Heart Like a Dog

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

But The Old Bed is Soooo Comfy!

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I’ve been searching for a new dog beg for quite some time.  It’s not like we don’t have dog beds, we have one in practically every room of our house.   The one I like the best is also the one we’ve had the longest and it’s also the one that’s the worse for wear.

My Sweet Boy.

I like this bed, it’s big and roomy and oh so comfy!

We got this bed for Sampson when he was about a year old, it’s huge.  One side is fleece and the other is not.  (Don’t ask me, I don’t know what kind of material it is!)

Sampson doesn’t care much for the fleece side, so the other side is the one that gets all the scratching and pulling in attempts to get it comfy.  Last year I patched the holes by sewing some material inside it, but it didn’t last.

Holes

Slowly but surely the holes have gotten bigger and thanks to the Giant Ass Clown the stuffing gets pulled out.  Since I couldn’t find a dog bed that I was thrilled with, I decided to repair the bed again.

I started out with some green quilted material that I had left over from another project.  I wasn’t thrilled with the color, but it’s what I had so I went with it.

I washed the covering of the bed and turned it inside out, pinning the the green material as close to the edges as I could get it.   This proved to be somewhat challenging as the edges are trimmed with a heavy cord, but by removing the footer and maneuvering the material I managed.

Once that was completed, I cut a square out of the center of the bed, removing the holey parts.  And using a binding stitch, I sewed the around the square.

Patched

And then I re-stuffed it and brought it into the bedroom.

Of course my little shadow was right behind me so I asked her to pose on the refurbished bed.

I don't know why you're asking me to pose on this bed. MY bed is that large sleep comfort bed right over there. My sleep number by the way is 45.

I don’t know why you’re asking me to pose on this bed. MY bed is that large sleep comfort bed right over there. My sleep number by the way is 45.

Clearly she finds it beneath her.

Have you ever had a great bed, that your pets loved that you had to repair?  Or did you just break down and buy a new one?

You Make Me Smile – February 23, 2014

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

Sampson and Delilah, when you are sitting side-by-side and simultaneously turn you head in response to a sound…

Sam and Dee You make me smile.

Your turn, what funny, silly or loving things do your dogs do that make you smile?

 

Follow-Up Friday – February 21, 2014

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer some questions and generally wrap up my week.

Here we go!

You Make Me Smile – February 16, 2014

What I gathered from this is many of you have trouble with selfies.  And while we’re on that topic, I’m not sure I like that term “selfies” to me “selfies” is something that should be done in private. 😉

My Dog is a Giant Ass Clown

I really wish I could capture the hilarity of Delilah.  She is what some people call a “velcro dog” and I swear I hear the patter of her feet when I sleep.

Hailey and Zaphod said, “We still can’t laugh about the whole Lee ate into the wall of our new house – but we don’t want to strangle her, so that is progress.”

Yeah, I’m not sure I could laugh about that one either. I’m glad you don’t want to strangle her though. 🙂

Jenna,Mark “HuskyCrazed” Drady said, “Koda stick his nose in my crotch/ass area quite often and its the worst when I crounch down to pick something IP and his cold wet nose dives right into my crack Hahaha Hahaha!!!!!”

OMG!  That nose is cold too!   Delilah goes with me into the bathroom and tries to sniff my hoo hah when I’m peeing, sometimes her nose hits my leg and you can imagine what comes out of my mouth then!

Houndstooth said, “Oh, Delilah, don’t ever change! Well behaved dogs don’t make for good blogs!”

That’s totally true, imagine this blog with only Sampson.  Sampson slept on the couch today, Sampson slept on the bed…

Oz the Terrier said, “Ah, you gotta laugh about those things…better to laugh than have a fit!”

I try to always laugh, but I do admit it is hard sometimes!

Damn it’s Spam

Vlad and Barkley’s Dee said, “Have you got anything for me?” Harry asked, but she seemed distracted by his lit wand-tip.”

Is it me or does that sound sexual to you?

That’s somewhere in Deathly Hallows. I know it sounds that way because I started giggling when I read it.”

A girl after my own heart. 🙂  But you can bet I’ll be reading through DH to see if I can find that.

Lauranne said, “When I see spam I do sometimes worry is it spam or not, I would hate to ignore someone who had commented, and as my spelling and grammar are horrendous I can’t rely on pulling that apart so I usually check out the URL if it is from “need a hard screw” or some other DIY place (see what I did there!!) then I reject it without the worry!”

I do see what you did there!  That was great!

Emma said, “We had a lot more spam when we were not self hosted. Now we might get one a week and we are fine with that. They are often pretty funny and we wonder why people are doing it?”

I’m self-hosted Emma and I still get tons of Spam!  Like, 200 spam comments per day. Tell me your secret.

Golden Woofs Sugar said, “Always think SPAM is based on your browsing.”

I suppose that’s possible, but some of the Spam is from websites I would NEVER frequent.

Dawn said, “Love the one about Delilah. What kind of mission do you think she is on when she goes to church?”

I heard there were wafers and juice here, and someone told me some churches have kitchens. I'm here to inspect them.

I heard there were wafers and juice here, and someone told me some churches have kitchens. I’m here to inspect them.

 

Anyone who wishes to take communion, please line up behind the large chocolate lab.

2 Brown Dawgs has had this comment left on her blog, ““I hardly leave a response, however I browsed some responses on Goodbye January And Not A Moment Too Soon | 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.
I do have some questions for you if you don’t mind. Could it be just me or do some of the comments come across as if they are written by brain dead visitors?
:-P And, if you are writing on other online social sites, I’d like to follow you.
Would you list of every one of your social community pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?””

Because none of THOSE social media buttons are ever listed on any blog. 🙂

So There’s This Giant Snowman

You guys are so amazing, I wish I could highlight every single comment.  

Some of you mentioned the community on this blog and it’s true there is a great sense of community here.  I mean when you leave comments, they aren’t just, “nice post.”  They are detailed, articulate and well thought out.  Not to mention, not only do you comment on MY post, but you read the comments, and comment on them AND you come back and respond again!  You totally amaze me.

You always say the nicest things and I just can’t thank you enough!!

Lauranne said, “Glad to read that someone who seems so together also panics and worries about blog related things, and can’t help but get stuck up on silly things like subscribers etc!”

Dear girl, the operative word in that comment is seems.  I am so not together.

Pamela asked, “As for blogging, I have one question: is Heart Like a Dog your art or is it your work? Because the answer will determine what you do with your blog and how you feel about it.”

I so wish I knew the answer to that Pamela.  Perhaps you could help me figure it out?  Maybe over coffee? 😉

Pup Fan said, “Jodi’s kind of a Pup Fan whisperer.”

Really?  I’m honored. 🙂  And thank you again for the awesome cartoons, I love them and I think you are awesome!!

Jan said, “Seriously, er…siriusly, if you continue to enjoy writing the blog, why do you care if you don’t have thousands of subscribers?”

You typed siriusly!  You did!  And you’re an English major!!  OMG

The truth about this blog is, I never feel that I am good enough. I always feel like I should be better.  

And on that note, I’m calling this post done.

Thank you all so very, very much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

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