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Follow-Up Friday – July 24, 2015

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight awesome comments, answer reader’s questions and generally just wrap up my week.

You Make Me Smile – July 19, 2015

Chocolate Lab

Does this picture make my butt look big?

Monika said, “I’m a huge fan of magic settings. Now if they’d put one on an iPhone to make you look 10 lbs. lighter in selfies. 😉”

Now wouldn’t that be nice? OR a feature to take away the blemish that suddenly popped up.

Jan said, “I love the way dogs smile with their ears, their tails and the whole bodies, not just their mouths.”

Isn’t it wonderful? You can tell immediately that you’ve got a friend.

Pamela asked, “BTW, do you think Delilah knows a cute smile will make it easier for you to forgive her for snatching food off the counter?”

Honestly, I’m never sure what that dog thinks, but she does know that I’m very quick to forgive her.

Elaine said, “I like that effect…and the stretchy smile. Haley’s “butt in the air” stretches always make me smile. :-)”

THAT would make me smile too!

I Know Why They’re Called Bugs

Kate O’Brien said, “Bugs are another thing on my long list of items I don’t miss living in California. I remember camping in the Adirondecks around July 4th and getting bit by black flies…those are the nastiest things, I was sick for a week from them. Yeah, we have earthquakes, but we don’t have bugs.”

THEY are nasty! And I’m jealous you have no bugs, but I don’t think I could deal with the earthquakes either. 🙂

Taryn said, “I got stung by a wasp on Sunday, so yeah, I hate bugs too!”

CRAP! I read that on your blog! I’m super sorry. I hate bees too! Hubby got stung twice last night!

Mary said, “Come to Wyoming. I’m sitting here with a blanket on my lap, and the heat going. (Don’t hate me)”

Is it that cold Mary? And are there bugs? (And I could never hate you.) 🙂

Pamela said, “Bwa ha ha! I’m so glad I wasn’t drinking when I read your “whore on payday” line. :-)”

Yay! For those that don’t know, one of my goals in life is to make Pamela shoot milk out her nose. 😀

Emma said, “We had tons of bugs on our walk in the Whitetail Woods park, horse flies specifically. ”

Horse flies are horrible and they hurt when they bite!

Jen Gabbard said, “I’ve finally gotten to the point where I have to spray myself in the nastiest bug repellent on earth (deep woods off) and while it works for mosquitoes it does NOTHING to keep the stupid deer & horse flies away. ”

Those damn bugs! I’ve used so many different products and they still come after me. There are some of these little flies in the woods that love the Delilah’s eyes, the poor girl, when they start coming out we stay out of the woods.

Jan said, “The spiders are trying to help you by building webs across the paths to catch the bugs. But apparently you are undermining their efforts with your face. :-)”

Bwa ha ha, is that it?

Monika said, “Why oh why did Mother Nature make spider webs appear exactly at face height? Trust me, it’s not a good look with my arms flailing all over and me hopping around like I just stepped on a bed of nails to try and get rid of that crap.”

Exactly! I’m flapping my arms like I’m trying to fly. LOL

Cupcake said, “Mom comes home black and blue from slapping herself when bugs come near her. I like bugs. They’re delicious. And yes they DO taste like chicken! ”

One of these days I’m going to write a post about all the places I’ve hit myself and all the things I’ve used to do it. As for the taste of bugs,  I must have had a bad bug, because it did not taste like chicken!

Clowie said, “You’re too fussy if you don’t like eating bugs. My advice is to keep trying, you’re bound to find a type you enjoy sooner or later!”

Um…I don’t think that is going to happen. LOL

Best Pet Blogs To Follow – Barks and Bytes

Thank you all so much for the congratulations, it was an unexpected but greatly appreciated surprise.

Jan said, “Wait, you mean I didn’t win the African lottery and that hot guy is coming on to you too?…Congratulations on being chosen as a best pet blog. I wonder why the email went to your spam folder since it was a message only to you.

I’m sorry Jan, no and yes that dirty dipper is trying to hook up with both of us. 🙂 As for the e-mail, I have my filter set on high, if you’re not in my contact list, it goes to spam.

Elaine said, “Isn’t it great when something like that turns out to be legit?”

It sure is great!! And greatly appreciated.

Jan K said, “I think you are wise to be cautious about clicking on links, what you did is exactly what I usually do if I’m unsure of a link…look it up separately.”

I agree Jan, with all the crazy hackers and spammers out there, I think you can never be too careful.

Well that’s it for me my friends. Have a great weekend!!

Best Pet Blogs to Follow – Barks and Bytes

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I’m not good at tooting my own horn, or even at promoting myself, BUT I just had to share this with you guys.

Golden Lab

Oh boy, I hope she doesn’t really toot. That stuff is lethal.

So Tuesday I was going through my spam mail, checking to see if I’d won 8 million dollars in the African lottery or if some hot guy wanted to date me…and this subject line caught my eye.

“Heart Like a Dog has been featured on our website.”

Of course I was intrigued. So I opened the e-mail and read this, “My name is Valentina from FirstSiteGuide and I’m reaching out to inform you that your Heart Like a Dog blog has been selected as one of the Best Pet Blogs To Follow on our website.”

She then included a line that said, “You can see it here” with a link.

I was afraid to click it. You all heard about the hackers taking control of cars, right? What if they grabbed my website and wrote some awful stuff?

It’s some kind of scam I thought. I’ll click on it, then have to give them my first born or cash some kind of check for them.

I was worried I’d get a virus or get diverted to a porn site. (I feel so dirty when my computer gets a virus, almost like it was doing something it shouldn’t be. Stop that or you’ll go blind!)

But I was curious, then I thought, I have some damn good IT guys at work, they like me and they’ll be able to fix anything I break…

But I wasn’t willing to take the chance, SO I googled First Site Guide and it looked like a legit site, so I clicked one of the links that good Dr. Google provided and there it was. A list of pet blogs FirstSiteGuide are recommending as great blogs to follow.

I scrolled down and found a little cartoon of my picture along with a link to my blog, along with a link to our fellow bloggers SlimDoggy, Keep the Tail Wagging, Two French Bulldogs, Pawcurious…)

So there’s my excitement for this year. LOL But hey, if you’re interested in checking it out, you can find it right here Firstsiteguide.

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I Know Why They’re Called Bugs

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It’s hot and it’s humid and walking in that shit sucks. Sunday morning I walked the dogs just before 7:00 and sweat like a whore on payday.

The dogs don’t care, they still want to walk. Mornings are typically manageable, but afternoons, well it’s just too damn hot. So I’ve taken to loading the dogs in the car and heading off to the woods. Long time readers know Sampson and I love the woods. Walking in the woods this time of year has it’s good and bad points.

The Good…

  • Being able to see people or dogs heading our way – we’ve had so many winter storms that damaged so many trees,  that for the most part there is good visibility on the trails. Usually it’s enough time to change direction or scream, “My dogs are on leash!”
  • Not having to deal with cars – honestly the people in my neighborhood drive WAY too fast. And sometimes WAY too close. Once I had to literally jump and pull the dogs out of the way to avoid being struck!
  • Being able to let Sampson off-leash – while the dogs aren’t horrible together (most days) once in the woods they are vying to lead the way. Eliminating Sampson on leash makes a world of difference with Delilah.
  • Shade – even though a lot of trees are dead or damaged, there are still many more that continue to provide some relief from the relentless summer sun.
  • Cooler temperatures – of course less sun usually means the woods are a tad bit cooler than street walking. Besides I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t make a good street walker. (I sweat too much.) 🙂
  • Leaving the poop – no, no, I pick it up, it’s just they have a handy little receptacle at the exit of the park. It sure helps keep my garbage pail from smelling like a landfill.

The bad…

  • Bugs – I hate bugs but they love me. I walk in and it’s like the all night diner at 2:00 am. Their fly bys past my ears are worthy of Tom Cruise in Top Gun. And yes, I jump and swear just like the commanding officer does. Good thing I’m not walking with coffee.
  • Uncontrolled off-leash dogs – most of the people that frequent the woods walk their dogs off-leash, and when I say off-leash, I mean the people are usually one place, while their dogs are in another. Most of them just don’t care either.
  • Bugs – Ever snort a bug? That shit burns worse than shooting soda out your nose. I was just walking along minding my own business and the fucker flew right up my nose.
  • Dog poop – the lovely folks that let their dogs run rampant don’t clean up after them either. You gotta watch where you’re stepping.
  • Bugs – I swallowed a bug last year. I was hoarse for a week and I all I could think was, “A bug, I swallowed a bug.” I don’t care what the experts say, I see absolutely no nutritional value in them and no, they don’t taste like chicken.
  • Wild life – while I do love seeing the animals in their natural environment, it can sometimes be difficult to keep the dogs under control. Last week Sampson could smell something. I looked all around and finally spotted this.
Doe a deer

Can you see it?

Deer

Whatchu looking at? Never seen a deer before?

We had a moment, enough of a moment for me to snap a couple of photos, and the dogs never caught on to what I was watching, but after the second photo, she let a big whoosh of  air out, it sounded like a honk and she took off.

  • Spider webs – I wish someone would send those damn spiders a memo and tell them to stop putting their webs across trees at face height. Nothing like a clingy, sticky web in your face to make you scream like a girl.
  • Clothes – in order to protect myself from the…bugs, I have to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt and socks. And let me tell you it gets hot being covered up.  And that still doesn’t stop them. Four years ago I got cellulitis from a deer fly that bit me THROUGH my long sleeve shirt! Most days I head home and sit in the air conditioning in my underwear.
  • Bugs – nothing I spray on myself keeps those little bastards off me. Honestly, I even swat them and they STILL come back. How hard to you have to whack a bug to knock it into next week?

Now I know why they’re called bugs. They bug the ever loving shit out of me.

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