Heart Like a Dog

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Holy Smack Down Batman!

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When we got to the park last night the LaCrosse team was there. 🙁

Lately someone has been opening the gate to the park so most of the cars drive right in.  It was kind of overcast and pretty windy and at one point in our walk I said, “We’re going to get some weather tonight.”  Of course neither one of the dogs answered me because….well they’re dogs and they can’t talk.

While we were walking Hubby called and said he was on his way home, he said he’d meet us at the park.  I figured he’d be getting there pretty close to the time we were leaving and I was right.

Hubby drives a Jeep Wrangler, it’s his baby.  He’s had it lifted, he puts accessories on it, he loves it. He has a soft top and soft doors so the hard ones can come off in the summer and he can remove the soft doors when the weather is nice and he takes the top down.  It is a boy’s toy.  Did I mention he loves it?

I figured when Hubby came to the park he would drive the jeep right in and I was right, since the gate is rarely open and he likes driving his jeep in the woods. He thinks it’s cool. Go figure.  He was driving up the main path as we were walking down.

Sampson and Delilah were excited to see him but we were on our way out, so I asked them to sit so Hubby could pass (they did of course.)  Hubby said, “You can go ahead, I’ll go slow.”

So Sampson, Delilah and I started out of the park with Hubby driving behind us. Sampson kept running back to the jeep wanting to go with Daddy, but the jeep following us was freaking Delilah out.  She kept turning around and looking and after about 30 seconds of this I said to Hubby, “Go ahead, she doesn’t care to have you behind us.”

After we had exited the park Hubby asked Sampson if he would like to ride home with Daddy.  I’d like to say Sampson jumped at the chance but truthfully the jeep is so high that neither one of us can hike our fat butts into it.  Daddy had to help him up.

Delilah of course, went with me.

Hubby has this thing about parking behind me.  I could speculate about the reasoning, why men like to be behind women, but then I don’t really think this would be a dog blog. 🙂

So Hubby sat in the road while I drove around him.

Sometimes I have premonitions.  Scoff if you’d like but it’s true.  It is usually just a strange or random thought and I never realize it’s a premonition until after, and it’s usually fairly quickly after.

In this case, I drove by the jeep on the passenger side and noticed Sampson sitting there, with no seat belt and no doors.  I thought to myself, “I don’t like the idea of him in the jeep with no doors on it.”  This (in retrospect) was the premonition.

It’s a very quick trip from the park to our house with about seven houses on each side of the street.  From the park down the hill our house is on the left.  Since we are in America and not in Europe, I was driving on the right-hand side of the road.

Just as I got ready to pull into our driveway, I heard a very loud, whooshing sound.  I turned around just as this really large branch fell from the very top of a tree, missing the jeep by inches.

It may not look it, but it’s a VERY large branch.

I’m almost 100% certain that my eyes were wide and my mouth was open and I was doing a fairly good impression of a tree frog trapped by a snake.

We pulled into our driveway and Hubby and I got out of our vehicles in a bit of shock.  Hubby said the tree branch did in fact hit the top of the jeep and scared my punkin so, that he actually climbed onto Hubby’s lap.  (OMD I just got a case of the giggles thinking of  big ole Sampson squishing himself between Hubby’s tummy and the steering wheel.)  Hubby lifted up his shirt and had a huge scratch where Sampson scrabbled over him.  My poor, poor punkin was so scared.

Thankfully he seemed fine when he got out of the jeep.

We put the dogs in the house and went over to help the neighbor.  She’s an older woman suffering from MS and she uses a walker.  She was actually out there picking up the smaller pieces and putting them on her walker and chuffing them up the driveway.

So whaddaya say?  Was that a premonition or not?

I say it’s the Saturday morning blog hop hosted by our friends at Two Little Cavaliers, Confessions of the Plume, and Life With Dogs.

You can link up at any of the above hosts.  Enjoy your Saturday!

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  1. I don’t know if that was a premonition or just common sense but I’m still hung up on your first sentence! Do you mean to tell me that your Dogs can’t TALK??? How awful! Were they born this way?

    Poor pups. I’m glad that you still found it in your heart to love them and give them a forever home…

    XOXO

    HERO

  3. My hubbie has a Jeep Wrangler too and yes, it’s his man toy. But he made me a promise when I let him get his dream car – that at no time, under any circumstances, would any of the dogs ride in there without a harness while the top or doors are off. I didn’t take into consideration Sadie’s ability to wiggle herself out of any harness. Thankfully, she only does that when he stops and leaves her in the Jeep so it’s easily manageable.

    Thank goodness no one was hurt by the falling branch!

    • I’m glad Sadie doesn’t do that while he’s driving! Normally Sampson wouldn’t be in the jeep with the doors off, not that we have a rule but he wouldn’t. It was one of those rare instances that reinforce why you don’t do that. 🙂

  4. Hey Sampson, Hey Delilah, Jet here. Hi Miss Jodi.
    OMD is right! Whoa, so glad all turned out safely. Intuitiveness is a skill worth developing and listen to, we believe in that totally!

  5. Yes, I believe it was a premonition! I’m glad everyone is okay. I hope Hubby didn’t get scratched up too much. Those dog scratches can leave scars for a long time. Ouch.

  6. Hi Y’all,

    My Human says premonition!

    How y’all doin’? Just hoppin’ by for a visit. Hope y’all are having a fantastic and fun weekend!

    Y’all come by now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

  7. OMD! That was scarey, thank goodness fur premonitions! Glad everyone’s ok, hope that you and your family enjoy the rest of the weekend!

    • I love your photo!! Thanks for stopping by. Do you have a blog? Yes, we are all ok and seem none the worse for wear. You have a great rest of the weekend too!

  8. Hey Jodi, finally getting a chance to post…I read your blog everyday!! (so don’t give it up:)
    Check out my post today to see my WTF moment…some people just simply amaze me at their stupidity.

    • I’m so grateful he went towards Hubby and did not try and get out of the jeep. The branch would have really hurt him!