Heart Like a Dog

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

We've Been Tagged!

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Something new and fun going around is the game of blog tag.  You get tagged by another blogger and you have to answer the questions and then tag 8 other bloggers.

2 Brown Dawgs tagged us yesterday, and said, ‘no pressure’ and I thought this should be easy, but I don’t like the way my answers sound and I can’t seem to transition the closing!!  PFFFFT.

Describe yourself in 7 words.

Sampson: Handsome, loveable, easy-going, patient, kind, loving, laid-back.

Delilah: Impetuous, excitable, food-driven, high-energy, loveable, beautiful,  funny.

Jodi: loyal, honest, funny, loving, insecure, imaginative, tired.

 

What keeps you up at night?

Sampson: Nothing keeps me up at night.

Delilah: Nothing keeps me up at night.

Jodi: The question is more like, what DOESN’T keep me up at night?

 

Who would you like to be?

Sampson: Do I have to be somebody else?

Delilah: I’m happy with who I am.

Jodi: Someone who can make a difference in this world.

 

What are you wearing right now?

Sampson: My furday suit.

Delilah: My purple necklace and brown fur coat.

Jodi: Pajamas.

 

What scares you?

Sampson: Walking across a railroad bridge.

Delilah: Pallets of food.

Jodi: The scary way I see this world heading.

 

The best and worst of blogging.

Sampson: Mom likes it, but she spends too much time on it.

Delilah: I’m like Switzerland, neutral.

Jodi: The best is all the great friends I have made, the worst is the pressure I feel to try and make it successful.

The last website I visited.

Jodi: 2 Brown Dawgs to get these questions.

What is one thing I would change about myself.

Sampson: I’d like to be a little smaller so I could be a lap dog.

Delilah: Run faster.

Jodi: I’d like to lose about 15 pounds.

Slankets yes or no.

Um…none of us knew what those were, so I googled it.

Sampson: No

Delilah: I don’t have one, but I’d use it if I did.

Jodi: No, if I’m cold I use a robe or a blanket.

Tell us something about the dog that tagged you.

We were actually tagged by three dogs!  Thunder, Storm and little Freighter, some awesome Chessies.  We’re jealous of them because they get to do a lot of fun hunting things and spend lots of time outdoors AND they have a cabin they go to for vacation!

The last bit of the game is to tag eight other blogs, I’m not sure if these blog have participated already or not, so if you have I apologize and if you haven’t I look forward to your answers.

Vizsla Inspiration

Affurmation

Frankly Speaking

Kol’s Notes

Life with Arie

Whiskered Paintings

I Still Want More Puppies

The Cvillean

I can’t wait to see what these awesome bloggers have to say!

Book Update: 12, 303 words.

 

What To Do?

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Our Thursday night training class was cancelled due to weather.  My smart phone doesn’t alert me when I get a multi-media message that only contains text, so we didn’t find out about class until we pulled in and the building was dark and the parking lot empty.

The dogs were all excited to be going somewhere in the car, so I said to Hubby, “Now what?”

“I guess we go to the high school.”

Trouble was, I hadn’t dressed for walking outside in the cold and only had on jeans and a three-season jacket, luckily for me I had some light gloves and a ball cap in the car, as well as a 30 foot leash, so off we went.

Our high school has a football field surrounded by a running track and it is fenced in, but it has a number of gates.  We decided to go inside and do one walk around the track to make sure no-one else was there and that all gates were closed.

I kept Delilah on the leash for the first lap and after we had ensured that we were alone and all gates were shut, I gave her the “free dog” command.

After her initial running burst, she stayed fairly close by me probably within 15 to 20 feet and I was very pleased that she came back to me each and every time I called her.

We did about 5 or 6 trips around the track,  just enough to give them about 1/2 and hour and then we headed home.

Cold and wet, but happy.

Book Update:  My book has 12,303 words.

HUG Award

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This week I’ve been truly humbled and honored by two of my fellow bloggers.

Because I am probably going to blather on and on over each award, I intend on blogging about one today and one tomorrow.

The first award came from our dear blogging friend Misty Shores Chesapeakes it is called Hope Unites Globally and is also known as the HUG award©.

“The HUG award was initiated by Connie Wayne at A Hope For Today, which promotes hope, love, peace, equality, and unity for all people.”

When you check out A Hope For Today, you will see the Hug Award© also has what I’m going to refer to as a motto that says,

Hug the hurt.

Kiss the broken.

Befriend the lost.

Love the lonely.

Do you find that as beautiful as I do?

I like to think I apply those traits in my life as often as I can, but so many times I feel like my resources are stretched too thin and I don’t have the time, energy, finances to do all that my soul wants to do.

Most times I feel woefully  inadequate to even write a daily blog, never mind heal the broken.

There are many reasons why a person could receive the Hug Award© but this one really resonated with me, “The HUG Award©is for people who have a hope or an expectant desire that the work or talents they use in things such as blogging, public speaking, charity work, etc., will make a positive impact on the world.”

I’d like to hope at some point in my life, my actions or words will make a difference for someone.

That someone stumbling across this blog will read about Delilah’s exploits and will find hope that they too can live with a dog that at times does exhibit some wild, crazy behavior.

That someone will read my words and have hope that they are not alone, that there are others who will offer you encouragement and support when you need it the most.  Which is something I feel I receive from you on a daily basis.

The award can be passed on (but it doesn’t have to be) it does require linking back to the original site, which I have done and I also need to leave a comment with Connie, letting her know who I am passing the award on to.

You are all so deserving of this award because at some point in time, you have given me hope, but I am going to limit my choices to two.

Kristine at Rescued Insanity.  Honestly, Kristine gives me so much hope and inspiration.  Her whirling dervish known as Shiva has done things that I don’t think Delilah in her wildest dreams would think of doing.  (Seriously, I’m going to ask Kristine to link the Tim Horton’s incident.  It is priceless.) But does Kristine give up hope?  No, instead Kristine works her dog, she finds new experiences for Shiva and she finds so many valuable blogs, training guides/books/tutorials that I sometimes wonder where she finds the time to write a blog, nevermind train her dog. 🙂

Pamela Douglas Webster at Something Wagging This Way Comes.  Pamela is another blogger that inspires me.  Pamela inspires me to be a better person.  Pamela has the rare gift to see both sides of a situation but better yet, she has the intelligence and finesse to simplify the facts and present them clearly and concisely.  If ever I am unsure of what to do, or what’s going on, I check out Something Wagging to see what Pamela has to say.

Pamela is currently using her Golden Retriever, Honey for the “Puppiness Project” based upon Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project.  Every Tuesday Pamela posts about something that makes Honey happy and how Pamela can learn to live as happily as Honey does.

Thank you again to Misty Shores, I am truly honored and touched by the HUG award.

Book Update: My book has 12,000 words.

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