Heart Like a Dog

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

Let It Go

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Delilah’s on board

For the longest time I was leaving Delilah with Hubby while I took Sampson for his morning walk, but last week Hubby had to leave early for some blood work.  I felt bad leaving her sweet little face and I was feeling my oats or something and figured what the heck?  I hooked her up and took her with us.

I have to say, she’s on board with the morning walk.  She is SO good (most days) just walking slowly along.  It’s like she understands that Sampson cannot move quickly, most morning she just walks sedately along beside him.

Look at them, you'd think they were perfect dogs.

Look at them, you’d think they were perfect dogs.

Sampson’s a Dillwad

So I mentioned before that Sampson is on a harness to help with his pulling.  It works fine, until he sees someone or something he loves and then nothing will hold him back.

One of our neighbors across the street is an older woman with MS.  She absolutely adores the dogs and when she sees me out with them and she’s out, she calls us over.

Sunday night I was taking Sampson for his walk and I heard her call me and then she said, “Hi Sampson!”  Well that was it, he was a dog on a mission and dragged me over, jumping and lunging in his quest to get to her.

Since then he’s been a little gimpy on his leg.  ERRR!!!

Healing a leg is like fine wine Mama, it takes time.

Healing a leg is like fine wine Mama, it takes time.

Let it Go

Sampson was scheduled for his last therapy appointment last night.  I called yesterday morning and confirmed the appointment.  In order to arrive on time I needed to leave work at 3:45.  I cleared it with my boss.

At 4:30 I looked at the clock and about lost my mind.  I flew out the door calling the vet on my way home.  My appointment was for 5:00 and they were closing at 6:00.  I had my choice of arriving late and only getting a partial therapy appointment or canceling my existing appointment and rescheduling.  Once I found out there was no penalty for canceling I determined it wasn’t worth risking my life or Sampson’s to try and get there during rush hour.

I was beating myself up pretty badly when I got home, telling Sampson what a horrible dog Mama I was.  I had received a delivery essential oils so I took out some Abundance, rubbed it on my wrists and took a couple really good sniffs.  I stopped crying and decided my missing the appointment was either the Universe’s or my brain’s way of telling me either Sampson or I or both of us, needed the break.  I took Delilah for a walk.

The Sweetest Thing

I saw this posted yesterday of the Lab Rescue page I belong to.  It was written by a little girl who was picking up her dog.

A little girl's letter to her dog

 Is that not the sweetest thing ever?

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If You Love Pets, You MUST Follow a Pet Blogger

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Last week I was super excited to receive a box of goodies from Hill’s.  Now typically you wouldn’t find a post about Hiill’s on my blog, as we are raw feeders and truthfully I’m not a big fan of Hill’s. MIND, I’m not knocking you if you feed Hill’s, I promise.  If it works for you and your dog, great!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Check out the goodies in this box, 1-bag Kibble, 6-cans wet food, 1-doggie food bowl, 1-doggie blanket, 1-bag baked treats.  (This box of goodies I won in a give-away on Hound Girl.)

Full disclosure: I checked out the baked treats and decided that I could use those, so I kept them (in small amounts) for Sampson and Delilah.

So I’m sure you’re wondering just why I got all excited about the package, well even though I don’t feed Hill’s I know there are rescues and shelters that are always looking for donations.  And I was super excited to be able to donate my winnings to a local rescue in my area.  As I was scoping the box out I remembered I also won some dog food from Keep the Tail Wagging and that should be coming in the next month or so!

This got me thinking, how important it is for animal lovers to follow bloggers, whether they blog or not.

Because Bloggers work with sponsors and a lot of Bloggers have contests and product giveaways!  Granted it may not be something that you can use for yourself or your pet, but food, toys, beds, etc can be donated to shelters or rescues in need.

Heck, even other items can be donated to shelters and rescues for the purposes of raffles, tag sales or auctions.  It’s a win-win for everyone involved.

Like right now, a number of my fellow bloggers are doing a Zuke’s giveaway.  I mean Zuke’s is awesome but if for some reason your pet doesn’t eat/like Zuke’s why not enter to win anyway.  Treats make great Christmas gifts for the pet lover in your life and if you don’t have anyone to give them to, you could donate them to your local shelter and help dogs like this gal, who is currently looking for her forever home.

 

All her information can be found in the link under her picture.

They’re All Urgent

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Today is Tuesday’s Tails Blog hop hosted by Dogs ‘N Pawz.

Dogs N Pawz

 

I really like the idea of Tuesday’s Tails blog hop featuring shelter animals, but I have to tell you the truth.  Looking through all these homeless animals and choosing only one to showcase is hard for me.

The animal control organizations in CT (as I’m sure they are everywhere) are full.  Our larger cities, the ones where they have more poverty and crime are really overwhelmed.  And the majority of these dogs are pit mixes.

I have nothing against pit mixes, (but I have a problem with people indiscriminately breeding them and then dropping them at the shelter where they may or may not have an opportunity to survive.) But that is a post for another day.

My point is it’s rare you come across a dog that is not a pit mix in one of our ‘inner’ cities.

The other big thing is that most of our animal control offices aren’t no kill shelters, so most of the dogs listed are urgent.

This little gal is a Boxer/Lab mix.

11-8-13

 Here is what her Petfinder page says about her.

Approximately 3 years old….approximately 55 pounds.  Very friendly girl.  Affectionate.  Great with dogs she has met.  Great on leash.  Tail never stops wagging!  Loves to give kisses.  NOT hyper…pretty laid back.

Her legal day of adoption is Friday, November 8th.  It’s also the day she can be euthanized.  She is currently at the City of Hartford’s animal shelter and she could use your help.

Her adoption fee is $50 for in-state residents and $5 for out of state.  Contact information is on her Petfinder page.

Many thanks to Lisa at Dogs ‘N Pawz for creating a blog hop to help shelter animals.  if you feel inclined, please share.

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