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

Follow-Up Friday – May 17, 2013

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Welcome to co-hosted Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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My co-hostess this week has co-hosted with me many times. Most of you follow the training exploits of Thunder, Storm and Freighter and if you don’t what are you waiting for?

I’ve come to depend on her for many things, not the least of which is to help me see the other side of certain issues.  I can count on her for just about anything and I’ve never even met her. 🙂

Please help me welcome my friend Linda, from the 2 Brown Dawgs blog.

Thanks for everything you’ve done for me with this blog hop Linda, I really appreciate it.

Black and White Sunday

This picture was taken shortly after Delilah joined our home, it is one of my favorite photos of the dogs, even though you can’t really see either dog’s face.

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Animal Couriers said, “What glorious ripples of light along Delilah’s back!”  It’s funny I had posted the photo when I noticed them myself, she almost looks like a Ridgeback. 🙂

Coralee said, “Four-legged Twister, without the mat!” I like that!

Cupcake said, “I kind of see one and a quarter dogs….? Playing rolypoly?”  You know Hubby and I could sit and watch our dogs wrestle for hours, they are really entertaining.

WordPress Family

Like me, many of you have forgotten about awards also, that made me feel a tad bit better.

Emma had a great suggestion, “When I get one I copy the link to the blog post that gave it to me onto a word doc and save it on my desktop.”  Good idea Emma, thanks for sharing that!

Jackie stated she puts the link into a draft post immediately.

Flea asked, “Was Sampson sitting in the middle of the street?”

No, sadly that cracked and car filled bit of asphalt is our driveway.

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JoAnn asked, “Sampson was a good boy and didn’t even get up to chase the goldens?”

Initially he was lying down, but you can tell when something peaks his interest.  He sat up and I said to Hubby who was about 15 feet behind him that there were dogs, so Hubby reminded him that he needed to stay.

He really is a good boy.  He loves to lie out in the driveway and watch the world go by.  Delilah can never be out front unless her leash is looped around the tree.  She would NEVER be content to just lie in the yard.

Meet Emma

The biggest question here was “Why does Hubby not want a Beagle?”

That would be because shortly after Hubby and I started going out we got a Beagle mix, her name was Roxanne.  Hubby always says she was a dumb dog.  But I say we were the dumb ones.  We did absolutely nothing with her, no training, no socialization, nothing.

Honestly I don’t know what we were thinking getting a puppy with three kids under the age of 8.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The last photo of my sweet little Beagle, Roxanne.

Anyway, remember when I said I’d tell you what Hubby always said to the kids about want?  Here it is, “Want in one hand and shit in the other and see which one gets full faster.”

That’s my attitude, if I want a Beagle, I’ll get a Beagle, quite frankly I’m quite enamored with Beagles and while I know I’ll never have a do-over for Roxanne, I would love to give a sweet Beagle a loving home.

Wordless Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Here were some of my favorite comments:

Elyse and Riley asked, “I suck at captions, but is that slobber hanging from Delilah’s mouth?”  Yes, yes indeed it is.

Jackie Bouchard said, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Or a hotdog. Or a cookie. Or some packing peanuts. I’m not fussy….”

H and Flo said, “I said I wanted the cats-eye contacts.”

JoAnn’s made me laugh out loud, “sorry mom…i didn’t mean to poo on the carpet.”

Long Life Cats and Dogs said, “Sorry I haven’t been around for a while but great to come back to this gorgeous pic. PS – what’s hanging between the collar and the mouth?”  Um Miss Susan, that would be drool.  She’s practicing for the dog version of Big Daddy.  I hear they intend to call it Big Doggy.

Thank you all very much, your comments always amuse me.  Many of you were right on with the BlogPaws theme.  Here’s my caption.

WW 5-15-13- WM You did say they have food at BlogPaws, didn’t you? So explain to me again exactly why I can’t go?

This is the Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Heart Like a Dog, please join us.



Black and White Sunday – May 12, 2013

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there, be it two-legged or four-legged. 🙂

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Today we join our hosts You Did What With Your Weiner, Daschund Nola and My Life in Blog Years for Black and White Sunday.

Co-Hosted Follow-Up Friday – May 10, 2013

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Welcome to co-hosted Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

My co-hostess this week is a repeater, she writes about her pups, Riva, Cheyenne, Maia and Titan, as well as educating about the Chessie breed.  She recently returned to blogging after taking a little break and I for one am tickled to have her back.

Please welcome my friend Misty from Misty Shores Chesapeakes.

Black and White Sunday

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5-5-13-C This photo was taken about two years ago, in the midst of Sampson’s allergic reaction to something in our yard.  If you look closely, you’ll see he has a bald spot above his right ear. I love the way Delilah is sitting and the way the flowers match her collar.  I love that dog in purple!

Sadly the rains came in the last couple of days and look what happened to the Rhododendron tree.

The Rains

Stinky and Needy

I’m glad you found it humorous, I intended it to come across that way.

All Things Collie asked, “Do you think Sampson ate the Bisquick too?”  It did cross my mind because I couldn’t figure out why he was so needy, but I can tell you there was no smell in the living room.

Sue asked,”What I want to know is who took the picture of you & Sampson on the floor? The camera fairy, maybe?”  No, it was actually recreated, trust me there was only me and Sampson awake that night.

Blueberry’s human asked, “I wonder if the vet office staff quickly place their bets on what you are calling about when they see your number pop up?”  You know that’s a great idea!  I think I’ll mention it the next time I’m in there.

JoAnn said, “How old is Delilah?”  Believe it or not she turned 7 in December.  I had hopes that once she hit the two to three years with us mark she would have stopped this behavior, but Delilah is Delilah.

Snoopy said, “I’m wondering how long it will take for you to laugh at the mischief?”  Pretty quick.  By the end of the next day I was already planning it for Monday’s Mischief. 😉

Sue asked, “So, hubby slept through all the stinkbombs?”  Either that or it was like Propofol for him. 😉

Mango Momma said, “Dog farts can be toxic. At least it feels that way sometimes.”  Oh yes, I agree with you 100%!

H and Flo asked, “So Stinky and Needy aren’t the name of the newest dwarves?!”  LOL I actually tried to figure out a way to incorporate that but couldn’t do it.

Donna said, “Oh Delilah. Again?????
Maybe Sampson was just trying to escape the smell???”  I’m thinking you might be right on that.

A Little Yankee Ingenuity

Sugar asked, “What kind of bone you are using?” and Jessica asked, “Are those real bones that you are stuffing?”  Champ’s mom asked, “Is that just a hollowed out marrow bone you use?”

I bought those bones about seven years ago and they were stuffed with either cheese or peanut butter.  Once Sampson had cleaned them out, they were still good for chewing.  I did try and find some newer ones but the ones I found were easily destroyed and didn’t work out.

What Are We Up To?

There was a great variety of guesses on this one

Slimdoggy said, “Looks like some good heel training being done!”

Elyse and Riley said, “Are you learning doggy dancing, Delilah?”

Jen said, “Taking a dance class!”

Winner, winner chicken dinner!!  Tuesday night Delilah and I started our Freestyle class, and we are practicing her show heel.

This ‘N That Thursday

For those of you who are friends with Julie on facebook you know that Cali went over the bridge on Wednesday evening.  My heart just aches for Julie and Kevin and what they are going through and I wish I had words to help her.   But words seem so inadequate.

Jackie asked, “There is never “enough” time with them. What amount could possibly be enough??”  You are right my friend, there is never enough time with them!

Please keep Julie and Kevin in your hearts, thoughts and prayers in this very sad time.

This is the Follow-Up Friday Blog hop hosted by Misty Shores Chesapeakes and Heart Like a Dog.



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