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Monday Mischief

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My heart was heavy when we left for our walk yesterday and I was looking forward to just enjoying the nice weather with Sampson and Delilah.

We started out in the field and they got some zoomies on, then the other side of the field was calling them so I headed off in the opposite direction.  They quickly joined me.

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I’ve been avoiding the back portion of the trails as some of them are fairly steep on their own and made even more treacherous with snow and ice on them.  It was a nice spring-like day though, so I opted for the steeper trails to give the dogs a change of smellery.

Delilah was doing super well off-leash until we came to the area close to the rail trail (a very popular walking/jogging/biking trail,) at that point she blew off her recall and ran out onto the trail.

I kept calling her and I started to head down when I realized she was going farther away.  She was very close to having access to 8.5 miles of blazed trails and so I turned around and headed back towards the field.  After about a minute or so (it seemed like 10) she ran back to me and then she was leashed for the rest of the walk.

As we got close to one of the two entrances to the trail, I noticed someone walking in with Tia the GSD on leash,  I called Sampson to me and leashed him up as well.

Delilah’s leash is 15 feet and Sampson’s is just a tad shorter, so maybe 13 feet.  I find it extremely difficult to walk two dogs on leash.

One heads this way, the other heads that way and then they switch. They did this just as we entered one of the trails.

I took my eyes off the trail to look at their leashes and in the process I missed seeing a branch that was sticking out.

I face planted.

Not like last year on New Year’s Eve where I lost my footing and scrambled to keep from falling.

Not like that at all.

One second my left foot hit the branch and the next second my face hit the ground.

It happened that fast.

My left knee, my right wrist and my mouth took the brunt of the fall.

Immediately I tasted blood and using my tongue inspected my teeth to insure I hadn’t loosened or broken any.  When my face displaced the snow, some of it splashed up on my glasses, and both gloves were wet so I couldn’t wipe them off.

When I fell I dropped Sampson’s leash.  The uncaring oaf Thankfully he just stood there staring out into the woods.  Delilah rushed to my side and stuck her face in mine.

Needless to say the walk didn’t accomplish what I’d set out to do, I cried all the way home and am now sporting a fat lip and a bruised wrist.

How was YOUR weekend? 🙂

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Monday Mischief Delilah Style

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Last Christmas after feeding and walking the dogs, Hubby and I sat on the couch eating chocolate drizzled kettle corn and playing Donkey Kong on the Wii.

It was a very relaxing, enjoyable morning.

I haven’t seen the chocolate drizzled kettle corn since then, until the last time I was at Trader Joe’s. It was cocoa drizzled kettle corn.  Semantics, it’s still chocolate right?

Hubby has a habit of eating a snack on the couch and leaving the empty package on the table between the two seats.

(Personally I think putting a pull down table on a couch is the dumbest idea Bob’s Discount Furniture ever had, but I’m sure some people probably use it responsibly.  Sadly it doesn’t work in our house, it just becomes another flat surface that gets covered with stuff.)

I’m sorry, I digress.

Delilah has a habit of snooping about on the surface of the table to see if anyone has left anything edible up there.

Which is how it came to be that I came out of the bathroom and found this.

You like chocolate, why can’t I?

 

She wasn’t one bit contrite.

I sent Hubby a text asking how much popcorn was left in the bag.

He said not much, maybe a couple of handfuls.

Um…that didn’t help me much.  There is a BIG difference between my handful and Hubby’s handful.

I called the vet, it was just before 7:00 am.  My vet’s office doesn’t open until 8:30 but the vet is available after 7:00 if you call the answering service.

I asked them to send a message over to the vet as soon as they could.

The vet called me back at 7:06.

“So you’re kids are getting into trouble?”

“Only one, Dr. B.  Only one.”

She then reassured me that for her size, Delilah would probably have to eat two full size candy bars for them to make an impact.

She would if she had the chance.

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Whoops Where’s Delilah?

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I’m very spoiled by the area where I walk the dogs.  I mean minus the spider webs, how can you beat the beauty of the woods?

There’s something about the serenity of the woods that can’t help but bring peace to your soul.  When you add your two favorites pups to the beauty, well it’s like a double rainbow.

There’s one spot with a really large rock.  I’ve never really let the dogs explore the rock before partly because we’ve been so caught up in the beauty of our woods and partly because, well the dogs have never really shown any interest in it.

A few weeks ago I decided it would be a perfect place to take a picture and so I encouraged the dogs to climb to the top of the rock and wait while I framed a shot.

You want us to stay up here mom?

 

After I snapped this shot, I thought I should step back a bit farther, just so you could get a good idea of how high the rock actually is.    Without turning around I began moving backward.  That’s when my mountain goat Delilah decided I might be heading somewhere more interesting.

She actually ran about two feet down the rock and jumped the rest of the way!  You really can’t tell the height in the photo but if I were to guess, I’d say it’s at least 12 to 15 feet high.

Her daring never ceases to amaze me, as well as keep my heart beating fast!  Are there things your dogs do that make you gasp?

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