You make me smile (or laugh), the sweet, funny, 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 attack your Kong, like it was your job….
Don’t all chocolate labs eat with gusto?
You make me smile.
Your turn, what do your pets do that make you smile or laugh?
Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer questions and generally just wrap up my week.
You Make Me Smile – September 7, 2014
Emma said, “Looks a bit wet for grilling, but I’m sure the smells are all still there. Good news! I got this post in my email, fyi”
Yay, I’m so glad the e-mail is working again!! And we grill in any weather, if it’s pouring we use a giant umbrella. 🙂
Sue said, “When you think about how strong dogs’ sense of smell is, it’s a wonder any dog could resist the smell of a freshly used grill! ”
Good point!
Frankie and Ernie asked, “Now GRILL inspector sounds like a PERFECT job to US. Does it pay well?”
It would be a perfect job for you guys, since you wouldn’t have to stoop to get underneath. 🙂 I’m pretty sure the pay is just tips though.
Kirsten said, “Glad you had a perfect fall day on Sunday, and a perfect opportunity to work on some life skills. Delilah will get there, it just will take some time. And more cookies 
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Lord, I’m going broke trying to keep this dog in cookies. LOL
A Great Dane Ate 43 Socks – WTF Wednesday
WHAT? Socks? Siriusly? Who in their right mind eats socks? Ohh..it was a Dane you say? Right.
Molly the Wally said, “We have to say we thought about who the heck does the laundry over there and did they not wonder why the sock monster was working on overdrive? Some people shouldn’t have socks let alone a dog LOL. Gosh do they have kids?”
You know, that thought crossed my mind too. God help them if they do!
Lauranne said, “I feel this is a friendly, none judgemental place (ha) so I am going to own up that as a puppy Mity once ate a mitten. … The vet was called within minutes!!”
See darling, the difference is 1) you knew that he ate the mitten because….wait for it…you were paying attention to your dog!! and 2) You called the vet immediately! Who knows how long that poor Dane had those socks in its stomach!
2 Brown Dawgs said, “I don’t know. If you have a dog who eats things, you don’t always know what they have eaten. ”
I agree with you to a point. Yes it’s true I’ve found things in the yard that could only have gotten there one way (hello Delilah) BUT we’re not talking about tennis ball fuzz or toothpicks (yes I’ve found both of those in my yard) we’re talking about 43 socks. Unless the dog just went on a crazy toe jam binge and ate them all within a short period of time, I’d say someone was not paying attention to that dog.
Pamela asked, “I wonder if this is a situation where the people knew the dog ate socks and they thought it was funny. How many YouTube videos have you seen of just this kind of thing?”
This is why I don’t search this stuff on Youtube, because there are some stupid people out there that would do it, just for the attention.
Sharon S said, ” I read another post earlier this week about a dog that ate 24 hair ties that belonged to the little girl in the family. The owner had no idea about it until the hair ties showed up on an x-ray.”
Now that I could see. Hair ties are small and are easily lost or misplaced. If you ever raised a houseful of girls you know how that goes!
Jan asked, “Did he just eat them in pairs and they didn’t notice that nothing matched up any more? ”
Yeah Jan, I’m flummoxed on this one too.
FYI I happened to be at the vet with Sampson yesterday getting his acupuncture treatment and I mentioned to my vet the incident with Delilah and the cookie. Would you believe the vet said he’d have let her have that cookie? Not intentionally of course, but he said in dog her size it wouldn’t likely hurt her. He’d be more concerned if it was baker’s chocolate.
Emma said, ” Bailie and I enjoy stealing food, but we are nothing compared to cat bro Bert. He is the worst of the worst and getting worse all the time. ”
I got nuthin’ for this one Emma. I have no idea how to control cats. One of the reasons I don’t have cats is because I don’t like them on the counters or tables and I don’t know a good way to keep them off.
Jan K said, “Oh boy, we could exchange eyesight stories for a while, couldn’t we?”
Sadly, I think you’re right. LOL
I do, I want a cookie.
Pamela said, “Delilah’s coat in your first picture looks like velvet. ”
We get complimented on her coat all the time, she really does have a beautiful one. Sometimes when I look at her and her ears are back she reminds me a baby seal, all sleek and shiny.
DZ Dogs asked, “Have you worked on, “leave it” with Delilah?
Yes I have and it works sometimes if I drop something, but when she’s gone up on the counter it’s not an option.
That’s it for me, have a great weekend!!
Sampson loves lying outside when the Hubby is out there working. He is such a good boy that he just lies there watching the world go by After his ACL injury he didn’t really get to be outside a lot, mostly because I was worried that something would excite him and he would injure himself.
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day. Rain on Saturday evening drove the humidity away and we were left with a perfect fall day. Sampson, Delilah and I went to the woods for a nice morning walk. I worked Delilah off-leash a bit and she did phenominally well. Once we got home, I did a little bit of canning while Hubby went outside to work on his jeep.
When I went outside to help Hubby, Sampson went too, and he stayed outside. After I’d done a bit of putzing in the house I decided to outside and take some pictures of Sampson.
Notice anything in the doorway?
After I’d taken a couple of pictures I noticed Delilah just sitting in the doorway watching. I felt very bad. I would love for her to be able to be outside in the yard without her leash, but she has a tendency to roam.
It was a really nice day, and I figured how the heck will she ever learn if I never let her try?
I put her collar on, grabbed her leash and put a tasty treat in my pocket. Then I boldly stepped out the front door with her.
I held her collar until we were both out the door and then I asked her for a sit.
I’ll sit, but I expect a cookie.
Of course, she got a cookie.
Then I asked her for a down. Delilah does not like downs. I’m not really sure what the deal is with that, she’ll do it, but she takes her time.
I’m getting a cookie for this, yes?
Once I took a few photos, I sat on the step and pet her. When she sat on her own without me asking her, I said, “Yes” and gave her a treat.
Of course I kept snapping pictures.
After about 10 minutes, I ran out of cookies.
You’re out of cookies? You’re useless.
Yes it’s true, we were only outside for about 10 minutes, but what a glorious 10 minutes it was. After all, it was a perfect fall day.
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