Heart Like a Dog

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

Follow-Up Friday

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For those new to the blog, my follow-up Friday provides me with an opportunity to update or revise a post from the previous week.

You know sometimes you post about something and you need an update but it doesn’t warrant a whole blog.  Or sometimes someone made a comment that really resonated with you.  Yup, Follow-Up Friday baby!

Not THAT Kind Of Dog – Author’s Note

In the comments Donna and the Dogs Toby noted If a dog runs up in Delilah’s face, then she’s got every right to nip it.

You see Toby, that’s how it works in the dog world, but the peoples, the peoples just don’t understand dogese.  They get a little freaked out when one dog nips at another dog.

What we need is a translator, someone who can teach the peoples what they really need to know about dogs.  Maybe in between writing your blogs, you could teach us? 😉

Monday Mischief Delilah Style – Author’s Note

Many of you noted this in the comments, but damn, that dog is talented.  She moved a two-pound box off a counter and at least 12 feet, but never tore the box.

Maybe I’m wasting her talents in the agility ring?

What’s Your Pooping Style – Author’s Note

Why can’t I write funny posts like this all the time?  Why must my funny posts all be poop related?

This ‘N That Thursday – Author’s Note

I hooked a number of suckers A number of you said you would like to participate in the Follow-Up Friday blog hop.

I’ve already started working on this and will be doing a bit more research over the weekend.  From the comment that Jetty left me, I found out there is more than one linky tool.  Can any of you that use a linky tool tell me if there is one that is better or easier than the other?  Do any of them work with the free wordpress account?

I hope to have some more information for you next week.  For those of you with the free wordpress account, don’t worry, you can still co-host, simply put a link in your post that says get your code here and list this website.  I did that myself when I had the free account.

If all goes well perhaps we can hop as early as next week.

Kristine noted all the leaves already on the ground in the pictures I posted yesterday, while there are a few from this current season, most of those leaves that are on the ground are from the storm we had in October.

You may have also noticed that some of the trees look pretty scarce in the leaf department, there were a lot of damaged trees in that storm and a lot of them didn’t recover this season.

There are still so many dead limbs just hanging up around here, every time we have some wind, or a rain storm more limbs/trees come down.

The background in this picture is blurry, but I think you can still make out the huge tree limb on the side of the trail.

Just one of many branches that are still falling.

That about wraps up our week, we’re weekend bound.  Any big plans coming up or any news you’d like to share?

This ‘N That Thursday

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Today we’re joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog on This ‘N That Thursday.  As 2 Brown Dawgs says, This ‘N That Thursday is for times when you want to post about unrelated topics or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post.  It can be anything you want, so feel free to grab the button and join us!

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Blog Hops

I’m working hard on developing a following on this blog and am always looking for ways to increase readership.

One of the ways to do this is by blog hops.  I currently know of blog hops that take place on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

I’d considered making Follow-up Friday into a Blog Hop, but wasn’t sure if there was an interest in it.  During one of his comments, Hawk at Brown Dog CBR mentioned his human would be interested in taking part in a Follow-up Friday blog hop.

I figure what the hell, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Since I have no experience with organizing a blog hop, it may take me a bit of time to figure it out, but I’m willing to try.

I’m structuring the FUF a little bit differently than the traditional blog hop.

I’d like to share the opportunity to increase readers with other blogs that want to grow, in order to do this, I will make the FUF a co-hosted event.

The twist is there will be a different co-host each week.

If you’d be interested in participating in or co-hosting a FUF post, please let me know in the comments.

For right now, I will take people in the order they show interest.  I will keep a running tab and can announce every Friday who the next Friday’s co-host will be.

The other thought I have is to promote this blog hop to other bloggers, not just pet bloggers, this might open up a whole new avenue of readers.

I will be working on a new badge for this event as well.  Here’s what I’m thinking for the badge, two sets of footprints, human and dog across the width of the badge.

The slogan will be Follow-Up Friday, the not-just-for-pet-bloggers blog hop, that wraps up your week and leads you right into the weekend. (I got this one from a comment left by Long Life Cats and Dogs.) 😉

Thoughts, comments, suggestions?

Now if we can convince 2BrownDawgs into making This ‘N That Thursday into a blog hop, all the days will be covered. 😉

Pictures

I have a little point and shoot camera that is almost always in my back pocket on our walks.  A few days ago I snapped these pictures and I thought they were so pretty, I just had to share.

When I was framing this shot (if you can call it that) I kept saying, “Don’t go towards the light Sampson, don’t go towards the light.”

 

As you can see, Delilah is back on her 15 foot leash.

 

Do you have any ideas on how to caption these photos?

Oh and don’t forget to leave me your thoughts and suggestions for a Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop.

W.T.F./Whoo Hoo Wednesday

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Please note this post is not meant to make light of the deeds described here, only to make fun of, ridicule, bully and just plain beat the shit out of the idiots who commit these stupid acts.

My W.T.F. is directed (once again) to the Stone Manor canines.

First to Delilah who got her days mixed up and thought yesterday was Monday Mischief.  Look what I found when I stepped out of the bedroom yesterday morning.

Two pounds, the damn thing weighs two pounds!

Yes folks, that’s a two-pound candle, still in the box, that Delilah removed from the counter, opened and chewed up the protective sponge.

A few short steps later in the living room I found one of my youngest daughter’s Christmas ornaments that was slated to be repaired.  No hope for the kitty cat ornament now.

All chewed up and ready for the garbage.

 

I know I could have saved this for a Monday Mischief post, but trust me, she will provide more material.

And Sampson, you didn’t think you could get out of this post did you big boy?

W.T.F. were you thinking on our walk yesterday?  I look to you to be a dog ambassador not a dogdozer.  First you ran over poor Sadie, then you snapped at her twice.

Certainly not behavior I expect from you, keep it up pal and you’ll be on a leash too.

Hey, it was a light W.T.F. week (you won’t get any complaints from me!) So I’ll turn my attention to the Whoo Hoo portion of this post.

Small Pit Bull Abandoned on Busy Highway, Watsonville, CA

I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking W.T.F. is she smoking?  How can an abandoned dog be a Whoo Hoo?

I say it’s a Whoo Hoo because whoever abandoned this dog could have done any number of horrible things to it, but they didn’t.

They could have dropped the dog off at a kill shelter where it might have been euthanized, but they didn’t.

They could have taken the dog to a remote location and let it go, leaving it to die of dehydration or hunger, but they didn’t.

They could have dropped the dog on the side of the highway and risked it getting hit by a car, but they didn’t.

Instead, they tied the dog out where someone would be sure to see it, and where it would become a newsworthy story.  We all know the dogs that make the news get adopted.

While I could chastise whoever it was for abandoning the dog without food, water or shelter, I have to give a big Whoo Hoo that the dog was found and probably will be adopted very soon.

Blogger helps reunite homeless veteran with lost dog, Utah

This was a great story and shows the power of blogging.  A homeless veteran who lives the nomadic life met up with a blogger a few months ago.  The two exchanged phone numbers.

A short while later the man woke up one morning and his dog (Timber) was gone.  He searched and searched for the dog but had to leave the area due to wildfires.

He contacted the woman he had met and she wrote about his lost dog on her blog, rvsue and her canine crew..  She fully expected the story would have a sad and heartbreaking ending, but it didn’t!

One of her readers started checking around the internet for found dogs and located Timber, he was in Arizona.  A short time later, Rusty and Timber were reunited once again.

Blog Power!

Finally this video came across my facebook page and made me cry. I haven’t been able to find the full story, but apparently this young woman was incarcerated for 3 1/2 years during which time her parents took care of her dog.

Their reunion was so sweet.

Do you believe someone actually wrote, “It’s ok to cry when watching this video.” LOL Like a dog lover needs to be told cry when they see a dog reunited with its owner. 🙂

How was your week?  Did anything come across your desk that made you shake your head W.T.F or scream Whoo Hoo?

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