Heart Like a Dog

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

Happy Birthday to My Heart Dog

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Ten years ago the universe set me on a collision path with this beautiful soul.

The dog love of my life.

The dog love of my life.

He makes me feel better when I am sad, he gives me companionship and unconditional love every single day.  He makes me a better person just for being in my life.  He is and always will be my Heart Dog.

Happy Birthday to the best dog I’ve ever known.  

Oh no, it's Mr. Bill!

Oh no, it’s Mr. Bill!

Yesterday I told you I’d share the birthday treat I made for him.  Tomorrow I’ll tell you exactly what it’s made of.

These Dogs You Guys

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As you know, last week I laid out my plan to help get Sampson recover from his ACL surgery.  It involves limiting his walks both in terms of distance and speed, adding Glucosamine to his diet, and getting him some acupuncture treatments.  Currently Sampson goes to the Physical Therapist once a week, where he gets cold laser therapy.  Last week the therapist asked how he was doing and I told her I thought he was doing better.

I gage this in a couple of ways.

1) He’s climbing on the couch at least once or twice a day.

I love my couch, I think it's grand, if I could I'd hold it's hand.

I love my couch, I think it’s grand, if I could I’d hold it’s hand.

2) He seems to be walking better, in fact I have to slow him down quite frequently, as he’s pulling ahead of me on our walks.

3) He’s not licking his paws as much as he was.

When he saw my vet on June 23rd, she took a look at his paws and said, “He’s hurting.”  Check out the photos.

This photo was taken June 26th. While it's hard to see I've pointed out the areas with the lick Granulomas.

This photo was taken June 26th. While it’s hard to see I’ve pointed out the areas with the lick Granulomas.

 

This photo was taken July 10th. Exactly two weeks later.

This photo was taken July 10th. Exactly two weeks later.

As you can see, he’s not licking at his paws as much and the Granulomas are healing up.

4) He wants to run and jump.

5) Did I mention he wants to jump?  Yeah, Saturday I drove up to the park, pulled out the ramp and opened the hatch.  As I’m opening the door I’m saying, “Wait.”  Except he didn’t.  He jumped out.  

JUMPED.  Out of the freaking car.

Asshole.

These dogs will be the death of me.  If they don’t physically kill me by tripping me, or knocking me down, they’ll give me a heart attack with their antics.

You Make Me Laugh – July 13, 2014

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You make me laugh (or smile) 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.

Sampson, when you use the pet steps in a manner different from what they were intended for…

Golden-Labrador

You make me laugh.

Golden-Retriever-Labrador-Mix

That you can fall asleep and look so damn cute doing it, you make me smile.

He doesn’t look comfortable, but some how it works for him. 

What’s the strangest place/position your pet has ever slept in?  

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