Heart Like a Dog

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

Make New Friends…Day Two Hundred, Fifty Seven

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Yesterday was a lovely day.

We headed out to the trail about 9:00 am.  I wanted to have the rest of the day for cleaning, laundry etc.

We had been walking for about 15 mins when I heard a child laughing, the sound came from ahead of us on the trail.  I called the dogs to me, but what was ahead was far more interesting than the carrots I offered.

So I tried my next best command, “Wait.”  They did.  I kept repeating myself as I walked towards them and then I heard “Sampson” “Delilah” from the trail ahead.

It was my walking bud!  So we joined packs and the dogs (Sampson, Delilah, Brady and Kodak) had a ball.

My friend had her niece with her and Miss “R” fell in love with Mr. Sampson.

Sampson of course, fell in love with Miss “R”. 

We make friends wherever we go.

So They Wait….Day Two Hundred, Fifty Six

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Dogs know how to tell time.

I know, they can’t say “Hey mom, it’s 7 o’clock time for dinner.”  Still they know it’s dinner time.

They also know when it’s time for you to come home from work.

Sampson and Delilah have their own favorite places to wait.

Delilah waits in the den.  When the futon was in the den, she would lie there waiting for us to come home.

Once the futon had been moved to my crafting room, she would lay on the floor or her dog bed;  directly in front of the sliding door overlooking the driveway.

When she hears/sees a car in the driveway she starts barking, welcoming us home.

Sampson waits in the bedroom. Once he hears the car (and probably Delilah barking) he comes out to greet you.

Once one of us are home, he knows the other is not far behind.  That’s when he waits at the top of the stairs.

What do your dogs do?  Do they wait for you? If so, where?

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Follow-Up Friday….Day Two Hundred, Fifty Five

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I have lots to cover in my Follow-Up Friday feature:

Favor Please – Author’s Note:

Saturday morning I took Sampson and Delilah on a walk with a couple of our hiking buds.  In the field the dogs started to play and I took a video.  Delilah was the chocolate lab with the purple collar; initially it was just Delilah and Brady (the chocolate with the orange collar) but they were soon joined by Kodak (the golden) and Tea’ (the shepherd.)  Besides the mounting, I thought the dogs were playing appropriately.

Delilah is an Alpha Female and I expect other dogs will try to exert their dominance.  Delilah is very capable of letting them know when she has had enough.

When I got home and was showing the video to hubby, he said, “I hate when they antagonize her.”  Wow, I was totally caught off guard with that comment and since I didn’t perceive it the same way, I thought I should throw it out to blogland.

It was generally understood that the “humping” was a dominance issue instead of sexual; and the video was more playful in nature.

Shows how far apart hubby and I are when it comes to the dogs. 🙁

Look Before You Leap – Author’s Note:

One of my readers’ wrote in to say that her dog, caught and ate the chipmunk and promptly vomited it up!   EWWWW thanks for that visual Donna. I have now added “Please don’t let Delilah catch a chipmunk” to my prayer list. 🙂

Dogs and Cats – Update:

Wednesday night Bob was so snug between the two dogs on the bed, that he was actually touching Delilah’s foot.

Last night he got up on the bed and Delilah growled at him. 🙁  I let it play out and he got down with no blood shed. 😉

Junk In The Trunk – Author’s Note:

Some of you caught this in the comments and have already commented on it;  I forgot to mention (because I was in a hurry to post) that Sara agreed to let me teach a clicker class!   I appreciate all of your support and will definitely keep you posted on this new venture.

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