Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!
Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I answer questions, highlight reader’s comments and generally wrap up my week!
You Make Me Smile – February 9, 2014
This comment made me laugh. Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom said, “Shadow does the same thing! And then my “prim and proper” middle furchild rolls over on her back and falls asleep with her hind legs spread open like a little whore. Hehehe
Donna said, “Jodi…I got news for you – (as if you didn’t know ) – I think that “prim and proper” thing is all an act. LOL!”
Oh yeah, it’s an act, which is why it makes me smile. The unknowing suspect would actually think she was trained. 😉
AnimalCouriers asked, “And have you implemented any of these ‘notes to self’? ”
Believe it or not, I have. I always go out with the dogs now and I always have a poop bag with me. Besides picking up what the dogs are doing at the moment, I’m also picking up older messes when I find them. Luckily we haven’t had to go out in the middle of the night since!
Dogs N Pawz said, “Scout always wakes me up, never hubby. I have often wondered why he picks me and not him?”
I think because they know we will do it. The dog daddy will just tell them to go back to sleep. 🙂
Jan asked, “Do you ever weigh the cost of installing new flooring against the pain, misery and looming death caused by going out at 4;30?”
Well I’ve kind of given up having nice flooring. My carpets are all stained and worn. I figure just live with them until it’s time to sell the house and then replace the carpet.
Jackie Bouchard said, “That was very funny, but I feel badly about giggling.”
Don’t feel bad! I wrote it with the intent of making you laugh. I was giggling writing it.
Sand Spring Chesapeakes said, “I believe Sampson would lay down next to you and keep you warm so you don’t freeze to death out there. ”
I’d like to believe that, but I’m not entirely sure.
Julie said, “LOL – note to self, always bring a little recorder for “notes to self” ”
That’s a good idea!
Houndstooth asked, “Why do they always do this to us when it’s either freezing out or downpouring?”
I haven’t a clue.
You all are so wonderful and supportive. I wish I could highlight every comment because there were some good ones. Go back and read the comments and see how many of you yell at your dogs and call them names. LOL
Emma said, “If you had been beating or hitting her we would be alarmed but now and then Moms need to just yell at us we think. It somehow clears the air and when things settle we have a nice treat and go on with lives all feeling a bit better.”
Honestly Emma there have been times when I’ve had to hold myself back from smacking her one. BUT not this time, for some reason I just yelled.
Caren Gittleman said, “sometimes I call Cody the “fat gray B—–d” lol”
Well as I shared with Caren on Facebook, one day I called Delilah a giant ass clown. It happens. And it makes me feel better to know that I’m not the only one calling my dog names.
2 Brown Dawgs said, Why do you feel bad? I probably would have done the same. Delilah is no soft dog, she will bounce back and probably try it again.”
You are right about that, she’s a tough girl.
Oz the Terrier said, “Ma is feeling the same way. She yelled at me last night when we were on our evening walk. I’m a bit reactive on leash so we have been working on that and well, last night I just lost it…so then Ma just lost it…and now Ma feels like a terrible dog mom.”
It’s hard not to yell sometimes Oz, because seeing you upset, gets us upset as well.
Rebekah said, “This makes me feel better. Because I have lost my shit with all three of my dogs, on more than one occasion.”
OMG just the way you phrased it, this made me laugh.
Maggie said, “I’m fairly certain that for the second year of his life, Cooper assumed I had renamed him to DAMMIT COOPER.”
LOL Maggie, I knew a woman once who said for the first five years of his life her son thought his name was No-No Jason. 🙂
Amy at GoPetFriendly asked, “And maybe a baby gate would help keep her out of the kitchen?”
I wish Amy. Our kitchen is too open for that. My old kitchen had a half door, which was mainly for keeping the dogs in the kitchen when we weren’t home, but it also was handy if you needed to be dog less in the kitchen!
I’m so glad that you guys leave comments like this:
Jessica said, “I’m watching the real Olympics. I thought pretty hard about it, then realized that most of the athletes *also* wish the games were in better circumstances. They don’t have any real choice–in most sports you get one chance to go to the games, and they’ve been working their whole lives for it. Their parents have made huge sacrifices to get them there. That deserves respect, even if I hate the circumstances.”
Why? Because it gives me a different perspective and helps me grow as a person. Thank you Jessica.
Genevieve said, “I didn’t get bread, but I DID stop for a quart of milk yesterday! And 2 boxes of pudding, a box of donuts, and a quart of ice cream. Those are the only storm supplies I needed.”
Well if you’re making pudding, that explains everything!
Oz the Terrier asked, “I’m curious why, if you lose power during a snowstorm, you would need a generator to keep your food cold in the fridge? Wouldn’t it get cold in the house and thus still be cold in the fridge?”
Good question Oz. And one would think that would hold true, but it doesn’t. Even though the refrigerator is insulated, once the fridge loses power, the cold slowly leaves. We try and keep the fridge closed and stuff will last a couple of days but not much longer.
Flea said, “I do run for bread and milk. My teenagers go through milk. And bread means that we’ll at least have sandwiches for those teens if we run out of everything else. I also buy plenty of toilet paper and brownie mix.”
Um, brownie mix. We don’t go through a lot of milk and I always have a box of Almond Milk in the pantry, so we can usually manage.
That’s it for this week! Thanks for playing along and have a wonderful weekend!
Caren Gittleman says
I soooo love the term “giant ass clown” made my week!! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Molly The Wally says
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and may you and your family have a fabulous day.
Best wishes Molly
Sue at Talking Dogs says
Absolutely love that photo! Happy Valentine’s Day, Jodi 🙂
2 brown dawgs says
Giant ass clown…lol. Happy Valentine’s Day. 🙂
The Golden we had before the Chessies would absolutely crumble if you raised your voice to him. We learned pretty quickly to always use a soft happy voice when giving him a command or correcting him. Chessies are a whole different ball of wax…lol. Rather than yell, I will just use a deeper voice. That usually gets their attention….usually.
emma says
Last week when Bailie woke Mom up because Katie had puked and had diarrhea all over downstairs, it was the first time ever she just took Bailie out because she was up, and then went back to bed and said screw the carpet. Normally she would have taken Katie out, locked her up, cleaned the carpet as best as she could, but not this time. In the morning she went to Target to get a small carpet cleaner and came home with the mother of all carpet cleaners that happened to be on sale for about half price. The carpet is like new and she is wondering why it took her so long to buy such a machine. Thankfully, Bailie and I don’t get up in the night, nor (cross our paws) do we get the runs at night, that has been Katie all her life.
Amber DaWeenie says
Hap-Pee Heart Day!
Jenna,Mark “HuskyCrazed” Drady says
Happy Valentines Day!!!
Have a wonderful day ♥♥
((Husky love hugz))
Frum our pack at love is being owned by a husky
Roxy the traveling dog says
Another great follow up. Looks like you got a little advice too.
Sand Spring Chesapeakes says
Great fuf! I just laugh when I hear others say ass clown. I thought just my husband said that. I love the valentines picture I hope you have a great day with lots of love.
Kirsten says
Happy Valentine’s Day to you too Jodi! Hope those dogs give you lots of wet kisses and even decide to behave themselves, at least for the day.
Julie says
What a great photo! Happy Valentine’s Day!!
jan says
They make the best Valentine greeting ever. So very patient.
Dogs N Pawz says
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hugs!
Jackie Bouchard says
Lots of great comments. Always fun to read a FUF post. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Donna says
Great follow up Jodi. Hope you had a nice Valentine’s Day!
Dawn says
Regarding Sampson keeping you warm if you fall in the freezing cold, I’m sure he’d surprise you. My beloved dog Sephi was seemingly the most unloyal dog I’ve ever had. She didn’t seem to care about anything but herself and food. ❤ When I was single, living alone except with Sephi, I came home early from work one day because I was sick. In my delirium, I forgot to lock my door. While I was resting in the back bedroom, I heard my front door open, then a man’s voice. Next thing you know, Sephi went absolutely berserk. This is the same dog that never barked when someone knocked and never cared about maintenance coming in, even if she’d never met them before and even if I wasn’t home. But this one day, she surprised me. And she surprised whoever this man was too. He left so fast, I never saw what he looked like. When it really matters, I’m sure Sampson would take care of you too.
All Things Collie says
“lost my shit”
ha ha
Yes, been there. But I cannot raise my voice with Ryder and Abby, they are too soft. And it just destroys me when I see their sad faces. But Kori and Scarlett challenge me, and when I yell, they just tend to ignore me. With Holly, it depends on her mood.
Dogs make life interesting, and even when they are bad, I wouldn’t have it any other way! 🙂
Donna says
Hope you all had a Happy Valentine’s Day!!