Heart Like a Dog

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

Delilah Gets Corned Beef

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

Erin go bragh

Sampson Stone here spinning an Irish tale about a dog named Delilah and how she got herself some corned beef.

Did you know Corned Beef is NOT a traditional Irish food?  I was surprised too, but when Mom did a little research she discovered that cows were originally sacred in Ireland, so when meat was eaten, it was usually lamb or pork.

Even though Mom is Irish, she doesn’t care what they’d eat in Ireland today, today she’s eating corned beef!  And let me tell you, that woman will NOT share her corned beef, she’s super stingy like that.

BUT, once, many years ago Delilah scored herself some corned beef. Here’s how it went down.

Delilah had only been with us about 10 months and back then, she and I still went to Doggy Daycare, Mom would pick us up after work and bring us home.

According to Mom, Dad makes a mean corned beef hash. At least that’s what she says, because neither Delilah or I have ever had corned beef hash. We are only allowed to lick the plate, which the way those two lick their plates, there’s barely any left for us.

Well, because Dad (supposedly) makes this awesome corned beef hash, when Mom makes corned beef, she makes enough for extras. Dad has this cool little meat grinder and he attaches it to the counter and grinds up the corned beef.

So this particular day, Dad had decided to make his corned beef hash. While Delilah and I were at Doggy Daycare, Dad ground up that corned beef and put it on a plate on the counter.

Delilah and I ran in the house and Dad had something to tell Mom, so the two of them chatted at the dining room table.  I had run straight for the water bowl, because I’m always so thirsty, but Delilah, Delilah ran straight to the counter.

All of a sudden I heard Mom say, “What’s that sound?”

Yup. It was Delilah, front paws on the counter, inhaling that corned beef.

The next thing I heard was Mom saying, “I’ll take care of her.”

Dad was mad. So mad, I think he saw red! I swear I saw steam coming out of his ears!

But Mom stayed cool, she took Delilah by her collar and put her right in the crate! She had to stay in there for something like 20 minutes or so.

I think Delilah knew she was in trouble, because she usually barks when Mom isolates her, but she didn’t do it that day. She laid right down and kept her big yap shut.

That sure was the Curk for me, even if I had to do time in the pen.

And that my wee lassie and laddies is how a Chocolate Labrador named Delilah had herself a corned beef dinner.

What are you having for St. Patrick’s Day dinner today? What’s the best food your pets ever scored without your permission?

Have a great St. Patrick’s Day everyone!!

 

The Watcher Dog

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Because Sampson and Delilah have different exercise requirements and get walked separately, one of them is always home waiting.

Most mornings Delilah gets up with me, waits while I prepare foods and once I’m done, she heads back to snuggle in my bed.

When Sampson and I get back, she’s either lying in the Dog Daddy’s lap, or she’s walking towards the door from the general area of the bedroom.

I’ve always wondered HOW she knows when we’re on our way back, and just assumed it was that she heard us somehow.

Last week I found out the truth.

My sister was down for the weekend and spent Friday night with us. Saturday morning, I walked Sampson while my sister made coffee.  When we got back, my sister spilled the beans on Delilah.

Delilah did not go back to bed, instead, she sat at the door on small deck and WATCHED for us.

Not an actual picture of her watching, but adorable none-the-less.

Is that not the cutest thing, ever?

It made me smile just hearing about it. What did your pet do to make you smile this week?

You make me laugh, or smile. The sweet, funny, loving things dogs do that make us laugh or smile.

Sampson, Delilah and Beau

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My youngest daughter is currently living in Germany. Thursday morning I receive a message from her, her Bulldog, Beau was in surgery for an obstruction.

I’m not going to tell my story, and make you wait. Beau did fine with the surgery. They were able to remove the piece of toy my daughter didn’t even know he swallowed, and he is on his way to feeling better.

Baby Beau, maybe three or four months old.

As for the story….My daughter came home one year for Christmas, and she brought her new Bulldog puppy, Beau. Sampson and Delilah did not like Beau. In their defense, they have each been attacked at least three different times by the Bulldogs across the street, so they have a prejudice towards Bulldogs.

So she brought Beau home and we managed the dogs. As I said, the dogs HATED Beau. In fact, the dogs were so NASTY to Beau, I wrote an entire post about it. (You can read that HERE.)

Please Dog, make it go away. I promise I’ll be a good boy.

The photo made me think of a dog in prayer, but truthfully, he was probably just trying to stay away from Beau.

Sampson and Delilah have seen Beau a few times, in fact, my daughter stayed with us for a bit. This time Sampson was better, but Delilah and Beau always seemed to be at loggerheads. In fact, they actually physically fought a couple of times, and that was scary. So now, we just keep them away from each other. I mean, I don’t like every single person I meet, why should my dog like every single dog?

It made me smile to look back on this photo of Sampson in ‘prayer.’

What did your pet do that made you smile this week?

P.S. Today is the Dog Daddy’s birthday and Sampson and Delilah wish him a happy day!

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