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K-9 Kamp Week Two Results….Day Two Hundred, Ninety Six

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Yesterday ended week two of K-9 Kamp, hosted by Koly and Kelly.  Our challenge this week was to complete one hour of fetch.

You would think this would be an easy challenge because Sampson and Delilah are labs (or in Sampson’s case a lab mix;) but that wasn’t the case. 🙁

We started out like gangbusters on Saturday.  I enlisted Hubby’s help because he has a better arm than I do, so up to the field we went with one of Delilah’s bumpers.  After about 10 minutes Delilah lost interest and it was only me fetching the bumper.

We tried again on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.  If we got 10 minutes each day that was doing something.  Although Wednesday Sampson got a wild burst of energy and took off with the bumper, enticing Delilah to run with him.

But the bumper quickly got dropped and they ended up wrestling. (Does that count?)

All told I will say, we probably got about 30 minutes of fetch in.  Very poor showing in my book for two labs.

While I was formulating this blog in my mind this morning, I decided to check the K-9 Kamp to see what week three’s challenge might be.

I thought fetch was hard.

This week’s challenge is to play tug of war with your dog.  For an hour.  Oh but it doesn’t end there, oh no.  You’re expected to do squats, lunges and push ups all while playing tug of war with your dog. That might work for Jodi with Kolchak the Puggle who weighs 25 pounds, but I’m not sure how it’s going to work for this Jodi with the 75 and 90 pound labs. 🙂

To quote Kolchak T. Puggle “It’s not much of a war when your Mama is an out of shape weakling.”

Tune in next Thursday (if I’m still able to blog) to find out how we fare with this next challenge.

What's In Your Kong?…..Day Two Hundred, Ninety Five

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9:00 pm is snack time in my house.  Not only do hubby and I help ourselves to some delectable goodies; Sampson and Delilah need their treats too.  In fact, Delilah insists on it.

For the longest time, the dogs got something called Pork Twists.  They kind of remind me of fruit roll-ups, except without the fruit, and made of pork and stuffed with liver.  Yeah, fruit roll-ups.  

We ran out of Pork Twists so I picked up some Duck Sticks.  They remind me of Slim Jims, except they are really long and made of duck.  The dogs  gobbled these up in a matter of seconds without having to go to their separate corners.  Then they looked at me as if to say, “That’s it? That’s all we get?” “Isn’t it snack time?”

A couple of weeks ago I went to the pet store and asked about treats that might last longer than a few seconds.  The very nice and helpful woman showed me some Bully Sticks and then proceeded to tell me they were made out of bull urine.  Yes, you read that right. Bull urine. 

Thanks, but I’ll pass on those. 

Then she said, she fills her dog’s Kong and sticks it in the freezer.  A lot more work than I wanted for treats, so I settled on something else and went on my merry way.

Coincidentally, a few days after she mentioned this, Tena at Success Just Clicks had an excellent post about what you can fill a Kong with.

Last Friday, I had nothing for the dog’s snacks so while I was preparing supper I decided to try filling their Kongs.

Sampson’s is red and Delilah’s is purple.

I filled them with a bit of ground beef, some cheese and I frosted the end with peanut butter.  I put the Kong in the freezer for about 3 1/2 hours and then handed them off to the dogs. 

I hit that one out of the park.  They worked on those things for 1/2 an hour!

Since Friday night, I’ve been filling their Kongs every night.  My favorite thing to stuff them with is a couple of pieces of rolled up salami, a piece of chunked up American Cheese and then frost the end with yogurt, pumpkin, peanut butter or cream cheese.   They lick the goodie off the end and get rewarded with little bits of cheese; they have to work for the salami but it’s not too messy.

This is a Kong that has the cream cheese filling the bottom.
 
I enjoy giving the dogs a treat that makes them happy, keeps them busy and I know what’s in it!
 
Check out Tena’s ideas and then tell me, what do you put in YOUR Kong?
 
 

Tomorrow IS A New Day….Day Two Hundred, Ninety Four

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Today was a much better day.

I didn’t have such a stressful morning, the dogs went to The Mellow Mutt for daycare and I did not yell at Delilah.

Most days I can handle the intensity that is Delilah; some days it really wears on me.  Delilah has a zest for life, like I have never seen before.  She doesn’t just grab life by the horns, she runs full speed at it and enjoys every minute of it.  And the rest of us are just along for the ride.

As frustrating as she can be at times, she really is a sweet girl.  Every morning when I am getting ready for work she waits until I get the hair spray out then she comes into the bathroom and pushes her head through my legs waiting for me to pet her.  She is very persistent.  If I haven’t given her enough attention or I’m in a hurry and try to disengage her, she walks with me.  It is difficult to unwrap myself from her.  This morning she just sat there watching me, she was so cute I had no choice but to bend down and kiss her.

So many of you left suggestions, and comments yesterday and I want you to know how grateful I am for the support.  I cannot tell you how much it means to me; to know that there are others out there who understand what you are going through.

It helps. It really does.

She really is sweet.

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