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Thoughts from a Winter Walk and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 24

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One of my favorite things to do is to walk my dogs in the woods, of course there are times when it’s very frustrating, but in general just being together in nature enjoying the beauty that exists around us helps to clear my head.  It is a precious time for me, just me and the dogs.

Many a blog post has evolved from a walk with my dogs, I mean I ALWAYS know what I’m thinking, but sometimes it’s fun to imagine what they are thinking as well.

Here are the thoughts from a recent winter walk.

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Me walking into the park with yak tracks on my feet: Damn this shit is hard to walk in, even with cleats!

Delilah: Yay!  Sampson’s not on leash anymore so I don’t have to worry about banging into his big ass.

Sampson:  I wonder if there’s anyone in the field?  DOG!  I hope there’s someone in the field.

Sampson turns to the right and heads up to another area where he typically meets people and dogs, running ahead of Delilah and me.

Me as I slosh and slip up the hill with my thighs screaming in protest: Who’s bright idea was it to go up the hill, Sampson?

Sampson: Why you rolling me under the bus Mama? No one told you to play follow the leader.

Delilah: I need to get this woman some wheels, it’d be a whole lot easier dragging her around if she had wheels on her feet.

As you could see from the first photo quite a bit of thawing had taken place, in fact as of today we there is not a speck of snow left.  We have some low areas that tend to fill up with rain or in this case, melting snow.

Me as I sloshed through a puddle: Great my left boot leaks.

Sampson: Why does she keep calling me back to her when she’s not doing anything fun?

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Delilah: Who keeps leaving this wonderful piles of deliciousness up here?  It must be those elves I hear Mama speak of.

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We head to the field and Sampson always alert for people in the field is definitely intrigued by what he thinks is a person.  He approaches cautiously and I can see his fur is slightly raised as he’s unsure what this is.

Then he realizes it’s what’s left of a snowman.

Sampson: Well you’re not a person, here’s what I think of you.

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Delilah: Do you see any little delicious piles?  Do you? Huh?

Me:  Shit, the right boot leaks too.

Do you have these kind of thoughts on your walks or is it just me?

 Don’t forget about our Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers.

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You Make Me Smile and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 22

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Sampson, the way you lie on your back and beg for attention….

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You make me smile.

Christmas is right around the corner, have you entered the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers?  There are some awesome prizes.  Here’s the skinny on what you can win today!

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No More Cone! and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 21

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Well last night was the big night, and Sampson went to the Vet to have his stitches removed.  I was a little nervous, I mean I’ve had stitches twice.  Once when I had my appendix out and once after my C-Section.

The appendix stitches were super easy and I never felt them coming out, BUT the stitches for my C-Section hurt like a son of a bitch!  Of course it could have had everything to do with the fact that I’d just delivered twins, who had each weighed 6.5 pounds and my stomach looked like a bowl of pizza dough.

But I digress.

So I’ve had two experiences with stitches, one good, one bad and I’m not sure how it was going to go for my puppy.  On the way into the Vet’s office, I told Hubby, “I’ll take the bite.”

Hubby said, “No, I’ll hold him.”

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No-one held him.  The stitches in his face were out super quick.

As soon as Dr. Soutter moved to the area at the top of his leg, I started feeding him treats.  He stiffened once or twice, but never turned to look and never stopped eating his treats.

All told it took less than a minute.  Dr. Soutter said he’d healed up beautifully and he now has no restrictions.  Thank heavens, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said, “NO Running!”  or “No wrestling!” in the last 10 days.

So the cone of shame has been retired.  I stuck that cone in the closet. With the way Delilah devours things, I’ve a feeling we’re going to need it again at some point.

Only four days left for the Advent Calendar!!

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