Heart Like a Dog

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

You Make Me Smile – December 21, 2014

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You make me smile (or laugh), the funny, sweet, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Delilah….the way you think you can sneak food out of the pantry without being caught….

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You make me smile.

In case you can’t see it, that is a package of goldfish.  Notice who is sitting nicely in the background.

Do your pets try and sneak food?  Are they good at it? 

Welcome to Day 20 of the #Advent4Dogs Giveaway hosted by Kol’s Notes, Dogthusiast, Heart Like a Dog, NEPA Pets & Wag’n’Woof Pets. Today’s give away is sponsored by Pridebites. Enter now for your chance to win a $25 gift card.

Hatchette Books

 Enter to win Ask Anna, by Dean Koontz’s golden retreiver, the book Hounded by Matt Ziselman and the NYT Best seller Unsaid by Neil Abramson.

You can enter to win at Kol’s Notes.  Just click the trivia question belong to be taken Kol’s Notes where you will find the widget to enter.  Good luck!

Advent Day 21

Mountain Laurel….Barks and Bytes

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I love walking in the woods this time of year.  Yes on the surface it looks bleak and dreary.

Not a lot of green, the skies are overcast.

Not a lot of green, the trees have lost their green and the sky is overcast.

Once you get into the woods on a trail, you notice there’s still a bit of green going on.  There are not a lot of pine trees, but there are tons of Mountain Laurel.  Mountain Laurel happens to be our state flower and as such it is protected.  There are hefty fines if you are caught picking Mountain Laurel.

Follow us, we'll lead you through the Mountain Laurel.

Follow us, we’ll lead you through the Mountain Laurel.

Sadly a lot of the Mountain Laurel in the area has been hit with some kind of fungus.  You probably can’t see it from the pictures but the leaves are all speckled with brown spots.

Before I started walking in these woods I didn’t realize that Mountain Laurel retain their leaves throughout the winter.  But they do.

SO WHY with the bleakness, and the spotted Mountain Laurel do I like walking in the woods this time of year?

Simple.

Even with the Mountain Laurel retaining their leaves, you can still see ahead to watch for other people and dogs.

Shit, there's an off-leash dog! Oh wait...that's my dog.

Shit, there’s an off-leash dog! Oh wait…that’s my dog.

Besides, not a lot of people walk their dogs around here in the winter.  They must think dogs don’t need exercise in the winter, either that or they’re wimps. 

Considering the dumb ass dog owners in my neighborhood I think either theory works.   What do you think?

Next week our Barks and Bytes hop falls on Christmas Day.  Linda and I realize people are busy with family and traditions, so we invite you to add a holiday wish, tradition, memory or greeting and link it up to the special Christmas edition of Barks and Bytes.  We’ve made a button especially for this occasion.  Of course, if you have a traditional blog post, feel free to add that as well.

A Special Christmas Barks and Bytes

A Special Christmas Barks and Bytes

Speaking of Christmas, welcome to Day 18 of the #Advent4Dogs Giveaway hosted by Kol’s Notes, Dogthusiast, Heart Like a Dog, NEPA Pets & Wag’n’Woof Pets. Today’s give away is sponsored by Inkopious. Enter to win T-Shirts for dog lovers!

Inkopious Day 18 Today’s trivia question is hosted by Dogthusiast, you can click HERE for the trivia questions and click the image to go directly to Kol’s Notes.

 

If It’s Not the Dumb Ass Dog Owner…It’s Their Guest

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When Sampson, Delilah and I walk the neighborhood, I always have my eyes sharp.  I’m on the lookout for someone walking, whether it’s by themselves or with their dog.  I’m also watching for  squirrels, chipmunks, wild turkey, deer, cats, cars and mice.  Yes mice.  One windy morning Delilah perked up over what I thought was a leaf.  I don’t know who was more surprised when the mouse ran right under her nose, her or me.

Anyone watching me would think I was either drunk, slightly off my rocker or both.  I know which yards have the e-fences where the dogs lurk in the back yard only to come charging out when you approach.  Or the yard that doesn’t clean up after their dog and has huge piles on the lawns.   

Typically I cross the road to avoid the potential hazards, with the exception of the lawn with the disgusting piles.  The house across from the yard with the piles has a dog on an e-fence.  Gretchen is very excited to see another dog and keeps her ears sharp, I usually hear her well before I see her.

Such was the case on Sunday.  We were approaching Gretchen’s house and I had my eyes and ears sharp, listening for her.  I heard her, she was inside.  I think there was a little party at her house because there was a few cars out front and the house was all lit up.

I walked along the street, the dogs beside me walking along the edge of Gretchen’s yard.  Just as we passed the front door, it opened and one of the little guests let Gretchen out.  Here she comes tearing across the lawn to greet the dogs.

I was quick.  I moved out into the street bringing the dogs with me and then struggled getting Sampson away as he wanted to greet Gretchen as much as she wanted to greet him.

Meanwhile the little guest kept calling to Gretchen who of course ignored him.  I finally got Sampson a safe distance past the house, cursing and mumbling under my breath the entire time.

Did you see that? It was SO close.

Did you see that? I was SO close.

Once I got home I changed my pants and relaxed. 😉

How do you handle the situation with guests and your dogs?  Do you allow your guests to let your dogs out, or do you handle it differently?

Welcome to Day 16 of the #Advent4Dogs Giveaway hosted by Kol’s Notes, Dogthusiast, Heart Like a Dog, NEPA Pets & Wag’n’Woof Pets. Today’s give away is sponsored by Jones Natural Chews. Enter now for your chance to win a $25 in all natural, delicious, Made in the US treats your dog will love.

My Jones Image Today’s trivia question can be found on Wag ‘N Woof Pets.

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