Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Yo, Dude, That’s My Salami!

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When we first got Delilah, she had a funny habit. Well, who am I kidding? Most of her habits ARE funny.

Delilah had a habit of sitting directly in front of you when you were eating, and making the dog equivalent of smacking her lips. Except in Delilah in  sounded like, “Thuwp, thuwp, thuwp.”

My daughter and I would laugh and laugh when she did it.

Yesterday, I did all my running in the morning, and by the time I got home, I was starving. I grabbed some sliced chicken and some salami, and settled down on the bed, to check my mail.

Delilah took a seat on the floor next to the bed, hoping for a treat. After a few minutes Sampson came loping into the bedroom, climbed up on the bed and started licking my salami bag!

Dude’s channeling his inner Delilah.

Do I look like a dude that would steal salami?

“Yo, Dude, that’s my salami!”

We got a good chuckle out of that one!

What did your pet do to make you laugh this week?

Pad-foot

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Delilah is pure Labrador. If you don’t have a Labrador in your life, I should tell you, they are excellent time keepers. Particularly when it comes to food.

Delilah is a shining example of Labrador time keeping skills. She knows exactly when she gets anything. Heart meds (in liverwurst) in at 6:30 am, breakfast at 7:00, banana chips at 7:30 when mom leaves for work, heart med liverwurst at 5:00 when mom comes home from work, dinner at 7:00, snack at 9:00, heart med liverwurst at 10:30.  If she were a Hobbit, she’d have names like breakfast, second breakfast, morning tea….etc. Thankfully, she’s not a Hobbit, but the best part is, she doesn’t talk, because God knows, I’d be drinking a lot more than whiskey in my coffee if she did.

Since she can’t talk (thank you, Jesus!) she does the next best thing. She sits in front of you and stares and if you get up, she’s right up your ass, making sure she doesn’t miss a thing. When she’s up your ass, she walks in such a way, that you can hear her walking. I call this sound, Pad-foot.

Sampson and Delilah get a stuffed, frozen Kong every night around 9:00 pm. It’s a simple concoction, stuffed with pineapple and frosted with canned pumpkin. I’ve had people ask me if it’s messy and to that I answer, “Yes, which is why we make the dogs eat the Kong on a throw rug.”

The rugs are old and discolored. I DO wash them every week, but the pumpkin stains, so they just look dirty. 🙂

Delilah is really good about putting her Kong on her rug. If for some reason she doesn’t use the rug, all you have to say is, “Put it on the rug,” and she will pick it up and move it.

Chocolate Lab with Kong

Do not disturb.

 

Delilah has a particular spot she typically has her Kong on, but there are nights where Sampson throws a wrench (figuratively, not literally. I mean, if I could teach a dog to throw a wrench, I’d be pretty rich) 🙂 in the works by laying too close to where Delilah would typically be, so I end up moving the rug.

Of course, there are always the nights where I’ve washed the rug that day, so it’s not in its normal place.

It is times like that, when I need to rearrange the rugs, that Delilah can be a real tax. Since she already KNOWS it’s snack time, she’s on high alert. When she sees me tidying or moving the treat rug, she can’t contain herself. She’s here, she’s there, she’s EVERYWHERE and I basically become a football player, trying to block her from standing on the rug while I’m trying to fix it.

I cannot laugh about it when it’s happening, in fact, I’m usually cussing, while Hubby’s usually laughing.

But hey, at least someone’s laughing.

What did your pet do to make you laugh this week?

The Dog in the Dentist Chair

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Today is National Change a Pet’s Life Day and what better day to celebrate than the launch of a book featuring amazing pets!

About three and a half years ago, I reviewed Peggy Frezon’s book, Faithfully Yours. (You can read that review, HERE.)

I’m back today, to talk about her newest book, “The Dog in the Dentist Chair.”

The Dog in the Dentist Chair is a collection of short stories geared towards elementary and early middle school aged children.It is a book about animals, hope and love.

It is a book about all kinds of animals,  not just dogs, but also bunnies, pigs, cats, horses, birds and even camels and of the many ways these amazing animals interact with and help people.

I have to be honest, I loved this book.

The stories are short, but well written and in my opinion, completely relatable to children.

I love how every story explained what disability the service animal helped, and how the person with the disability related to the service animal.

I love how there was a home-life story about the animal, what they liked to do, favorite things to eat, etc.

I love how the book approached sensitive topics, such as autism and bullying.

I can picture this book at a child’s bedside or in a classroom and the stories being used as a starting point to open a dialog about difficult topics.

My granddaughter just turned eight and I cannot wait to get a hard copy I can send to her.

Disclaimer, I received an electronic copy of The Dog in the Dentist Chair in exchange for promoting this book.

The Dog in the Dentist Chair is written by Peggy Frezon. It is a book about hope, love and the amazing bond animals have with humans. It is available today, from Paraclete Press .

Oh, and one more thing.  There really is a dog in the dentist’s chair.

Want to see more?  You can watch the trailer right here!!

 

 

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