Heart Like a Dog

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

What Happens When The Mama Goes On Vacation?

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When I left for my mini vacation on Thursday, I had planned out  Sampson and Delilah’s exercise routine.  I scheduled my flight for later in the afternoon, so the morning would be available for a nice long walk.

My flight left Orlando early Monday morning, so I would be home in enough time to get them up to the field/woods for a half hour or so before the LaCrosse team over-populated the area.

Friday was a daycare day and Hubby had it off, so that left Saturday and Sunday.  I asked Hubby, “Will you walk the dogs?”

He said he would.

Due to certain circumstances his time was limited this weekend (that’s the other story I have for you, but I’m still waiting for the official report so it has to wait.)

He ended up with walks around the block.

As usual when we walk around the block, Sampson is off leash and Delilah is on the 15 footer.  We always have a leash with us just in case Sampson needs to be leashed.

When Hubby walked them on Sunday night he said there were quite a few people out walking so he leashed Sampson and shortened up Delilah’s leash.  As he was approaching the house with the electric fence he saw the two dogs running towards him.

He said that it actually went quite well, the two dogs approached Sampson and Delilah, one was yellow and one was black, they both were older.  The black one is usually the one who runs back and forth as we walk by.  Hubby said Delilah and the black dog sniffed each other and one of them snapped at the other.  He said he thought Delilah actually got a little ‘pushy’ with the other dog and the dog snapped at her, but he couldn’t be sure.

After the dogs all sniffed each other, the other dogs kind of followed Hubby, Sampson and Delilah.  As they approached their house their owner came out with their collars and the dogs said, “No way.”

They took off.

Hubby said the owner chased the dogs for a while, and then he got in his car to try to catch them.  When Hubby reached our road, he saw the dogs in someone’s yard, the owner pulled into the driveway and the dogs ran off again. 🙂

Two thoughts…..

One : What’s the point of an electric fence if you aren’t using the collars?

Two: I wonder now that the dogs have ‘met’ if they will still be running back and forth when we walk by?

All Is Revealed….

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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I would explain why I’ve been sort of absent from blogville lately.

I was in Florida for a dear friend’s son’s wedding.  I know, I can’t really believe it myself, me with my terror of flying, but I actually got on a plane and left my babies behind with their dad.

I made sure to have my flight leave later in the day, so I had the morning to take Sampson and Delilah for a nice long walk. I left last Thursday.

But never fear, just because I was gone does not mean I wasn’t thinking of my puppies and all of you.

Of course I wouldn’t be me, if I didn’t have a story (or two) to share with you.

While I was in Florida I took the opportunity to visit with as many people as I possibly could and I had the opportunity to stop by our dear friends, Ron and Mary.

Hubby and I met Ron and Mary many years ago through my aunt and uncle.  Of course since we got Sampson and then Delilah we haven’t really traveled that much, so it has been almost 8 years since I’ve seen them.

When we first met Ron and Mary they had a Rottie named Jessie.   The first time I met Jessie I put my hand out to pet her head and she growled at me.  Which scared the bejesus out of me.   Jessie has since passed over to the rainbow bridge, so imagine my surprise today when I was greeted by Magnum.

Hey, I'm Magnum, what's your name?

Magnum actually liked me.  Once I sat down he came over and sat his head on my lap.

I got me some puppy fix. 🙂 And I also got Magnum’s story…..

Ron was on his way somewhere when he saw this Rottie on the side of the road.  Ron said to him, “I’m going to run my (insert errand here because I can’t remember it) and when I come back if you’re still here, I’ll take you home.”

Well as you know from the picture, Magnum was still there on Ron’s way home.

Ron and Mary took Magnum to the shelter/pound to see if anyone had lost a dog.  Apparently he had already escaped from the pound, but his story was he was found on a road with a collar that had “Knows German Commands” written on it.

Well you know how this story ended.  Magnum is now in a great home and loved very dearly.

There is another story of course, but it’s really long and I don’t have all the details yet….so it will have to wait for another post.

So what’s been happening in your world?  I’m going to do some blog reading in the next few days but if I’ve missed something really important, fill me in. 🙂

Miss Lily

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I’m sorry I’ve been behind in reading your recent blog posts, and I’m also a bit behind in responding to your comments on this blog as well.  I will explain all that in tomorrow’s post.

As I mentioned in my Follow-up Friday post, the theory of new souls/old souls is a matter of belief.

Kim from Life At Golden Pines made a comment that reminded me of a story I’d like to share with you.

One of my dear friends, Jo-Anne loves, loves, loves White German Shepherd dogs.  When I first met Jo-Anne, she had two  Chanel and Ciara.  Chanel was a WGS dog.

When Chanel passed, Jo-Anne consulted an animal communicator to contact Chanel and ask Chanel to return to them.   Through instructions provided by Chanel thru the animal communicator, Jo-Anne found Miss Lily.

You can read the entire story here, just as Jo-Anne wrote it.

Now I can’t say whether that story is true and Chanel returned to Jo-Anne as Lily, but I know that Jo-Anne believes she did.  I also know that I would dearly love to have my dogs with for a long, long time. 🙂 So Lily’s story gives me hope.

I have also known both Lily and Chanel and have to agree with Jo-Anne’s descriptions of both dogs.  Although truthfully, I think Lily likes me much better than Chanel ever did.  🙂  I in return, absolutely adore Lily. 🙂

So it’s a quick post, I’m actually passing you off to read another story, and I apologize for that.

All will be revealed tomorrow.

Happy Easter!

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