First, I want to apologize to you all for not getting around to visit your blogs lately. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with a lot going on. (More on part of this on Wednesday’s post.) Hopefully things are settling down, and I’ll be back to catching up this week.
One of the things that kept me busy this past week, was a work event. Wednesday I had the opportunity to get some overtime at work. One of my engineers asked me to attend a public meeting in a town about an hour and a half from my house. Because I had to be at the meeting for 6:30 PM, I didn’t have the chance to go home first to walk the dogs.
I had to get a dog walker.
You guys know me, I trust very few people with my dogs. I could go to one of those dog walking websites, or I have a friend whose sister walks dogs. I also happen to know my friend’s sister, so Aileen came over last Sunday to reacquaint herself with the dogs.
I gave her as much information as I could. Showed her where leashes and harnesses are kept. Where to find poop bags. Which dog goes out which door (Sampson out the back, and Delilah out the front). I showed her where the treats were and told her it was up to her if she chose to use treats or not. While she was here, we walked around the neighborhood, and I pointed out all the DADO houses.
Honestly, I was as comfortable as I CAN BE leaving my dogs in the care of someone else.
Wednesday as I was driving to my meeting, I was tempted to text Aileen to see if she had gotten there yet. To see how the walk went, how the dogs were. BUT, I WAS driving, so I restrained myself.
Thankfully, just as I arrived in town, I received a text from Aileen. The context of which made me laugh out loud.
Aileen: All went well, I just got back with Delilah. They both peed several times and pooped once. I’ll lock up, leaving now.
Me: Thank you SO much.
Aileen: I gave them water and treats too…Delilah walked me to the closet to remind me.
Hubby laughed just as hard as I had when I shared the story. Honestly, there are blessings and curses to having food motivated dogs, but if there’s anything you can count on, there will be laughs.
You make me laugh or smile, the sweet, funny, loving things dogs do that make us laugh or smile.
What did your pet do to make you smile this week.
Yes, I can “see” Delilah walking someone to the treat jar! Thanks for the chuckle! 😁😁
LOL. Count on Delilah to make sure there are treats!
We think food motivated is good. Once again the food snob is refusing to eat and just doesn’t care. It’s so hard to train dogs who are not really into food. We try everything from steak, to broccoli, but Madison just finds other things in life more interesting than eating. Hope the dog walker continues to make you smile.
Lol Miss D! Merlin walks me to the fridge where his carrots are lol.
Knowing where the treats are stashed is really important!
What a smartie! I need to pay attention to where Mom keeps my treats, just in case. I thought they magically grew out of her pockets. But #ohthehorror what if a dog walker had to come here and Mom’s pockets aren’t home!!?? Yikes.
Love and licks,
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So LOVE your dog-walking ‘trainer.’ I’d give her a 5 ☆ rating on any app! Hope life returns to normal…well…as normal as life can be with be with a dog who has an agenda. 😁
I love it! Luke’s new thing is going to the pantry door and swatting it with his paw to let us know when he needs a treat (which is quite often)!!
That’s so funny! Delilah is a girl after my own heart–I wouldn’t even let someone forget about snack time either (which is how I know Barley and Rye were meant to be part of my family since we all live to eat!).