Heart Like a Dog

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

One For The Team

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Today was a doggie daycare day.  I know, I know, the dogs don’t play at doggie daycare, but Hubby and I talked about it and we are okay with them going for the companionship.

We have a routine on daycare day, after I put my purse and tote bag in the car I go back for the dogs.  Sampson likes to walk down the driveway and follow the property line up to the telephone pole, where he sniffs and lifts.  Delilah is on leash and she and I will follow him down, then we turn and head to the car.  Sometimes Sampson is a straggler, he takes his time making his way to the car.  That was the case this morning.

Delilah was already in the car when Sampson headed up the drive.  I stood at the back of the car waiting for Sampson so I could close the hatch.  Just as Sampson reached the car and was getting ready to jump in, it happened.

The hatch began to close.  It was almost like slow motion, I saw the hatch falling and I saw Sampson’s head and instinctively I reached out with my hand to grab it.  The weight of the hatch brought the back of my hand onto Sampson’s head but I kept the hatch from hitting him.  In the process though, I took one for the team.

At first I thought I had broken my pointer and middle finger.

It was really cold and the car hadn’t warmed up so I alternated between placing my fingers on the cold steering wheel and sticking them in my mouth.

Why?  Why do we stick our fingers in our mouths when they hurt?

Eventually my fingers warmed up and the numbness faded.  I’m not sure if you can tell from the picture, those two fingers are pretty swollen and my middle finger has a horrible bruise and doesn’t bend properly due to the swelling, but they are feeling much better tonight.

The more important thing is Sampson wasn’t afraid to jump into the car this afternoon which means he wasn’t traumatized!

What about you, have you ever had to ‘take one for the team?’

Kreativ Blogger Award

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Our dear friend at 2BrownDawgs presented us with the Kreativ Blogger Award.  🙂

This award comes with a bit of direction, the first being share ten things about yourself or your blog that people might not know.

I have to admit, I’ve really been thinking quite hard about this and since I pretty much put everything ‘out there’ I’m not real sure how this will play out, but I’ll give it a shot.  I decided to mix it up, and tell you a little bit about me and a bit about the dogs. 🙂

1.  My post last week, A Christmas Miracle was written very spontaneously, and was the first time I had ever tried a writing prompt.  I really liked the challenge of that writing prompt and intend to participate whenever I can.

2.  I have to gate off my Christmas tree because one of my dogs LOVES to pull off and chew ornaments or open packages.  I’ll give you three guesses who it is and the first two don’t count. 😉

3.  I’m a dreamer, I dream someday of becoming a published author.  My problem is I just can’t figure out how to make it happen and how to get the words out of my head and into the computer. 🙁

4.  Sampson is part Labrador but he really doesn’t care for swimming.  Mostly he just likes to wade in or lie down in the water.   Occasionally he will take a quick swim, but that is it for him.

Sometimes I just like Daddy to hold me.

5.  Delilah is pure lab, she LOVES the water and would fetch a stick in the water all day if we would let her.

I can do this all day, how's your arm feel?

6.  I love to sing, mostly classic rock.  But I can’t sing.  Hubby says I am ‘tone-deaf,’ and turns the music louder when I do sing. 🙁

7.  Back when I was pregnant they didn’t do ultra sounds unless there was something wrong.  I found out I was having twins 5 hours before they were delivered by c-section.

8. My hands always have to be busy, even if I am watching TV, I usually am either on my laptop, crocheting, knitting or playing solitaire.  I really struggle to just sit and relax.

9.  I’m a big Lord of the Rings fan, if you’ve been around a while you know Sampson’s middle name is Aragorn.  I have the “One” ring on a chain.  I also have the serpent ring that Aragorn wears in all the movies.  Over Thanksgiving Starz aired the trilogy, back to back to back to back to back, everytime you turned a TV on in our house, LOTR was on.  It was pure heaven.

One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

10.  I think the real hero of LOTR was Samwise Gamgee, if it wasn’t for Samwise well poor Frodo probably wouldn’t have made it out of the shire.

Now comes the REALLY hard part, pass the award on to six other blogs.

In no particular order

Fabulous Flo – Flo is a Rhodesian Ridgeback who comes from the land down under.  Flo is the first experience raising a dog that her human has ever had, kick back and enjoy the ride with her.

Hound Girl – Kari lives in Texas with her Blood Hound Fred, and her Labrador Haylie, Kari says what she means and means what she says!   Mosey on down for a warm southern welcome.

Life at Golden Pines – I found this blog a while back and I love reading about Kim’s life in rural Virginia with a houseful of Goldens.  Kim is someone whose heart is as big as all outdoors, she is always reading and willing to help foster a dog looking for a forever home.

My Reality Show – Mary Ann is a writer, she recently adopted her dog Lila from the Humane Society, but don’t think this blog is just about Lila, Mary Ann is a creative writer, and there is always something interesting going on here.

Pawfect Friend – Nicole is a dog groomer and has the cutest little dog, Aladdin.  One day she will own her own grooming salon, but until then she will share her stories with us.

Shoes On The Wrong Feet – I started reading this blog not too long ago, this gal is a microbiologist and left her career to raise her two little boys, you can bet with her mind there is always something educational going on.  I’ve already learned a few things myself. :-0

That’s it folks, when you get a minute check out some of these blogs, I know you will be as much of a fan as I am.

 

Canine College

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I mentioned in a post last week about another opportunity to volunteer with Our Companions.

It’s Canine College!

I know what you’re thinking.  What the heck is Canine College?

Canine College is a learning program for volunteers who want to be a dog trainer!! 

OC offers low-cost training programs for people who want to train their dogs with positive reinforcement.  The college requires observation of the training classes as well as monthly meetings, where we will be discussing books we have read.  Since the current class is already into their fourth week, I won’t be starting until the end of January or the beginning of February.

I haven’t decided yet if I want to take Delilah for an eight week course first or just jump right in.

There are other areas where the Canine College volunteers work, I could be at the sanctuary walking dogs, or assisting with training, helping temperament test dogs, or handling dogs at adoption events.

I have to admit, I hesitated a bit when the possibility of being bitten arose.  The trainer mentioned she’d lost volunteers when bites were brought up, and wanted to know if it was a problem for anyone, I almost raised my hand but no-one else did and I didn’t want to be the only wimp there. 🙂

So there you have it, my big news. 

Do you have any news you’d like to share?

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