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Follow-Up Friday 3-15-13

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I dropped the ball again.  I waited too long and then I couldn’t find a co-host.  So once again I’m flying solo.

Follow-Up Friday, because some posts just need a little update.

I Hear You Knocking – Update

Remember that snow we got last Friday?

IMG_4347 Our field with about a foot of snow on it. (3-10-13)

IMG_4381 Same field after 2 days of 55 degree weather and one crazy day of rain.  (3-13-13)

Yesterday it got super cold again, I tell you Winter is hanging on tight and trying not to let Spring in, but we know better.  I’ve actually seen a couple of bugs and you can’t tell the birds that Spring isn’t here, they are singing her wake up songs first thing in the morning.

Simple Mathematics and Spring Fever – Update

Just to be safe, I’ve started leaving a chair against the cabinet where the garbage can is stored.  Which doesn’t mean she can’t create mischief, trust me she can.

She drank water from a pot on the stove this week and blew off a recall on Wednesday’s walk.  What to do, what to do?

She Wears a Mask – My thoughts

I was going to respond in the comments but decided to I would do it here instead.

While I agree this woman may be protecting her dog from attacking another dog, I’m still not sure it’s the best idea to have her muzzled in an unfamiliar area, she is giving her dog no chance to protect herself.

How do I know she is walking in an unfamiliar area?  Because she has no clue that people walk their dogs up there off-leash and don’t worry where their dogs are.

I’m one of the good ones!  I keep my dogs close, pick up their poop and leash them when I see other people.

There are at least seven people (that I’m aware of) who do not leash their dogs, and whose dogs run helter skelter all over those woods.  Some of them don’t even have collars on to grab if the situation called for it.

She might be protecting other dogs from her dog (who may or may not be acting appropriately) but she is putting her dog at risk to not be able to defend herself should the need arise and if the dog is fearful, she is taking away the dogs only method of coping.

In my opinion she would be better off keeping her dog on leash so she could turn around to avoid a confrontation, in this way she has better control of the situation.

I have the same problem with the invisible fence.  Yes, the fence will keep most dogs in, but it does nothing  to keep something from coming into your yard and hurting your dog.  It happened to my next door neighbor in my old neighborhood.  A dog came into her yard and bit her dog in the face.

I understand those of you with unaltered males, I totally do but I would never take my dog into a situation where they could be hurt and not give them the opportunity to defend themselves.

Nosy Girl – Author’s Note

Yup, here it is Friday and we’ve yet to practice our scent work at home.  Maybe some time this weekend.  Don’t worry I’ll take pictures. 🙂

Way Back

Way back in January, we won a contest at Dakota’s Den.  We received this really cool sheep toy made by Kyjen.

IMG_3913 Remember this guy?

The dogs absolutely love this toy.

IMG_4386 This is what he looks like now.

Almost every day one of the dogs plays with this guy and most days Delilah greets me when I get home with this guy in her mouth.  Can you tell how well-loved he is?

That’s it for me, this is the Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop




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Happy 19th Birthday to Cokie the Cat!!

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Back in December I was partnered with Cokie the Cat’s Blog for the Pet Blogger Gift Exchange hosted by Something Wagging This Way Comes.

cokielgfile Cokie, enjoying some down time.

I found out last week that today is Cokie’s 19th birthday, can you imagine?

I thought a song would be a really nice way to honor Cokie’s birthday, I started with the tune from the Beverly Hillbillies.

Come and listen to a story ‘bout a cat named Cokie

He wore a diaper but that’s no jokie.

But it just wasn’t working.

Then I thought, hmm maybe a children’s song, like Mary had a little lamb might be better.

Kristin had a little cat, little cat, little cat

Kristin had a little cat and Cokie was his name

They lived way out in Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood

They lived way out in Hollywood and Twitter was his game

 Hmm working a bit better, but I couldn’t get beyond that.

Maybe something a little more modern, like One Direction’s What makes you beautiful.

So you’ve got fur, but your heart’s pure

When you run through the house you’re a blur

The way you tweet, you are so sweet

The kindness you show can’t be beat

Everyone else in the world can see it

Everyone else but you

Cokie you light up the world like nobody else

The way you structure a tweet makes our hearts melt

Nope, that fell short too.

I went back to the children’s rhyme.

There was a woman had a cat and Cokie was his name-o

C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E

And Cokie was his name-o

Her name was Kristin, her heart was true, she was the grandest dame-o

C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E

And Cokie was his name-o

They lived way out in Hollywood, and glamour was their game-o

C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E

And Cokie was his name-o

They had a blog, they loved to chat, Twitter was their claim to fame-o

C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E

And Cokie was his name-o

Today is his Nineteenth birthday, but this song is really lame-o

C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E, C-O-K-I-E

And Cokie was his name-o

I give up.

Instead I’ll just wish Cokie the happiest of birthdays, surrounded by everyone and everything he loves.

Thank you Cokie and Kristin for your kindness and generosity over these past four months, but most of all, I thank you for your friendship.

Happy, Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Used without permission from Kristin.  Of course I’ll remove it if she asks. 🙂

Do you know Cokie?  Have you wished him a Happy B’day yet?

Simple Mathematics

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Here’s a simple equation for a Sunday morning.

Jack ‘N Jill party on Saturday night + move the clocks ahead + sleep-in Sunday for the Mama = ?

If you answered, one bored, destructive lab give yourself a gold star!

I’m not really sure how, but I managed to sleep until just after nine o’clock this morning (hence the late post.)  Since I really need a coffee and something to eat before I walk the dogs, I settled down on the couch to write my post and make sure I was awake.

Delilah was bored. (Never a good thing.)

IMG_4337 This ball is evil, it must be destroyed.

IMG_4345 So is this stuffed Frisbee.

IMG_4343 There, the evil toys have been destroyed, you are safe now Mama.  Please take us for our walk now.

Yes my sweet, I need to eat something first, walking through all that snow is exhausting.

How does your dog let you know what (s)he needs?

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