Heart Like a Dog

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

Troll-In the Dungeons

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“Harry was just helping himself to a baked potato when Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the hall, his turban askew and terror on his face.  Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore’s chair, slumped against the table, and gasped, “Troll – in the dungeons – thought you ought to know.””

He then sank to the floor in a dead faint.  (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J. K. Rowling, 1997)

Okay so there’s not really a troll in my dungeon.

Actually I don’t really have a dungeon.  I do have a basement, but there’s no troll in there, only my mom.

Unless there’s something she’s not telling me, there’s no troll.

I know what you’re thinking.  What in the hell does that have to do with a dog blog?  Has she lost her freaking mind?

I suppose the answer to that would depend upon who you spoke to.

This post actually has nothing to do with trolls or dungeons.  It all has to do with our wood pile.  I just wasn’t sure you’d read the post if I told you what was in the wood pile.

The story goes like this.

Thursday after work I took the dogs for a walk and Hubby went outside to cut some wood.  When we came back from our walk Hubby said “Look what I found in the wood pile.”

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Hubby said he lifted up the tarp covering the wood and there it was.  He poked it with a stick and it slithered under the wood pile.  Yesterday when he lifted up the tarp, it was back again.

Hubby says it’s a Garter Snake.

I said it needs to go.

Hubby says it won’t mess with people or pets, he also says it’s eating spiders.

Well then.  As long as it’s eating spiders, it can stay.  As long as it leaves me and my dogs alone. I mean really, what’s one snake vs how many spiders in a pile of wood?

I’m really not so worried about it bothering me.  If you’re a betting person, odds are pretty good that I will never approach the wood pile again.

I’m not so sure about the dogs.  They keep going over there and sniffing.

Every time they head out that way I tense up.  But I grab my camera too. 🙂  If they do discover it, hopefully I’ll have pictures.  Unless I’m too busy screaming and running.

Would you leave a Garter Snake in your wood pile?  Would you go near a wood pile with a Garter Snake?  Inquiring minds want to know.

2nd Annual Dogs of Blogville Calendar Contest

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The Daily Dog Blog and Heart Like a Dog are proud to announce the 2nd annual Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest.

Since this is only the second time we have done this, we’re still learning, but we do have SOME rules.

They go like this:

  1. We (The Daily Dog Blog and Heart Like a Dog) make the rules.
  2. Submission portion of contest begins immediately.
  3. Photos are limited to one photo per blog (so we can showcase as many dogs as possible.)  If you have more than one dog that represents your blog you can either submit one dog or a photo with both (all) your dogs.
  4. Dogs who have crossed the bridge are eligible to participate.
  5. Photos should be submitted to stone.jodi@ymail.com AND julesmelfi@gmail.com
  6. No photo editing allowed.  Any editing deemed necessary will be done by Julie.
  7. Photo should be a good, high resolution digital image (11″ x  8½” @ 300 dpi output, the largest setting on minimum 6MP camera.) Best quality images are approximately 2832 pixels by 2128 pixels at 300 dpi and a minimum of 1MB.(I have no idea what this means, but thankfully Julie does!)
  8. We strongly suggest your photo is oriented in Landscape as opposed to Portrait.  (This makes for easier formatting when designing the calendar.
  9. Submission portion of contest ends Tuesday, August 20th at midnight.
  10. We reserve the right to use your submitted photo on our blogs for promotional purposes only, with credit given to the photo/blog owner of course!
  11. Voting will begin Saturday, August 24th at 12:01 AM and end Saturday, August 31st at 11:59 PM.
  12. Voting is limited to once every 24 hours. (More instructions when the voting process begins.)

Last year our Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest raised right around $500 which was donated to Roxanne Hawn at Champion of My Heart. This year our fundraising efforts will be for Benny The Frenchie.

For those of you new to this blog, you can read all about last year’s contest here.

All I can say is the contest exceeded my expectations, and Julie designed a damn fine, high quality calendar that I’ve been enjoying all year.

I mean really, how can you look at this picture every day in August and not smile?

Frankie and Ernie

Frankie and Ernie

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Yup, it’s Frankie and Ernie from FRANKly and ERNESTly Speaking.

Last year we had 20 dogs enter the contest and I’m very pleased to say that Julie managed to fit all the dogs in the calendar.  Of course there are no guarantees we can do that again this year, it all depends on the number of entries.

So start digging through your photos or grab your camera and your dog(s) and start snapping. 🙂  You’ve got one week.

Now go!

Update to yesterday.  Yes, I got the video to load on YouTube (and after it did I flipped a big middle finger to Apple, take that!) so as I promised, here is the video showing exactly WHAT Delilah will do for a frozen piece of pineapple.

I’ve Got Something In My Pocket

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Both of my tenants have dogs.   Yes, I take dogs.

When my second tenant was moving in I asked her what kind of dog she had, she said a mini-bull dog. When I went over to meet the dog, I expected to see a little white bull dog.  Imagine my surprise when Bindi was actually a pocket Pittie.

I love this dog.  She is absolutely adorable, always greets you with a grin and is extremely affectionate.  One day Hubby had to go over to work on the kick plate of the refrigerator.  As he tells the story he was down on his knees, with this elbows on the floor peering under the refrigerator, when Bindi stuck her face through the space between his body and his arm and began licking his face.

One day while I was over there, I sat on the couch while Bindi leaned against and drooled on my leg while I gave her rubbies.  She is really a lovely, lovely dog.

I had thought, maybe one day she won’t be able to pay her rent and she’ll offer me her dog. 🙂

Since most of the Labs in my state are currently in foster care I thought I’d check my local pound to feature for today’s blog hop.  The good news is my local pound doesn’t have any dogs.

Since Little Miss No Name was adopted from the Hartford pound last week, I thought I’d feature a dog from the same pound.  When I checked out their Petfinder page, they had seven dogs listed.  Sadly all of them were some form of a Pittie mix.  In CT, specifically in the poorer section of towns, this dog is really over-bred and exploited.  It’s very sad.

This little girl’s time is up tomorrow.  She’s been used as a breeding dog, and has now been tossed aside.

#46XXXURGENT: Pit Bull Terrier, Dog; Bloomfield, CT

There’s something in her expression that reminds me of Kolchak Puggle, her face just speaks to me.

Here is what the Petfinder page says about her:

Approx 3 years old.  This sweet little girl is another throw away mom.  She has obviously been used for breeding.  She is a tiny thing, almost looks like a puppy!  A sweet little pocket pit mix looking for a family to relieve her of what has been nothing but a stressful life of providing puppies.  She is SO sweet and quite mellow but certainly loves her affection!  Good with dogs she met.  Would love to see her relaxing on a couch with a person, enjoying what life should be about for a dog.

The adoption fee for a CT resident is $50, and $5.00 for non-residents. Which doesn’t make sense to me, but who am I to argue if it saves a dog.

Today is the day I beg you to share this post on your social media outlets.  We may not be able to save them all, but together we can save some.

Dogs N Pawz
This is Tuesday’s Tails blog hop hosted by Dogs N Pawz.  Thank you to Lisa for organizing this hop.

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