There are two kinds of people; people who like dogs and “dog people.”  I was always a person who liked dogs, that is until Sampson came along.

I’ve always liked dogs, in fact for almost my entire life I’ve almost always had at least one dog, with the exception of my first dog (Washy) they were dogs.  I never really got “dog people.”

My friend Kim had a yellow lab (Chloe) and I remember Kim telling me a story when Chloe was still a young dog about how Kim got dressed for work and once she was at work she looked down at her good shoes and there were little teeth marks from Chloe chewing on Kim’s shoes and I was horrified!  I couldn’t believe that the dog chewed her shoes and she wasn’t ticked off.  Clearly Kim is a dog person.

My sister is a dog person; once we went to visit her and she had an old comforter that she had thrown on the ground outside for the dogs to lay on while we sat and read.  She decided she wanted to take a nap, so she lay down on that comforter that the dogs had been on, that was covered with dog hair and God knows what else, and she took a nap. Again I was horrified!  I said to Chet, can you believe she laid down on that nasty old blanket?

But then Sampson came into my life and lo and behold, I became a “dog person.”  The dogs sleep on our bed, (Sampson’s sleep number is 35) most of the time I have either no covers, I’m on the edge of the bed or both.  But it doesn’t bother me, because this guy has changed my life.  Luckily for Delilah because if I had Delilah first, I don’t know what I would have done!

The reason I post this is because today while I was vacuuming, I picked up the duster attachment and I noticed little bite marks all over it from Delilah and I smiled.

If you look closely, you can see the little teeth marks.

One of my facebook friends sent me a link about why blogs fail.  The one and only message was that the blogger talks too much about themselves.  It is never my intent to talk about myself, the goal is to get some interest in a book and get the book published.  My goal is to talk about my dogs, to help other people with their dogs and maybe share some of the joy we all receive from our pets.

That being said, please indulge me just a bit.  I decided about three days ago, that I had the winter doldrums, I was just sick of winter.  Last night at obedience class it seemed like all the dogs that were there were also sick of winter.  Neither Sampson or Delilah really wanted to walk around in a circle and most of the dogs didn’t want to do anything at all.  It is a bit concerning because when you have a dog that is bored, you usually have someone looking for something to do.  Sampson is not prone to “getting” into anything, but Delilah on the other hand is more than willing to be the instigator.  One of the main reasons Delilah came into the household was to give Sampson someone to play with when we weren’t at home.  Sampson however is a couch potato and Delilah gets bored.  This means that everything must be picked up, because it can sit on the floor for a month and she will never touch it, but one day….there she goes and she tore it up.

They go to daycare two days a week (weather permitting) and obedience class once a week, but other than that no exercise!  I’m at a loss as to what to do with them, so I throw it out to you…what are you doing with your dogs to keep them happy this winter?