Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer some questions and generally wrap up my week.

You Make Me Smile – March 2, 2014

So they all have their own little ‘tricks’ as to what works on us.  My favorite one was:

Sue said, “Rosie positions herself so that she can give a glance to the dog cookie jar and then give me a meaningful look. This action is done very, very seriously and repeated (over and over). Okay, I admit it. She’s so cute doing it, it rarely fails.”

Delilah squishes herself next to my side of the couch, stares at me and sighs.  I always laugh.

Picking Up Poop is Dangerous

Roxy the Traveling Dog asked, “If your injured while picking up poop, does that qualify for workers compensation?”

LOL let’s put in a homeowner’s claim and see if they’ll cover it!

Blueberry’s Human said, “Once upon a time…I went to pick up a soft pile of poop in the grass with my poop shovel and the shovel got caught on the grass and flung a piece of soft poop in the air until it landed on my lip. Thankfully, I had my mouth closed, otherwise, it would have had a different landing pad.”

Holy smack!  I think I would about die.

Pamela said, “I want to see the glove review after you try to scoop frozen poop. Does it really keep you safe?…Do you want to know the secret of scooping frozen poop? Use a shovel to scoop the poop and some of the surrounding snow into a heavy plastic bag. Cut a small hole into the corner of the bag. When the weather warms up, the snow will melt out of the bag leaving the poop behind.

First the gloves, yes they are keeping my hands cut free.  I have also taken the shovel with me a couple of times to whack at the frozen stuff.  Interesting tip for the poop bag, but I imagine once the snow melts you will also have a icky smell, no?

Donna said, “We have resorted to using a spade shovel. Not to hit the dog that is racing us to the frozen poop, as tempting as it might sometimes be, but to chip the sh*t out of the ice.”

This cracked me up Donna!  Have you ever had to restrain yourself from smacking Toby on the head?  I tell you, Delilah tempts me sometimes, she really does.

If I Could Talk To My Animals

Donna asked, “Do you really think you would have made a different choice if you could’ve done it over again, or are you just appeasing Sampson?”

And Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom asked, “And, be truthful now: Even if you had known the differences D would have made in Sampson’s life, would you, COULD you have made different choices??”

I’m being honest here.  Yes and yes.  As much as I love Delilah (and I do) she brings a level of chaos to our lives.  I wouldn’t give her up now for love or money, but had someone said, your life will change and your dog’s life will change as well, I would have chosen not to get another dog.  Granted at that point I wouldn’t have ‘known’ Delilah either, which would have made the decision much easier.

I have a tremendous amount of guilt regarding Sampson and how his life changed. 

Blueberry’s Human asked, “Blueberry flops on me too – but thank goodness she’s only 42 pounds! Does the air whoosh out of you when Sampson does that? Cause you have to admit – that’s probably a pretty funny sound. Him: flop. You: oooooph.

Yes, there have been times when he’s hit my back just right and caused me to “oooooph!”

Maggie said, “Mostly, though, I’d want to tell him that I will always keep him safe, and he needs to trust that.”

That would be something I’d want Delilah to know too.  You aren’t alone anymore little girl, we’re in this together.

2 Brown Dawgs said, “That is Freighter. In fact at conformation class on Monday the instructor showed us a way to work on him lunging toward the bait.”

Please share.  I’m tired of trying to toss treats into the black hole.

‘Twas Just Before Spring

Animal Couriers asked, “Do you know what kind?”

No, when I looked in all I saw was beak.  Although, I’ve heard Blue Jays are mean.

2 Brown Dawgs said, “I bet it is chipmunks in the wood. I suppose it could be the snake, but I think it is too cold for snakes!”

I have to agree with you on the chipmunks, they love to scamper around that wood pile and I’d be really surprised if it was the snake.  (S)he hasn’t been seen since shortly after I posted about him.

Donna said, “If a tree hissed at me, the last thing I’d be thinking is “bird”.

Thank you!  I was wondering if I was the only one who didn’t know that birds could hiss!

Roxy the Traveling Dog said, “I hear those hissing birds are mutant zombies and will attack red headed women at no provocation.”

LOL and I wonder what happens when the read headed woman provokes them. 😉

Jan said, “That must have been the red crested hissing bird. I think it is an endangered species.”

You might be right on that one. LOL

Frankie and Ernie said, “SO your are saying that was one HISSED off bird????”

You two never fail to crack me up!

Genevieve said, “Why would you EVER leave the house without the camera?? Don’t do that anymore.”

Exactly, sooner or later I’ll learn this!  I have started putting the camera in my pocket though.  One side has poop bags, the other a camera. 

Jan K said, “You are lucky to still have wood left in it. We just used the last of ours today.”

We are getting really low, thankfully we are getting some warmer weather heading our way and hopefully will only need to use it at night.

That’s it for me, hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

 

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