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This ‘N That Thursday – April 25, 2013

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Today we once again join our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday.

You know, some days you have a little of THIS or a little of THAT, but not always enough for a full blog post.  This ‘N That Thursday can be anything you want it to be, so grab the badge and join us.

Land Mines

Tuesday while walking the dogs Hubby said, watch out for that land mine.  I looked down and then did a double take as I noticed something shiny.  Yes, I notice shiny things.

My first thought was oh my god, the dog ate a fish hook.  Upon closer inspection (I did stop to clean it up) it was actually a Snickers wrapper.

I took a picture of it to show you.  It looks fine on the camera, but when you look at on the computer, it’s too disgusting for words.  So I’m not sharing.

You’re welcome.

I tell you this for two reasons.  1) Somewhere near my house there is a person who is not paying attention to what their dog is eating.   2) Tuesday on The Poodle (and dog) Blog, Jan posted about an artist in Manhattan who draws toilets around dog poop he finds on the sidewalk.

In the same post, Jan mentioned a town in England that is spray painting poop, in an attempt to shame owners into picking up after their dogs.

It made me wonder if that might not work in my neck of the woods. 🙂

Listen, if you’re in my inner circle, you talk poop.  If you hang around this blog long enough, sooner or later you’ll be talking poop too.  If you really pay attention, you might just be facebooking about poop like I found myself doing with 2 Brown Dawgs the other day.

It’s just another bodily function.

And we all do it.

Relax, you’re among friends here.

Tracking spring.

Technically this should be saved for tomorrow’s post but I did want to update you on my project.

Tuesday's Buds Tuesday it was very cold and rainy.  The tree that I’m monitoring had it’s little buds all closed up nice and tight protecting them.

Wednesday Yesterday the weather turned warm again, and once again the little leaves ventured out.

Tomorrow I’ll have a photo of today’s walk and once the leaves are completely out, I’ll post all the pictures.

I’m beginning to notice many of the trees are budding now, it’s beginning to look a lot like spring in my area. How’s spring advancing in your neck of the woods?  Are you seeing progress or does winter still have you in her icy grip?

 

 

This ‘N That Thursday – April 18, 2013

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Today we join our friends over at the 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for This ‘N That Thursday blog hop, you know some days you have a little of THIS or a bit of THAT but it’s not enough for a full post.  It can be anything you want so grab the badge and join us.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

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You may (or may not) have noticed that there was no post on Saturday.  That was the first time since I started this blog 865 days ago that I made a conscious decision not to post.

Scandalous, I know.

I’ve been putting so much pressure on myself to post every day, that I thought I should give myself a break.  Going forward I give myself permission to skip one or two days per week.

I hope that by doing so, I can still put out a quality blog and not burn myself out.

BlogPaws

I’m just about ready to put the finishing touches on my presentation, and don’t worry I fully intend on making it available to all of you (though I don’t think you need it) after BlogPaws.

My original intent with BlogPaw was to bring Sampson and leave Delilah home.  Hubby had agreed to drive down early Saturday morning with my Sam Man as he can’t get time off to go for the whole conference.

The plan was to have my niece stay here with Delilah and have a dog walker come in on Saturday to walk Delilah.  About a week or so ago Hubby told me he’s worried that Delilah will freak out when he and Sampson leave in the middle of the night.  His solution was to bring them both and he would be their handler.

My gut is telling me that Delilah would be too much of a tax in that situation, I know for sure she’ll be barking at every sound she hears from the hotel room.

With the conference only a month away, I’m currently leaning towards leaving them both at home.

Spring is here!

Last Monday there were still patches of snow in my yard, but I’m happy to report that Spring finally arrived!  Yesterday I snuck out of work at lunch and took the dogs for an afternoon walk.

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While I didn’t capture the beauty of the bright blue sky, I think the picture shows that Spring is here!

Thanks to our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs.

This ‘N That Thursday 3-28-13

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Today we’re joining our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday.

As 2 Brown Dawgs says, “This ‘N That Thursday is for those times when you want to post about unrelated topics or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post.  It can be anything you want, so feel free to grab the button and join us!”

Nosework

Delilah and I recently completed our third nosework class.  Our first class was just getting the dogs used to sticking their heads in boxes in their search for food.

Our second class Ariane added a couple of every day objects, as their hunts won’t always be in a controlled setting.

This past week, she upped the ante even more, by placing the food in random places.

Most of the dogs really ‘get it’ now and become super excited to ‘play.’

I try to keep Delilah busy and distracted until it’s our turn, but the funny thing is after only two nosework classes she’s already associating the word “Ready” with hunting, as I slipped and used it while practicing our “heel” command.  She instantly turned and started towards the boxes.  Good thing I had a grip on the leash.

Now if I could only get her to respond that quickly to a recall.

I have another video that I’ll try to share tomorrow, youtube wasn’t cooperating.

Dog fight in Nosework

There was a dog fight in Nosework class on Tuesday and it wasn’t my dog.  Is it wrong to be excited about that?  I don’t mean about the fight, I mean the fact that it wasn’t my dog!

Here’s what happened:

Ariane said if we were comfortable and our dogs were under voice control we could let them off-leash.  Most of us just dropped the leash because our dogs were excited and ran right to the center of the room.

Tegan who is about Delilah’s size (but I don’t know her breed) was ready to work, her mom released her and instead of running straight to the center of the room, Tegan headed for Ariane, but at the last-minute she veered off and headed toward another dog.

Remember when I told you about the little American Eskimo dog that was a little yippy?  Yeah, that’s the one Tegan headed toward and Misty yap, yap, yapped right in Tegan’s face and Tegan said, “You did not just do that!”  And she let Misty have it. Then Misty responded and whoop there it is.

Thankfully the dogs were separated and no damage was done.  Of course Tegan no longer has the freedom of having her leash dropped.

Delilah being the nosy Lab that she is perked up, but I calmly told her it was okay and she was okay we maintained the status quo in our little area of the room.

Product Reviews

I mentioned a couple of weeks back about trying to live a healthier lifestyle and sharing what I’m learning with you.  I have a product review in the works for you and your pup and hope to have that up next week.

Are there any types of products you’d like to learn about?  Any toxins you’d like replaced with a more natural product? I’d be happy to do some research. 🙂

This is the This ‘N That Thursday Blog Hop hosted by our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs.

Whatever you do today, make it a good one!

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