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Follow-Up Friday 3-15-13

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I dropped the ball again.  I waited too long and then I couldn’t find a co-host.  So once again I’m flying solo.

Follow-Up Friday, because some posts just need a little update.

I Hear You Knocking – Update

Remember that snow we got last Friday?

IMG_4347 Our field with about a foot of snow on it. (3-10-13)

IMG_4381 Same field after 2 days of 55 degree weather and one crazy day of rain.  (3-13-13)

Yesterday it got super cold again, I tell you Winter is hanging on tight and trying not to let Spring in, but we know better.  I’ve actually seen a couple of bugs and you can’t tell the birds that Spring isn’t here, they are singing her wake up songs first thing in the morning.

Simple Mathematics and Spring Fever – Update

Just to be safe, I’ve started leaving a chair against the cabinet where the garbage can is stored.  Which doesn’t mean she can’t create mischief, trust me she can.

She drank water from a pot on the stove this week and blew off a recall on Wednesday’s walk.  What to do, what to do?

She Wears a Mask – My thoughts

I was going to respond in the comments but decided to I would do it here instead.

While I agree this woman may be protecting her dog from attacking another dog, I’m still not sure it’s the best idea to have her muzzled in an unfamiliar area, she is giving her dog no chance to protect herself.

How do I know she is walking in an unfamiliar area?  Because she has no clue that people walk their dogs up there off-leash and don’t worry where their dogs are.

I’m one of the good ones!  I keep my dogs close, pick up their poop and leash them when I see other people.

There are at least seven people (that I’m aware of) who do not leash their dogs, and whose dogs run helter skelter all over those woods.  Some of them don’t even have collars on to grab if the situation called for it.

She might be protecting other dogs from her dog (who may or may not be acting appropriately) but she is putting her dog at risk to not be able to defend herself should the need arise and if the dog is fearful, she is taking away the dogs only method of coping.

In my opinion she would be better off keeping her dog on leash so she could turn around to avoid a confrontation, in this way she has better control of the situation.

I have the same problem with the invisible fence.  Yes, the fence will keep most dogs in, but it does nothing  to keep something from coming into your yard and hurting your dog.  It happened to my next door neighbor in my old neighborhood.  A dog came into her yard and bit her dog in the face.

I understand those of you with unaltered males, I totally do but I would never take my dog into a situation where they could be hurt and not give them the opportunity to defend themselves.

Nosy Girl – Author’s Note

Yup, here it is Friday and we’ve yet to practice our scent work at home.  Maybe some time this weekend.  Don’t worry I’ll take pictures. 🙂

Way Back

Way back in January, we won a contest at Dakota’s Den.  We received this really cool sheep toy made by Kyjen.

IMG_3913 Remember this guy?

The dogs absolutely love this toy.

IMG_4386 This is what he looks like now.

Almost every day one of the dogs plays with this guy and most days Delilah greets me when I get home with this guy in her mouth.  Can you tell how well-loved he is?

That’s it for me, this is the Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop




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Spring Fever

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Delilah has spring fever.

That’s the only explanation I have.  If I went back through my posts I’m sure I’d discover that last year and the year before at this time, Delilah was getting into mischief.

Technically it’s not like she contains her mischief only to the spring, but it just seems, she’s more active at this time of year.

Our walks normally run about half an hour during the week, and I try to increase them to over 45 minutes on the weekends or on a day off.

Last Wednesday I came home on my lunch and took the dogs for a half hour walk in the woods.  I gave them each a treat and left them to sleep on the couch until I returned home shortly after 5:00 PM.

It worked in my head.

Once I walked in the door however, I immediately noticed that all had not gone according to plan.

IMG_4251 I KNOW I didn’t leave that door open or that trash on the floor.

IMG_4249 Nor did I shred a Pop Corners bag and leave it on the living room floor.

I looked at my dogs.

IMG_3810 I ain’t no snitch, I didn’t see anything.

Delilah was surprisingly quiet, sitting off by herself and not interacting with me.

IMG_4252 Why do you always look to me?  Is it because I’m a rescue dog?

No Delilah, it’s because you’re a mischief-maker and this is the Monday Mischief blog hop, hosted by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog and My Brown Newfies.

Longer Days

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I am loving the longer days!  If I hurry home from work we can squeeze a wood walk in before dinner.

Which is exactly what we did last night.

We’re not the only ones taking advantage of the longer days.  Last night we ran into a woman and her three dogs.  I’ve met this woman before and I actually wrote about her, but I couldn’t find that particular post.  She’s one of the people who wander the woods with her dogs and lets them wander wherever they want.

Hubby and I heard the woman before we saw her and her dogs.  We turned around to head away from them, but not before her dogs came charging up to Delilah.  Of course I dropped the leash and I was super proud of the way Delilah handled herself.

Despite one of the dogs barking in her face.

Yes, it’s true her hackles were up, but she retained her self-control and returned to me when I called her.

We looped around so we’d end up following the same path they took, except Sampson decided at the last-minute to head another way and guess who came running up to us again?

Her dogs were acting like they hadn’t been out all winter.  One of the dogs, a large white one really wanted to play, he actually jumped on Sampson’s back.  When he tried to play with Delilah she let him know in no uncertain terms that she didn’t want to play.

I was so busy worrying about Delilah and trying to prevent an altercation that I didn’t get any pictures of the other dogs.

But it was another beautiful sunset and I did get some photos of that.

IMG_4243 I tried to capture the orange of the sunset and finally got these by using the flash.

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IMG_4238 This was a zoomed in shot, hence the fuzziness.

  IMG_4234 Delilah moved (jerking my arm)  just as I snapped the photo, I think it looks cool even though it’s a little wonky.

 Are you and your furry friends enjoying the longer days?  Does your exercise routine change with the seasons?

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