Heart Like a Dog

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

Sometimes You Just Want Your Mommy

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We’ve had Sampson since he was eight weeks old, and we used the crate to train him.

Once Sampson was house broken he only used the crate at night.  After he started sleeping in bed with us, he used his crate when he wanted to.

When Delilah joined our pack we added a second crate.   I’m pretty sure that whoever had Delilah before us, also used the crate, because she doesn’t mind it at all.  In fact, if she’s misbehaving all we have to say is, “Do you want to go in your crate?” And she runs right in there.  She will also stay in the crate without having to latch the door.

When we moved we only set one crate up, for Delilah of course.  After a bit of time I noticed Sampson was going back inside the crate, so we set the second crate up, but we are now back to one crate.  It sits in the corner of the living room and Delilah uses it when we need her in it or when she wants it, which isn’t frequent.

Mostly the crate is used by Bob.

Last night after the dogs finished their snacks Sampson started wandering around.  He climbed down off the couch and went into the crate where I heard him scratching around.

The he walked out and scratched at the rug, he laid down but I could tell he just wasn’t comfortable, so I sat down on the floor with my back to the couch and patted the floor in front of me.  He just looked at me with his sad eyes.

So I got up, grabbed a blanket and threw it over my legs.  His eyes lit up and before I had even finished arranging the blanket, he got up and came over and laid next to me.  He put his head on my leg and I stroked his ears and he went to sleep.

Sometimes you just want your Mommy.

Book Update: My book has 6,378 words.

Death By Chocolate – Part Two

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If you missed the post about Delilah’s first attempt on my life, you can find it here.   Since she failed in her attempt to kill me by force, she decided her next attempt would be to give me a heart attack.

Before you read any further, I will let you know that we are all fine.

I had planned on walking the dogs this morning, but needed a quick trip to the post office.  I was gone from the house for 20 minutes, 25 minutes tops.

I came back grabbed a cheese stick to munch on and started gathering all the items I use on our walk.

Cell phone, pepper blaster, treat bag, keys. (The poop bags are missing.)

I noticed the dish rag was on the floor.  I picked it up, looked at Delilah and said, “Why is this here?”  She turned her back and ignored me.

I went to the area where I keep our walking things and then I noticed this.

Of course this is how it looks after I picked it up, I was so freaked out that I didn’t think to take a picture.  Why?  Because before it was destroyed and consumed it had at least two to four of every one of these inside it.

I remember saying, “Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God” while I looked frantically for the vet’s phone number.

I finally found it and called the vet, our conversation went something like this:

Me: Hi this is Jodi Stone, Delilah just ate a whole bunch of supplements and other stuff.

Angie: OK, what did she eat?

Me: Well flax seed, calcium, vitamins, some Benadryl, some Omeprazole, and some adrenal support supplements.

Angie:  OK, let me see if a Dr. or vet tech is available to speak with you.

Me: Ok.  Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God.

Angie: OK, I spoke with Dr. B, she thinks Delilah will be OK, but just to be on the safe side, you should make her vomit.  You can either bring her here or do it at home.

Me: Well how do you make her puke?  (I mean I’ve heard of people puking their dogs before, but in all my years of owning dogs, I’ve never done it.)

Angie:  Dr. B says a quarter to half a cup of Peroxide.  Start with a quarter cup and if she doesn’t vomit, give her the other half.  If that doesn’t work, you will need to bring her in.  Give her a little water after you give her the Peroxide.

Me: I don’t know if I even have Peroxide.  (As I’m talking, I’m walking to the bathroom and checking under the sink.)

Me: OK, I have some.  Now how do I get her to drink it?

Angie:  Well when I had to give it to my cat, I used a syringe.

Me: OK, I’ll see what I can do, if I can’t get her to puke, I’ll call you back.

Angie: Call us back either way.

After we hung up I began rummaging thru the cupboards, thinking how many times I will need to fill the syringe  to give her a quarter of a cup.  That’s when I remembered Mr. Honey Bear.

Yes, I saved the bear that my honey came in because I thought it might be something fun for my grandson to drink out of when he was at my house.

Mr. Honey Bear worked great.  But she wouldn’t take any water.

And then we waited.  Of course Delilah was all kinds of pissed off at me.  I tried to keep her off the deck so the vomit would be on the ground and I kept stroking her and telling her it was OK.  Her stomach heaved once, but she didn’t puke.

After five minutes I called the vet’s office back.  Of course I couldn’t remember who I talked to, so I asked them to ask around and I ended up with Angie again.  I told her she’d had the quarter cup and hadn’t vomited and asked how long I should wait before giving her the second quarter.  Angie said it should be pretty immediate and if five minutes had passed and she hadn’t puked, I should give her the rest.

I hung up and filled Mr. Honey Bear again.  Delilah didn’t want anything to do with me, she walked around, then went to tinkle, right after she tinkled she turned around and puked.

Thank God.

I’m still not sure what happened to my cheese stick.

Book Update: My word count is the same as yesterday.

When You're Down

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I’ve always been under the impression that dogs (as well as other animals) have a sixth kind of sense.  That they can sense things that humans may not be aware of.

I’ve heard stories of animals living in nursing homes who suddenly appeared in a patient’s room and a short time later the patient  passed.

One time when I had a terrible migraine I overdosed myself on Xanax, quite by accident I assure you, yet I somehow managed to drive myself home where I immediately fell into bed.  Sampson my sweet puppy stayed right by my side.

So when I came down with a stomach bug and had to leave work a few minutes early on Monday, I expected a bit more from the dogs.

I walked through the door practically doubled in pain and Delilah jumped into my face.  I went into the kitchen to get their dinners ready and both dogs were jumping around, under my feet, in my way.  Well you get the idea.

I went into the bedroom and sat down on the bed to take off my shoes and put my pajamas on and both dogs were jumping all over me.

I know, I know they were excited and happy to see me, and I appreciate that.  I really do.  I just felt really bad and had hopes they would sense my need for rest.

Eventually they did settle down and luckily I began to feel better pretty quickly because I ended up rubbing this one’s ears.

For a very long time.

But seriously, how can you look at this face and not want to snuggle?

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