Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight awesome comments, answer reader’s questions and generally just wrap up my week.
You Make Me Smile – March 15, 2015
Don’t be scared, it’s just grass tickling our feet.
Sand Spring Chesapeakes said, “I am so tired of it too and so glad our snow is gone here at the house but they are calling for snow next weekend. ”
GAH me too! We are supposed to be getting snow today.
Stop. Drop. Unload.
Daisy says, “Haha that was darn good aim! Daisy’s like Delilah, she just stops mid-stride and assumes the poop position…even if it’s in the middle of a busy sidewalk with lots of people around, causing a multi-person pile-up and a lot of angry faces. ”
OMG are you embarrassed? I’m so embarrassed when she stops and poops in someone’s driveway or the middle of the road. One day she pooped at an intersection, right where the newly paved road, met the old existing road.
Monika says, “Sam makes sure to take a dump in the worst places so I have to spend precious time stooped over trying to fish it out between the grass & the sidewalk or to make sure it’s completely picked up because he did it at the base of the steps from the sidewalk to the front door (I honestly do not know why the heck that hound poops in front of peoples sidewalks going to their doors! Gah). ”
And if you get the crumbly kind, it’s so hard. I just do the best I can.
Jan said, “I love it. Like a golfer she has a handicap pooper.”
Bwa ha ha, my dog has a poop handicap! Let’s call it three under par. 😉
Jan K said, “I have a rake and scoop for picking it up around the yard, and do you know how difficult it is to dig it out of a hole like that? ”
I bet it is! We have a scooper too, but it’s easier for me to just use my hand with the poop bag over it.
Sand Spring Chesapeakes asked, “Yes finally some good clean turds! (not like the neighbors gross turds). Way to go Delilah did you go get a lottery ticket?”
Would you believe I did?
I didn’t win.
Lauren Miller said, “This year I got really festive and dressed them up and made a trick video.”
That was a great video!! You are very creative. Guys go over and check out Zoe and Phoenix’s new trick!
Cupcake said, ““…paws on the counter…” is my favorite word. I can’t wait till I grow big enough to steal corned beef from the counter.”
Dream big Cupcake, dream big. “-)
Jan said, “Nothing is as disappointing as not getting to eat something you had looked forward to. I would ask what Delilah learned from this experience but I am afraid I know the answer.”
LOL Oh if only I could get through that thick, chocolate head of hers.
Frankie and Ernie said, “OMD Delilah…. you at the entire Corned Beef??? WAY to SCORE Big…”
She sure did. I think it was close to a pound of corned beef!
KB said, “Love the story of the corned beef. Isn’t it fun how stories like that become hilarious years later? We still have a superglued-together bowl that our first dog swiped off the counter to eat all the potato salad from it while we weren’t paying attention. We cherish the bowl and the memory we have of it!”
It is fun. I know for sure we weren’t laughing back then, but we do get a charge out of it now. I can imagine how treasured your bowl is.
Barking Dogs – Barks and Bytes
Nothing to see here, move along.
Emma said, “We don’t bark much, but we do enjoy a nice howling chorus on occasion…usually when Mom walks Katie and is far enough away she can hear us but can’t do anything about it.”
Oh Emma, I bet that drives Mom nuts! When I was walking the dogs separately, Sampson would stand on the deck and bark. One single bark. Then a few seconds later he’d do it again and he’d repeat that until we came back. Silly dogs.
Elaine said, “Haley’s pretty good about only barking when there’s a good reason, but every spring when I open the windows, it takes her about a week to settle into accepting the random outdoor sounds and smells. So, there are a few middle of the night wake up calls from her that scare the crap out of me when she barks.”
That is a problem for us too. I use a noise fan and that helps a lot.
Patricia Stover says, “Unfortunately mine seem to think a leaf blowing in the wind or someone walking by while I am in the shower or on the pot is THE most opportune time to bark incessantly at what ever bird, squirrel, child coming to/from school. Which being stuck in the situation I am in keeps me from controlling said behavior…. Any advice as to how to keep barking to a minimum would be greatly appreciated.”
I’m not sure I’m the best person to give advice. I will tell you what I do and then I throw this out to my readers for their suggestions.
I use treats. When my dogs are barking at the door or window, I will check it out, then I’ll say, “It’s okay, it’s just the garbage truck, let’s go get a cookie.” I try to distract them with treats. They are much better now than they used to be.
Readers, do you have any suggestions for Patricia?
Monika said, “Love those early morning quiet walks and do notice barking dogs then. When it’s extremely cold and/or dark out, it breaks my heart that those dogs are outside and probably have been all. night. long. I just want to lock the owners outside with no coats, gloves or shoes and see how they like it.”
I’m with you sister! Do you have laws out your way to protect the dogs? I’m getting to the point where I’m going to call animal control on one of them. But I like your idea better.
Jan said, “I kind of like barking…not the incessant barking but enough to let intruders know: DOGS LIVE HERE.”
I agree with that, when someone’s in my yard, I want them to bark, that is why I always go and look to see what they are barking at.
DZ Dogs said, “Oh yes, barking dogs turn me into a crazy bitch! I can’t stand it!…Busted a jerk letting his dog poop in my front yard when my dogs went all nutso bonkers at the door.”
OOOOH, lucky you. How’d that go down? I’m dying to catch the bastards who let their dog(s) poop in my yard.
Jan K says, “I’m with you….being woken up in the middle of the night by a bark scares the crap out of me, and my heart pounds so hard I think I’m going to have a heart attack! Usually it turns out to be the cats downstairs doing something and making noise.”
It’s almost as bad as the phone ringing! Man it takes a while for that heart to slow down, never mind getting back to sleep!
Well that’s it for me folks, have a great weekend!
You made me bust out loud, I’m sorry you didn’t win the lottery. I am going gambling tomorrow if I win big I will share with you. Patricia, how about a tin veggie can filled with rocks and duck taped shut and leave it in the can so when they bust a gut barking you can shake the can and get their attention elsewhere’s maybe you should put treats in there too so then when they come running in by you to see what the noise is you can tell them quite and give them a treat. I have no idea if this will work, I just made it all up! We do use shaker cans at our doggie day care thou to get dogs attentions.
Still loving the St Patrick’s day pic. Nice one. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Have a great weekend!
Love Delilah in her St. Paddy’s hat!
Oh, I hadn’t seen Emma’s comment about the barking…..my girls will howl too if I take Luke for a walk and leave them behind. I guess it’s times like that when I do feel bad for my neighbors, because if I can hear that down the street, lord knows how much they hear it.
That also reminds me that the girls tend to bark when we’re playing ball too (it’s a “hurry up and throw it” bark), and sometimes they get the neighbor’s dog barking as well!
Hope you don’t get much snow and that it goes away quickly. Doesn’t Mother Nature realize it’s the first freaking day of Spring?! 🙂 Have a great weekend, even if it means hot toddies, a lap blanket, a certain poop eating pooch and last but certainly not least, the ‘good’ dog. 🙂
So did you get snow. The weather dude here made a “no snow guarantee”. If it snows more than an inch he will shovel someone’s driveway or some such. I am holding him to his guarantee. lol