought over a stick.  Silly dogs.

I noted to my walking buddy, how the dogs (Sampson, Delilah, Brady and Kodak) seemed to recognize themselves as a pack.  They went and greeted the other dogs and then immediately came back to each other and us.

After about 50 minutes, we headed home, where the dogs went to sleep.

I have to say my goal of tiring them out worked.  Even though Delilah did go up on the counter once, she did pretty good today.

And although a bunch of people cancelled due to snow, my sweet little granddaughter finally had her first birthday party.

Happy belated birthday Chili, your Mimi loves you!

Word count: My book has 4,033 words.

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