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It’s All Fun and Games, Until Someone Loses Their Hearing

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Sampson is going to be thirteen in July, and I’m pretty sure he’s losing some of his hearing. It’s not at a horrible stage, just sometimes in the woods he’ll wander off trail, and I’ll call him, but he doesn’t respond, so I’ll have to go tap him on his shoulder to get his attention. It could also be he has SELECTIVE hearing, but I can’t tell one way or the other.

I’m trying really hard not to be sad about it, and instead find the humor in the silly things he does.

A lot of times when I head out the door for his morning walk, I walk out the door without his leash, and I have to go back inside to get it.

So on Thursday he stepped out the door, and I was right behind him. The birds were making the most beautiful music and I said, “Isn’t that beautiful” as I headed around the back of the house towards the gate.

I got to the gate, and turned to snap his leash on him, but he wasn’t there.

So I headed back towards the door only to find him standing in front of it, staring into the house.

Apparently he didn’t hear me head around the corner, and thought I’d gone back into the house. When I got close enough, I clapped my hands and called his name, and turned right towards me, all smiles and tail wags.

I just couldn’t help but smile as we headed out the gate for our walk.

Thwarted Again!

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Sometimes…when you have dogs, you have the greatest of intentions to do something nice for them.

But sometimes, dogs have their own ideas of what they like.

Spring has finally arrived in the northeast, and while we’ve been having a lot of rain…(April showers and all), so we are treasuring those sunny days.

Last week, I ran out to do some errands, and Hubby thought Sampson might like to spend a little time outside in the sun. He grabbed a couple of throw rugs and laid them out on the deck.

You can see them in the photo, right there to the left of Sampson, who apparently felt the leaves would be a nicer place to snooze.

And Hubby and I, laughed and laughed.

Leave this for that? He’s out of his mind!

When has your dog thwarted one of your good intentions?

You’re Gonna Love My Nuts

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Since I went back to work full-time, walking the dogs has been a challenge. Hubby works late three nights a week, but on his two early nights, he’s agreed to walk the dogs with me.

I’m not going to lie. I struggled the first week. The first night we went up to the woods. Delilah and I went one way and Hubby went the other way with Sampson. When I turned around and they were gone, I literally sobbed. When I told Hubby, he said he was pretty sure Sampson did too. 🙁

You guys, I’ve been walking both dogs by myself for at least five years. For the last two, they’ve been walked separately twice a day. I guess you could say, we’ve sort of got a rapport going.

Breaking that up is harder than hard.

SO, this week, Hubby and I have been walking the dogs together. I think it’s a bit of a challenge for Sampson, but we keep it slow and only go around the neighborhood or field.

I’ve said many times, I need to have a Go-Pro camera set-up, because you just can’t make this shit up.

We were walking past one of the houses with dogs that bark at us.  Delilah and I were ahead of Hubby by a good 25 to 45 feet.

I heard a noise, and it sounded like a dog hitting a blind. I heard Hubby said, “Now THAT was funny.”

I turned, saw a dog in the window and thought, the dog must have banged the blind or something.

Then Hubby says, “Do you see that nut rolling down the street?”

I turned to look and he pointed to the other side of the street, where sure enough, an acorn was rolling down the street, hugging the curb.

Apparently what happened was, a chipmunk with an acorn in his mouth was running across the street, when it suddenly realized Delilah and I were there.

The chipmunk must have experienced an OH SHIT moment, he dropped his nut and turned around and ran the other way.

Oh shit! I dropped a nut.

Neither Delilah or I saw him.

The things you see without your Go-Pro.

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