Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.
Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop
Joining me this week is Lynda from Two Ears and a Tail. Lynda was a surprise friend I met while attending BlogPaws. Lynda joined us when we went out to dinner and I was lucky enough to sit next to her, where she shared the story of her adoption of BJ, the hero of her blog. If you haven’t met BJ and Lynda yet be sure to stop by and say HI! Thank you Lynda for co-hosting with me!!
Ducky’s mom said, “Naw, if you happen to see someone not picking up after their own dog, yell to them to get their a$$es back there & pick it up. If they refuse, run ahead of them, snap a picture of their face. THEN, when you get home, put a caption like “this person does not clean up his/her dog’s poop”, print a bazillion copies, and plaster them all over the park and town.”
And I’ll tell you WHY I DON’T do that. I worry that people will be vindictive and call animal control on me or harass my dogs in some other manner. I know it’s probably paranoid, but that’s just how I think.
Jackie said, “Rita is the opposite. She almost never reminds me to feed her.”
You know Sampson used to be like that with his Kibbles, I’m not sure if he would remain quite as patient now that he’s on raw, but for sure he wouldn’t start bothering me half an hour before his scheduled meal. Hubby and I have a running joke whenever we are out past their dinner time. We think Delilah is dancing around the house saying, “Will they be back? When will they be back? Do you think they know they’re late?” While Sampson would just be patiently waiting.
Houndstooth said, “Ha ha ha! I would enjoy watching a Delilah reality show! Just sayin’!”
Sign me up. I’ve often thought of wearing a helmet cam just to capture her antics. Honestly, if you could hear her whining as I’m preparing her breakfast you’d think she hadn’t eaten in a week.
Rebecca asked, “Have you tried walking them on a coupler?”
No, I haven’t, but I think I may have to try it.
Donna asked, “What about shortening Sampson’s leash up when you walk, since he likes to stay close by you anyway?”
That’s what I try to do, it’s just a pain winding the leash around my hand.
Jodi asked, “If Delilah had been on leash, do you think Sampson would have run up to those people or do you think that he was just following her lead?”
Yes he would have. When you get right down to it, Sampson is a people dog. He loves people far more than he loves other dogs. When we pull up to the park and he notices another car, he’s on a people hunt, you can see it in his demeanor.
Excuse the blurriness of the picture, but this is Sampson on the hunt for someone on our hike.
Jen K left a great video of her walking Alma on a hands free leash. All I’ve got to say is, you are brave. I can’t imagine walking either of my dogs with a leash attached to my waist, without a lot more training. There have been times where they have lurched on the leash and pulled me, and I can’t imagine that coming from my waist.
Most of the time he’s very good off-leash. BUT when we come upon people unexpectedly and I don’t get the chance to call him back (or he’s seen them first) that’s when the real trouble is.
For instance Tuesday we ran into another dog. I had Sampson sit and he stayed, until the other dog moved and then there was nothing I could do to get him back. I just had to let it happen. (The other dog was also off-leash.)
Pam said, “I’ll reserve my nasty thoughts for her previous owners.”
You don’t have to. You’re welcome to share them here. It’s not like I haven’t thought them. 😀 Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes animals need to be re-homed, I understand that. That is not the case with Sugar. If I had my way I’d chain her owner up to a tree in the dirt. I have a really bad word for people like her, but even I won’t use it on this blog.
Jen said, “One dog at a time.”
Yes ma’am, if that’s how it has to be done, then that’s how we’ll do it!!
Did you think it strange to find a cat on a dog blog? Last year when Something Wagging did the Pet Blogger Gift Exchange I was paired with Cokie. His mom is super amazing, kind and generous. I know her heart is hurting right now and I wanted her to know that I’m thinking of her.
This is going to be challenging for us as the days are shorter and it’s getting dark earlier. By the time October ends, there will be no more walks in the woods after work. Any after work walks will be around the block and Hubby is not keen on doing this, so we will have to work extra hard to get some fun things going on in the house.
Jan K said, “We really want to join k9 Kamp this time, but we are definitely going to need some ideas.”
Here’s one for you that I saw on Kol’s Notes. Monkey in the middle. Try throwing tiny treats over the dog’s heads. You can stand as close or as far apart as you want.
That’s it for me, many thanks to Lynda from Two Ears and a Tail for co-hosting with me this week.
I am not sure I would try a leash tied around my waist either. I can just envision me bouncing along the concrete as brown dawgs chase a squirrel…lol.
Have a wonderful weekend!
We been taking footwear of dog owners who leave their poop/poop bags. Hope you can join us again on our #ScoopThatPoop hop 10/21. It take lots of patience n training to walk a dog off-leash. The dog must master the heel command. I am proud to say that I know how to walk off leash on a heel position. Happy Friday. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
I can definitely see your point about the a$$holes who don’t clean up after their own dogs. I doubt I’d be brave enough to do it, either, these days. If not myself, I do have to protect my dogs. As for the leash on the waist? NO WAY! Not me, not no how! It would be fine if the dogs didn’t care about squirrels, chipmunks, or other animals, but they both like anything that moves. (As long as I don’t see lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Or flying monkeys!) 🙂
We are all pretty well behaved but Mom would never go out with any of us on a hands free leash unless she wanted to test the 911 feature on her cell phone and get a ride in an ambulance. We are good but one never knows when one of us will decide to dart off after something which would leave Mom flat on the ground, most likely injured.
Oh my! I’m with you (and not with Ducky)… I don’t think it’s paranoid to avoid confrontations … there are some very crazy peeps out here in the world and I would never want to risk any harm coming to my dogs.
Have you ever tried a split lead with Sampson and Delilah? We love ours and the dogs got used to it very quickly. I’d never do the hands free thing. Our dogs are so big they could take me on a merry run :-0
Good wrap up. You did cover some great topics this week, and it’s good to see what people had to say about it all.
Like you I can’t imagine being that confrontational with people who don’t scoop the poop. Maybe if I were a 200 pounder walking Rotties instead of a 100 pounder walking Poodles, I might have the nerve, but probably not. There are demented people around and people who leave their dog poop behind are probably not to be trifled with. Road rage might become poop rage.
I like Ducky’s mom’s comment, but I don’t think I could do it myself for the same reason.
The leash around the waist actually helps you so you aren’t jerked around as much – your center of gravity helps keep you on your feet. I’ve used the method with a (at the time) 105 pound lab mix and it definitely works. It does take some getting used to though and at first I would still pick up the slack leash in my hand – but eventually I got confident enough to let it go. I wish more people would use this method instead of the “oops! I dropped the leash again” as their dog runs towards Blueberry rudely. I don’t know if you have heard of Tamar Geller (The Loved Dog) – but I read one of her books and that’s how I got turned on to the whole leash around the waste thing. I figured if someone as little as her could do it, I sure could! Although I do agree that having two dogs like that unless they were on a coupler or both walked at the same pace at least – could be a little tricky.
What? No spooky walks in the woods when it’s extra dark out? Gosh, that’s part of the fun! 😉
Great fuf now time to read the actual storys. Hope yr week was great.
Great follow-up on everything!
About the hands-free leash attached to the waist… Emma summed up my thoughts on that perfectly!
Shorter leash, so you don’t have to wrap it?
Somehow I missed this last week….I love the Monkey in the Middle game idea….thanks!!