Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday. The post where I highlight awesome comments, answer questions and generally just wrap up my week.

Follow-Up Friday

I don’t typically respond to FUF posts, but Jan had a question that made me laugh. “Will you still be our humble Jodi when you are a rich and successful author?”

Bah haha, Jan, you have far more faith than I do. 🙂

You Make Me Laugh – November 1, 2015

Julie said, ” Cocoa will talk non stop until we get her what she wants and until that happens there is no coffee drinking in peace!!”

Typically the dogs will nap for a bit after our morning walk, but sometimes….they have no patience.

Jan said, “My dogs push their bowls around the kitchen. Too much noise to ignore.”

Oh yes, that would make me get up and feed them, but let’s keep that between us, okay? 🙂 Actually I pick their bowls up after every meal, wash and dry them and keep them out of reach. 

Jackie Bouchard said, “Rita is the least demanding dog I’ve ever had. She’s spoiling us. She never ever demands her breakfast, but sometimes she’ll harrumph at me if I’m late with her dinner. She’s such a funny thing.”

LOL Delilah harrumphs too. Or she whines ever so slightly or does a really deep sigh. It makes me laugh. Once upon a time Sampson didn’t demand breakfast either. 🙂

Rebekah said, “Bruce screams. Daylight Saving did not go over well with him on Sunday…”

Oh goodness, I’m not sure I could deal with that. Daylight savings hasn’t gone over so well here either. The morning hasn’t been too bad, but night time? She starts dancing around like a lunatic around 6:00 pm and it will finally dawn on me that she thinks it’s 7:00 and dinner time.

Blueberry’s Human said, “I think we should have a Blogville Dog Death Stare contest. Delilah is definitely in the running, but I think Blueberry and many other dogs have a shot at winning too.”

Oooh, intriguing. How would we go about doing that?

The Thrill of Victory

Emma said, “Mom says this is just more proof, training one dog is a snap, but if you have more than one to train at the same time, it is really tough and almost impossible.”

It is SO hard and I feel very inadequate most days. In order to really work them I’d have to walk them separately and I just don’t have that kind of time.

Jan said, “I remember the agony of defeat ended painfully in the snow.”

Been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt to prove it. 😉

Julie said, “Awesome!! Walking in the dark is a whole different ball game, lol. With the time change we are not taking our nightly walk in the dark and yesterday was the first time so I feel ya. There was a dog in front of us that we didn’t see but Cocoa surely did and she goes into “I need to go play with that dog right now lets go come on hurry” mode!! In the daylight I can see what I need to prepare her for, lol.”

It’s way easier during the day. Luckily for me the lady had a light on, if she hadn’t, it would have been a totally different post. 🙁

Lexy said, “Congrats I love the victory of catching the threat before it’s even on your dog’s radar!”

That is KEY. If you can see it before the dog, then you have a fighting chance.

Genevieve said, “It’s the early catch that matters, and you caught it. I love a happy ending. Although an ending with you being dragged down the street on your butt was fun, too.”

LOL yes, those are sometimes entertaining, but usually well after the fact for me. 😉

Saved by Dogs asked, “Was there a time in your life when you would have hesitated to have a hand full of lung – fascinating the things we do for our dogs that we might not otherwise try.”

OMG for sure! I would have never DREAMED of having a handful of lung. LOL times sure have changed. 

2 Brown Dawgs said, “I am not a fan of the flexileads for walking. They are great if you are airing a dog but not for walking and people give too much lead with them.”

I’m not a fan of them at all, but definitely not for walking your dogs. If you could see these dogs walking, they zigzag all over the road, first on one side, then the other, she absolutely has NO control of those dogs.

Blueberry’s Human said, “If you lived near a nuclear power plant, maybe you could grow a couple extra arms so you could distract both dogs at the same time, plus keep hold of their leashes, etc. That is way too much drama during a walk for me – I don’t think my heart could take it.”

Yeah, I can barely coordinate the two arms I have. LOL No idea what I’d do with two more. And yes, it’s a lot of drama which is why I get up so early, in hopes avoiding it.

Jen Gabbard said, “Awesome timing, and way to go Delilah. I know they’re not “our” roads but I’d be pretty pissed if I was out walking that early only to encounter someone else with yippy dogs on retractable leashes. Oy. But what can you do?”

I’m with you. It’s not so much I that I mind sharing the road with them, I just wish they put some thought into what they’re doing and pay attention, you know? Rein your dog in when you see other dogs approach. Don’t assume all dogs are friendly or want to greet your dog.

Jackie Bouchard said, “That’s great! Hooray for victory! (And I do remember that saying – it was at the beginning of the “Wide World of Sports” wasn’t it?? And they’d show that skier wiping out every time they said “agony of defeat.”) Anyway… I can manage to have similar victories if I manage to get the cheese out in time. And, yes, I shove it in Rita’s face too! But if a dog comes on us too quick, and is snarky at her, well, then it’s that skier wiping out all over again…”

LOL I’m always just a slip up away from the agony of defeat. And yes, you are right it was Wide World of Sports.

Autumn Is My Favorite Color – Barks and Bytes

Genevieve said, “The acorns are driving me crazy here, too. Where the heck are the squirrels?? In the cartoons they’re always collecting those things and hiding them. Slackers! Cupcake tries to eat them. I was told they’re delicious food for donkeys. I don’t know much about Cupcake’s DNA makeup, so maybe……”

Bah ha ha, I’m pretty sure there is NO donkey in Cupcake’s DNA. I wonder how my neighbors would feel about a donkey…

Meagan and Merlin said, “Here in the land down under right now its spring. Lots of pretty colours and hayfever season. In winter my boyfriends friend judges the weather on how many dogs he would need to keep him warm at night. For example he might say “its a 3 dog night tonight” lol. I love your pictures of the forest.”

I love that expression!! No matter WHAT the temperature is here, it’s always a ‘2 dog night’ for me. 🙂 Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the photos.

Daisy said, “It’s been a gorgeous autumn here too – some trees actually have four colors at once, which is stunning. We’ve also got tons more acorns than usual, and I’ve heard the same from people in many different states. Doesn’t that mean a tough winter? Yet they’re predicting a mild one. I guess we’ll have to wait and see!”

I bet those trees are beautiful!! So we aren’t the only ones with an influx of acorns? I’m not sure about the winter thing, I think it just means the squirrels are lazy. 😉

That’s it for me folks, have a wonderful weekend!