Dog Musings

[leechlake]

Dogs eat so it makes sense to post this in the cooking forum.

Last night as I hopped in bed to watch a little tv all the dogs weren't around.  The old lab has turned our house into a Rambler so she doesn't come up stairs for bed much anymore.  All her needs are met on the main floor but she will go downstairs and hang out with my son most nights, he must spill chips on the floor.  I whistled for Belle, my snuggle dog, and I got a bonus golden retriever standing by the bed too.   I called him up and now it seemed I had created a contest on how one hand could pet two dogs.

Belle normally goes for the front and center move and after awhile slips to the end of the bed to get her own space.  Boomer the golden is too lazy to move so he just picks a neutral area when he arrives.  It I stretch my hand out I can pet him but if I don't I can't reach him.  Perfect for both of us.

Last night they both wanted attention, they wanted it now, and they didn't want the other getting any.  The whole thing got me thinking about why and I have no answers.  The seemed more like people than dogs.  Usually we like dogs because they aren't like people.  

I fell asleep with a 50 pound lab's, seemingly, 80 pound head "resting" on my left ankle and I thought of Bobby Bass and Duncan for some reason.  I didn't want to inconvenience Belle so I eventually fell asleep after my left foot had fallen asleep and was numb.  

[smurfy]

I got a chocolate lab that shares the bed with me also, well OK, most the time I get to share the bed with her!!!!!!!! the sheltie lays on the floor next to the bed and usually when my alarm goes off, shes the additional alarm clock!!!! 

[Bobby Bass]

I miss when I had all three of my labs in bed with me, Bud would take my pillow Barney would attempt to cover all four corners of the bed lying down and stretching his legs to all four corners and Duncan would and still does tuck behind my knees. If you get up in the middle of the night you pretty much lost your place in bed. Winter it is nice and cozy but in the summer 220#'s of lab can be awful warm, but I still miss them guys every night when I go to bed.

[Dotch]

Ruby is a snuggle bug. She's a whopping 40 lb. smooth coat red and white Border Collie but it's solid muscle. Faster than greased lightning, she has all the grace of a bag of feed sometimes. She gets up on the bed and basically plops on you when she decides to lay down. If you lay on your side she stretches out and wedges her back against you. Her favorite though is if you lay on your back to watch TV, she lays her head on your chest and wants her tummy scratched. Within a few minutes she's out and snoring loudly. Ain't no sleeping when that happens. It is loud! I try to shut the TV off before I fall asleep too. The other night I dozed off only to be awakened by Ruby barking up a storm. Looked at the TV and there was a horse and a Collie, two of Ruby's mortal enemies on the screen. 

Do miss our tri-colored Sheltie sometimes smurfy. Her name was Murphy (Murphy Brown) but a lot of people called her Murph the Smurf. Loved to lay on your feet so you couldn't move in bed. Also loved to bark. One night I couldn't figure out what she was barking at. Looked out the window to see her sitting on the hill outside the window barking at the full moon that was just rising.   

[Duffman]

The best part about last months week long trip in Mexico?

7 days of fur free bedding.

[Boar]

my dogs... outside. entry way in the winter. pets are funn and awsome. but im the only dog in my bed.

[smurfy]

dotch, one of our friends introduced us to shelties. dang I love them dogs!!!!!!! on our second. although they can be a pain at times not sure I can deal without having a sheltie and lab around. I think these 2 are the most spoiled hounds on the planet!

3 minutes ago, Boar said:

my dogs... outside. entry way in the winter. pets are funn and awsome. but im the only dog in my bed.

you heartless bully!!!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

I hear ya smurf. After owning a Sheltie they really grow on you. Mrs. Cheviot would like to get another one, maybe after the sheep thing gets to a more manageable level. Won't argue either way. Murphy really knew how to push our buttons, how/when to play the clown and learned a lot of tricks such as singing and smiling. Great little travelling companion too.  

[RebelSS]

Great little travelling companion too.  

They sure are. None of that "turn here!" "You went past it, stop!" foolishness. 

[lovebigbluegills]

Meanwhile at Smurfy's place, patiently waiting for their katchup

 

[smurfy]

7 minutes ago, lovebigbluegills said:

Meanwhile at Smurfy's place, patiently waiting for their katchup

 

 yo gotta quit hangin around reb I tell ya!!!!!!!!

[leechlake]

my wife is a horrible driver and she can't help but bark orders on where to park all the time.

When I drive I feel like I'm an elite running back seeing the whole field and picking my holes to drive through.  Whether that's fact or not doesn't matter.  She has a little sedan and thinks I'm going to truck my big truck with bad tires in some front row tight spot like she does when I can park 100 feet away in wide open spaces.

[smurfy]

so you suck at paralell parking too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bobby Bass]

My Barney for no apparent reason would sit on the deck and howl, took us awhile to figure out he was howling at jets flying high overhead, I don't know if he could see them or hear them but we knew when one was overhead.

[RebelSS]

1 minute ago, smurfy said:

so you suck at paralell parking too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But he's great at derailing. 

[leechlake]

derailing your own post doesn't count and never has.  We could turn this into a moderator assessment post at this point, or at least I could.  

[smurfy]

4 minutes ago, RebelSS said:

But he's great at derailing. 

 I suspected a foreign with all the hijacking!!!!!!!!!!

[RebelSS]

1 minute ago, leechlake said:

derailing your own post doesn't count and never has.  We could turn this into a moderator assessment post at this point, or at least I could.  

I suppose you will, since yer avatar lists you as a self-appointed "Moderator Boss".  At this point, the threads are so bungled up, I don't think that each one even needs a title anymore. Just jump in. Kinda like a nite of melding dreams. 

[leechlake]

glad you saw that.  I've learned in the past year that the self appointment process works pretty well.  I self appointed myself Team Spokesman for my son's hockey team since the coach is a buddy of mine and communicates nothing.  Took about two weeks and everyone was coming to me, including the coach, for team information.

I guess, even for me, these threads are a little bit jumbled up.  For whatever reason they've been like that for the past two weeks or so.  I will do my best to improve.

In my wife post I purposely said my "wife barks orders" and to me that kept it in the realm of dog musings.

[RebelSS]

That was duly noted. I certainly hope she isn't monitoring this thread. Yer new MT tires may be put on hold indefinitely . 

[leechlake]

I've thought many times this should be a password protected cite.  Kind of like the golf handicap system should be.  You can look up anyone and see what days they golfed.  It would be kind of tough if your boss called you in and asked how you had the time to play golf 20 times in a month.  

[smurfy]

The password could be melding!

[RebelSS]

Or smoming. 

[lovebigbluegills]

17 minutes ago, RebelSS said:

Or smoming. 

How aboot GREEN BEANS all caps  and the space

[RebelSS]

Oh my, I may have to use my DELETE button yet today...*ZZZT*