Heart Like a Dog

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

Pull Up A Spot of Grass

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Yesterday, Pet Faves had a post on Facebook that asked, if your pet had a job, what would it be?  I responded with Delilah would be a taste tester, and Sampson would be a greeter at Wal-mart.

Sampson just loves people, and he makes friends everywhere we go. A couple of weeks ago, we ran into one of our ‘friends’ (Blanche) on our afternoon walk. I stopped for a quick chat, when one of Sampson’s other friends (Rich) came strolling by, so I introduced them.

After Rich left, Blanche said to me, “You know more people than I do in this neighborhood.”

And I responded with, “It’s because of him, he just loves people SO much.”

Honestly, he makes friends al over the neighborhood, and he remembers where they live.

One of his friends, who I’ve mentioned before is Mrs. Whinnem. We stop at her house every time we find her outside. She is one of Sampson’s favorites, and he will stop at least three times checking for her, if she’s not out.

That’s three times in one direction, and three times in the other.

Friday, it was a warm day, and on Sampson’s second pass, I’m not sure if he was hot, or he thought he’d simply pull up a spot of grass and wait for Mrs. Whinnem, but just after we passed her driveway, he plopped down in the grass.

And I laughed and laughed, because who knows what goes on in that handsome head of his?

Community Challenge – Week Five

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Week Five in Kathleen Gage’s challenge to post about community.

The last four weeks, I’ve been writing about the community of BlogPaws. Most of those posts have been centered around the sponsors of BlogPaws and the programs they support. But there is another aspect of blogging that truly needs to be mentioned, and that is the community of blogging itself. That community is made up of the bloggers, as well as you, the readers.

Specifically, I’m writing about the generosity of others, and their kindness and thoughtfulness.

Whether it’s helping a fellow blogger out with technical issues, tips to help make blogging easier, ideas and tools that work for them, or passing along a resource or product they can’t use. I have specific incidences of all of these, but today I want to mention two of my fellow bloggers.

In both cases, the blogger had just lost a beloved family member, but knowing how Sampson was struggling with his CCL issues, both reached out to offer products their pets had been using.

The first was Joy from My GBGV Life, Joy kindly sent me Katie’s Dr. Buzzby’s Toe grips. For those of you unfamiliar with Dr. Buzby, toe grips look like Perler Beads, except toe grips are a wee bit longer and fit over the toe nail, to help a dog with mobility issues have better footing.

When a dog’s legs are unsteady, it can make walking challenging. The toe grips can really help give them a feeling of stability, and give them the confidence they need.

It was so kind of Joy to send these to me, and I’m not sure I ever thanked her properly, so Joy, thank you very much.

Then there is Ms. Bunny Allen.

A while back, Bunny put a post on Facebook about some socks she was using on Carma Poodale to help her with her arthritis.

Naturally I was intrigued, so when I had the opportunity to visit with Bunny and Carma in Myrtle Beach, I took it. Bunny told me all her tricks and was convinced that Carma felt better wearing the socks. Sadly, a short time after BlogPaws, Carma went to the Bridge, and in the midst of her grief, Bunny remembered that I was interested in the socks, and reached out, asking if I wanted Carma’s socks for Sampson. Bunny assured me that Carma would want Sampson to have them, as she was such a loving and giving girl.

So, for the last week or so, Sampson has been wearing Carma’s socks on his front legs.

I’ll probably do another post about the socks, but I want him to wear them for a while before I do.

Until then, I just want my friends to know how much we appreciate them, and thank them for their kindness. They truly help make Blogville a wonderful community!

You Watch Us, So We Watch You

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The other day, my friend Sue posted a photo on Facebook of her two dogs, Shadow and Ducky laying outside the bathroom.

Ducky on the left, Shadow on the right. Photo blatantly ganked from Sue’s Facebook page.

I think I wrote something like, “You watch us, so we watch you.” And then I put the little poop emoji up. 

Can someone, anyone, please tell me why WordPress doesn’t have an emoji option? Please!

 

I really had to laugh at Sue’s photo, because it really hits home for me. Most mornings, Delilah is either right in the bathroom with me, or waiting outside while I get ready for work.  Okay, really…she starts out in the bathroom with me, with her body between my legs, but eventually she gets tired of me climbing over her, so she goes and waits in the hall.

She’s a food driven Lab in every sense of the word. The reason she sits outside the bathroom, is because she hasn’t had her breakfast yet and she wants to make sure I don’t forget that she needs to eat.

When my kids were younger I thought I’d never get to be by myself in the bathroom until the kids were older.

Turns out I was wrong.

As long as you have kids or dogs, you’ll never get alone time in the bathroom.

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