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I Always Feel Like…

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Yesterday when I was walking Delilah a woman walked out of her house, just as Delilah was taking a dump on her lawn.

What can you do?

I said, “Good morning,” and proceeded to clean up after my dog, (like a good dog owner does. )

It’s not the first time Delilah’s been caught with her pants down.

We have such irresponsible dog owners around here, it wouldn’t surprise me if there weren’t eyes on me at all times.

And of course, the one day I forgot a poop bag, somebody WAS watching.

It was Easter morning and I was taking Sampson for his walk. Since I carry so many things with me when walking the dogs (cell phone, pepper spray, camera) I don’t use the poop bag dispenser. Instead, every morning I load the pocket of my treat bag with three poop bags. As I pull them off the roll, I open the bags so when it’s time to use them, I’m not standing there in the cold trying to open a bag. I try to always have three bags at one time. Because, well, you just never know when you might need another bag.

Sundays are my sleep in days, so my routine is out the window.

This particular Sunday Sampson and I headed down the hill. It was earlier than I usually walk on a Sunday because I got up specifically to make sure the roast got started on time. We walked our five minutes and turned around and headed for home.

Sampson stopped to do his pooping business and it was then that I realized I had no bags.

Frantically I looked around for an empty bag or a newspaper box with the plastic wrapping around it.

Shit! There was nothing. Nothing I could improvise with.

Very briefly I thought about leaving the poop there and coming back for it later, but two things stopped me. 1) This house has children in it and it was Easter. I didn’t want them discovering the wrong kind of chocolate egg and 2) it’s bad enough picking up warm poop, but the thought of picking it up cold makes me want to puke.

Thankfully it was Sunday and Hubby was home, so I called him up and asked for an assist.

So there we were, Sampson sitting on the lawn and me standing next to him, while we waited for Hubby to rescue us.

I kept looking around, waiting for someone to come out and ask us what the hell we were doing. And that’s when I realized we were being watched.

The Watcher In the Window.

The Watcher In the Window.

No wonder I always feel like somebody’s watching me.

Have you ever forgotten a poop bag, or even run out of them when you really needed one?

You Make Me Smile – April 17, 2016

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You make me smile (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis, that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Delilah, the way you run up the stairs and stand there scoping the yard out for intruders….

Chocolate Labrador

You make me smile.

Usually she does this if she hears something outside, she’ll go tearing out the door and up the stairs and stand there looking for the culprit.

Does your pup scour the yard like Delilah?

Help Your Local Shelter – BTC4Animals

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Blog the Change for Animals

Whenever possible, I try and purchase locally. Whether it be for my own food at the Farmer’s Market or food/treats for my dog, at our local, small business pet stores.

One of my favorite stores almost always has a large collection can right at the registers. Coincidentally, they usually have a treat that is on sale right on the counter and they are good about asking, “Would you like to donate a $2 dog or cat treat to the Sadie Mae Foundation?”

This method works. At least on me. Every. Single. Time.

I mean, sometimes I’ll have conversations with the cashier. Like this, “If SnoopDog is donating one dollar for every two dollar treat bar purchased, why doesn’t he just donate the money anyway?” THAT kind of stuff pisses me off, (maybe something I need to tweet Snoop about :-)) but it’s not the dog or cat’s fault, so I always support the effort by purchasing at least one treat/food product.

Isn’t that a simple and easy way to help your local shelter?

Easy steps to get you started:

  • Ask your favorite pet store if they’d be willing to showcase an ‘on sale’ treat or food at the check out counter.
  • Choose your favorite local rescue/shelter etc.
  • Purchase a large trash can (31 Gallon at your local Home Depot for less than $25).
  • Make up a sign to put on the trash can indicating what the local organization is.
  • Make arrangements with the pet store as to when the donated items will be picked up.
  • Deliver the donated items to your favorite rescue!
You think it's cute. I don't, you better watch your back when you're sleeping.

The Mama saved me from a high kill shelter, I’m glad she did. I’m also glad she tries to help others that aren’t as lucky as me.

It’s simple and easy and requires very little time commitment on your part. Plus it’s helping local animals in need.

Check out some other contributions to Be The Change 4 Animals in the blog hop listed below. Many thanks to my co-hosts, Talking Dogs, Pet Faves, and CindyLu’s Muse.



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