Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!

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

You Make Me Smile – February 9, 2014

This comment made me laugh.  Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom said, “Shadow does the same thing! And then my “prim and proper” middle furchild rolls over on her back and falls asleep with her hind legs spread open like a little whore. Hehehe

Donna said, “Jodi…I got news for you – (as if you didn’t know ) – I think that “prim and proper” thing is all an act. LOL!”

Oh yeah, it’s an act, which is why it makes me smile.  The unknowing suspect would actually think she was trained. 😉

Note to Self

AnimalCouriers asked, “And have you implemented any of these ‘notes to self’? ”

Believe it or not, I have.  I always go out with the dogs now and I always have a poop bag with me.  Besides picking up what the dogs are doing at the moment, I’m also picking up older messes when I find them.  Luckily we haven’t had to go out in the middle of the night since!

Dogs N Pawz said, “Scout always wakes me up, never hubby. I have often wondered why he picks me and not him?”

I think because they know we will do it.  The dog daddy will just tell them to go back to sleep. 🙂

Jan asked, “Do you ever weigh the cost of installing new flooring against the pain, misery and looming death caused by going out at 4;30?”

Well I’ve kind of given up having nice flooring.  My carpets are all stained and worn.  I figure just live with them until it’s time to sell the house and then replace the carpet.

Jackie Bouchard said, “That was very funny, but I feel badly about giggling.”

Don’t feel bad!  I wrote it with the intent of making you laugh.  I was giggling writing it.

Sand Spring Chesapeakes said, “I believe Sampson would lay down next to you and keep you warm so you don’t freeze to death out there. ”

I’d like to believe that, but I’m not entirely sure.

Julie said, “LOL – note to self, always bring a little recorder for “notes to self” ”

That’s a good idea!

Houndstooth asked, “Why do they always do this to us when it’s either freezing out or downpouring?”

I haven’t a clue.

I Feel Like Crap

You all are so wonderful and supportive.  I wish I could highlight every comment because there were some good ones.  Go back and read the comments and see how many of you yell at your dogs and call them names.  LOL

Emma said, “If you had been beating or hitting her we would be alarmed but now and then Moms need to just yell at us we think. It somehow clears the air and when things settle we have a nice treat and go on with lives all feeling a bit better.”

Honestly Emma there have been times when I’ve had to hold myself back from smacking her one.  BUT not this time, for some reason I just yelled.

Caren Gittleman said, “sometimes I call Cody the “fat gray B—–d” lol”

Well as I shared with Caren on Facebook, one day I called Delilah a giant ass clown.  It happens.  And it makes me feel better to know that I’m not the only one calling my dog names.

2 Brown Dawgs said, Why do you feel bad? I probably would have done the same. Delilah is no soft dog, she will bounce back and probably try it again.”

You are right about that, she’s a tough girl.

Oz the Terrier said, “Ma is feeling the same way. She yelled at me last night when we were on our evening walk. I’m a bit reactive on leash so we have been working on that and well, last night I just lost it…so then Ma just lost it…and now Ma feels like a terrible dog mom.”

It’s hard not to yell sometimes Oz, because seeing you upset, gets us upset as well.

Rebekah said, “This makes me feel better. Because I have lost my shit with all three of my dogs, on more than one occasion.”

OMG just the way you phrased it, this made me laugh.

Maggie said, “I’m fairly certain that for the second year of his life, Cooper assumed I had renamed him to DAMMIT COOPER.”

LOL Maggie, I knew a woman once who said for the first five years of his life her son thought his name was No-No Jason. 🙂

Amy at GoPetFriendly asked, “And maybe a baby gate would help keep her out of the kitchen?”

I wish Amy.  Our kitchen is too open for that.  My old kitchen had a half door, which was mainly for keeping the dogs in the kitchen when we weren’t home, but it also was handy if you needed to be dog less in the kitchen!

Canine Olympics

I’m so glad that you guys leave comments like this:

Jessica said, “I’m watching the real Olympics. I thought pretty hard about it, then realized that most of the athletes *also* wish the games were in better circumstances. They don’t have any real choice–in most sports you get one chance to go to the games, and they’ve been working their whole lives for it. Their parents have made huge sacrifices to get them there. That deserves respect, even if I hate the circumstances.”

Why?  Because it gives me a different perspective and helps me grow as a person.  Thank you Jessica.

For Love of a Dog

Genevieve said, “I didn’t get bread, but I DID stop for a quart of milk yesterday! And 2 boxes of pudding, a box of donuts, and a quart of ice cream. Those are the only storm supplies I needed.”

Well if you’re making pudding, that explains everything!

Oz the Terrier  asked, “I’m curious why, if you lose power during a snowstorm, you would need a generator to keep your food cold in the fridge? Wouldn’t it get cold in the house and thus still be cold in the fridge?”

Good question Oz.  And one would think that would hold true, but it doesn’t.  Even though the refrigerator is insulated, once the fridge loses power, the cold slowly leaves.  We try and keep the fridge closed and stuff will last a couple of days but not much longer.

Flea said, “I do run for bread and milk. My teenagers go through milk. And bread means that we’ll at least have sandwiches for those teens if we run out of everything else. I also buy plenty of toilet paper and brownie mix.”

Um, brownie mix.  We don’t go through a lot of milk and I always have a box of Almond Milk in the pantry, so we can usually manage.

That’s it for this week!  Thanks for playing along and have a wonderful weekend!