Heart Like a Dog

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WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday (11-7-12)

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Welcome to WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday.

Some blog post or news article cross your path that left you shaking your head thinking WTF?  Or did you hear about something that raised your spirits and you screamed, Whoo Hoo?

That’s WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday.

My friend Julie from the Daily Dog Blog made me a nice spiffy badge.  Please feel free to use the badge whenever you’d like.

Graphic Designed by Julie Melfi, Creative Leg Up.

 

WTF?

Donations pour in for upstate NY dog set afire, Buffalo, NY

The best part of this story is the community is rallying around this puppy and donations are being made to help with his care.

The police are making strides with their investigation.

Oh and this just in, there’s a special place in hell for people who light puppies on fire.

What kind of monster sets a puppy on fire?  I’m the first one to tell you that I hate the fact that so many animals are surrendered to shelters, but really if you don’t want a dog, at least have the humanity to bring it to a shelter.

Speaking of bringing animals to a shelter.  I was on the phone today making my hotel reservations for Blogpaws 2013,  the person assisting me on the phone was telling me her daughter is one of those folks that constantly find abandoned animals.  The last time her daughter brought a lost animal to the Humane Society, she was given the third degree.

I get it, shelters are over-whelmed, but if you make it difficult for people to surrender animals then they tend to do stupid things, like abandon animals in a remote location, tie them to sign posts on the side of the highway or light them on fire.

Think about it for a minute.

Whoo Hoo

Dog’s dying wish, COEUR D’ALENE, ID

I saw this video on the No Dog About It Blog, while not my typical Whoo Hoo post, it still made me feel good.

A woman desires to give her older dog a last experience doing something he loves.

It shows that some people do have hearts like a dog.

And finally, I think this may be my last WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday post for the month of November.  If you’re my friend on facebook you know I’ve asked people to shame me when they catch me on it, because I’m supposed to be writing the rough draft of a book, which means no time for facebook!  Facebook is where most of my WTF’s and Whoo Hoos come from.

I will still post every Wednesday, but unless I inadvertently stumble upon a story, it won’t be a WTF/Whoo Hoo post.

And if you catch me on facebook (as a few of you have) please reprimand me (thank you for those who did) this book ain’t gonna write itself. 🙂

And because I can, I’m showing a photo of Sampson that I really love.

My handsome boy.

 

And don’t forget to send in your pictures for the calendar contest!  So far I have three entries. Woot! Woot!

My word count is at 8,846.

The Dogs of Blogville Calendar Contest

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The Dogs of Blogville Calendar contest is an online fundraising event to benefit two of our fellow bloggers.  Lauren from Life with Desmond and Roxanne from Champion of My Heart.

Lauren, her husband Joey and their dog Desmond were hit very heavily by Hurricane Sandy. They lost everything on the first floor of their house.

Lilly from Champion of My Heart is fighting a serious, extremely rare reaction to the Rabies vaccine.  Roxanne and her husband have spent thousands of dollars trying to save Lilly’s life.

My hope is the proceeds from this calendar contest/sale will help each of them in some small way.

You’ve waited very patiently for this contest and I suppose I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.  So let me set forth some guidelines.

  • This is a Dogs of Blogville Calendar, your photos should include dogs.  If a cat happens to be in a photo with the dog, that’s fine.  No pictures will be accepted with only cats in them.
  • Thirteen different dogs/blogs will be showcased on the calendar (one for the cover and one for each of the 12 months of the year.)
  • The 13 photos with the top votes will be included in the calendar.
  • Which photo is showcased for which month will be determined randomly.
  • Because of time constraints and fairness, only one photo per blog can be submitted. (I know in a previous post I said you could submit more than one, but I think it needs to be fair and we need to make sure that 13 different blogs are showcased.)
  • No photoshopping allowed.  The experienced photo shoppers that have offered to help will make the decision regarding editing of pictures.  For fairness the only editing that will be allowed will be removing unwanted items from the picture, cropping and adding text which will include the pet’s name(s) and the blog name and address.

If I submitted this photo, I would want the bag removed.

You can see how the bag spoils this picture.

 

  •  Photos should be submitted in jpeg format.
  • The photo should be original digitals, no scanned photos!
  • The submittal phase starts now and will run until midnight eastern standard time next Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
  • Pictures and voting will take place on this blog.
  • The voting process will run for a week.  I don’t as yet know which week, it will depend upon how many photos are submitted and how long it takes me to get them all organized.
  • Heart Like a Dog reserves the right to change or modify the rules as needed.
  • If a photo is deemed of poor quality we reserve the right to request a different photo.

I realize some people may have an advantage in promoting their picture.  Some of you have hundreds, if not thousands of blog subscribers, twitter and facebook followers, some people thrive on competition, I can’t change that.  I would just ask that you be kind to your fellow bloggers as you promote yourselves.

By submitting a photo for this contest, you agree to abide by the above stated rules.

So I suppose you want to know where to send your photos to?

Submit your photos to stone.jodi@ymail.com  be sure to include Calendar Contest in the subject line.

Make sure the name of your pets and the name and address of your blog are included in the body of the e-mail

Any questions?  Have you already picked out a picture?

 My book word count is 7,576

Laprador Retrievers

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There are certain spots on our walks where the dogs like to run off to investigate.  These areas are usually deep in the center of the woods, if I had to guess I would say it is where the deer sleep at night.  Either that or it’s the deer’s toilet, either way it’s worth investigating to Sampson and Delilah.

Since Sandy the Hurricane came through here last week there are even more limbs and branches down.   If the branch is on the smaller side, I or Hubby attempt to move it off trail.  Even so, there are still a number of areas where trees block the path.

If the dogs are close by me in these spots, I will usually approach and say, “Jump.”  I think it’s helpful to Delilah to understand the term in an area other than the agility ring.  (I could be wrong, but please…just humor me.)

Saturday Delilah decided to run off to investigate, she hopped over a bunch of branches that had to be about 3 1/2 feet high/wide.  I looked at Hubby and said, did you see that?  Her athleticism never ceases to amaze me.

Hubby said, she makes it look so easy too.

Saturday night Delilah did something that reminded me of an incident that took place at our other house.  That house has a lovely bay window.  I always dreamed of lining that window with pillows or cushions to make it a nice cozy reading area.  But I never did.

Delilah lived with us in that house for five months, before we moved to our current house.  She always gets super excited when we come home from work.

On this particular day I was already home and was sitting on the couch when Hubby pulled in.  Delilah ran, jumped and with one movement sat in the bay window like a cat would.

Did I have my camera ready?

Of course not.

But I did have it ready on Saturday.

 

What do you mean, I don’t fit? I’m a Laprador Retriever.

 

This is how dogs differ from people.  Dogs see something they want and they go for it, we see something we want and then we think of all the things that could prevent us from accomplishing our goal.

Dogs don’t have an understanding of can’t, they just do.  Some day I hope I have a heart like a dog.

Has your dog ever done anything that you never thought they would/could?  Please share in the comments.  Remember I may not be responding, but I’m reading them!!

My book count is at 6,863 words.
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