Heart Like a Dog

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

You Make Me Smile – October 22, 2017

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There was a time, not too long ago, when Hubby would work outside and Sampson had to be out there with him. Sadly, due to injuries, he doesn’t show the desire to do so too frequently. There are still times when the only way we can get him to go outside for his last potty of the night, is for Hubby to take him out front. And there are still times when he goes with Hubby on Tuesday nights to take the trash to the curb, but those times are occasionally now, instead of regular.

As I mentioned in the beginning of the week, Sampson has been so much peppier since he’s been taking on the Treatibles.

You can imagine my joy when he came outside to hang with Mom and Dad while we did yard work yesterday morning.

This for sure makes me smile.

What made you smile this week?

When Your Dog Knows…

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Sometimes life can be challenging. Here at Casa de Stone, we’ve had a few challenging months.

It started with an office move the end of July, rolled into some minor health-related problems for me, and Thursday night I noticed Delilah had another ulcer in her eye. Took her to the vet on Friday, and she actually had three ulcers! So now she’s on antibiotic drops.

I’ve always found my peace and solitude in the woods when I’m walking the dogs. Weekday walks are really limited for time, so the woods are off limits. On the weekends, Delilah gets a longer walk than normal, and she has a favorite route she likes to follow…but sometimes…

Into the woods…

Sometimes…your dog just knows just what your soul  needs.

They call to my soul

The woods call to me and replenish my soul.

And that makes me smile.

 

When The Good Dog Goes Bad

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Between my two dogs, we all know which dog is the good dog. Anytime there is something destroyed in this house, we know just who to look to.

We often times joke about the destroyer really being Sampson, who then sits back and watches Delilah get accused of his dirty deeds.

Don’t get me wrong, when Sampson is playful, and sometimes when he’s stressed, he will destroy a toy, but other than that, he’s such a good boy.

Many’s the time I’ve walked out the door and gotten to the gate before I realized I’d left his leash inside. I have actually left him at the gate and told him to ‘Wait’ and he’s still standing in the exact spot I left him when I get back.

He’s never been a counter surfer, except when he was younger, he did go on the counter for Filet Mignon (no-one can blame him for that) and butter.

In fact, he loves butter so much, my sister’s nickname for him is ‘Butter.’

We recycle in my house. We recycle pretty much everything, glass, cardboard, paper, plastic. Because we have so much recycling, I hang a plastic bag on a door know in the kitchen, and when the bag gets full, I take it out to the bin.

For the past week, an empty butter box has been waiting to go to the bin, and at some point, it fell out of the bag and made its way to the floor.

Confession: Delilah loves butter too, and so I left the empty butter box on the floor to see how long it would take for her rip it up.

The butter box stayed on the floor for two to three days, before it was finally noticed.

But it wasn’t Delilah….

So what do YOU do when your good dog turns into the bad dog?

Well, if you’re me or Hubby, you take pictures and record it.

He tried to pick it up in his mouth and carry it away.

And after you’ve gotten all your photos and video, (and your dog is ripping the butter box apart) you give the dog some butter. 🙂

One way or another he’s determined to check out that box.

The funny thing is…there wasn’t a smudge of butter in it…just the smell.

I’ll be working on getting that video up on our Facebook page.  You can check us out on Facebook by finding the little Facebook icon.

 

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