Life is about learning. I like to think I learn something new every day. You don’t always know where the lesson will come from, but it comes none-the-less. Sometimes it comes from the least likely source. I learned some fairly important lessons this weekend, which I would like to share here tonight.
A dog who will ignore his kibble and refuse to eat while on vacation approaches raw food differently. He will eat raw food on someone’s deck or even on an access road at a rest area. Lesson learned from Sampson Stone-Golden Lab.
Some things are worth burning your tongue for (like bacon grease.) Lesson learned from Delilah Stone-Chocolate Lab.
Dogs know where their beds are; even if their parents have given up their bed for guests, they want to sleep in their bed. Lesson learned from Gordon Kelly-Golden Retriever and J.D. Kelly-Jack Russell Terrier .
If you refuse to let a dog sleep in their bed, they will wait you out in the hall outside the bedroom door, causing you to trip when you get up in the night to use the bathroom. Lesson learned from Gordon Kelly.
When there are dogs sleeping outside your bedroom door; your dogs will not sleep. Lesson learned from Sampson and Delilah Stone.
A dog that runs an agility course like a champ will refuse to use a ramp outside a doggie door. If you try to force the dog down the ramp by tugging her, you will slip on a dead mouse and slide down the ramp on your ass. Lesson learned from Delilah Stone.
Dogs that haven’t slept for three nights….
Like to be pampered.
Lesson learned.
Just Ramblin' Pier says
Great post! Love the sleeping beauties picture. : )
Jodi Stone says
Thanks!
Kristine says
Hahaha! For real? Your dogs actually let you put beauty masks on them? I think that would disturb my dog more than any of the other things you listed. That is too funny. Dogs can be so precious. 🙂
Jodi Stone says
They are silly. Sampson will actually sleep with it on and then take it off when he gets up. Delilah simply let me put it on for the picture!