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Wordless Wednesday - A Dog’s Day

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Wordless Wednesday

The odd thing yesterday was that no matter what I tried to entice her with, funny sticks, tennis balls, hugs and kisses, she just wouldn’t come. I finally walked home, leaving her in the neighbor’s yard to get better, tastier enticements.

After getting home, I stuck a piece of bacon in my jacket pocket and grabbed her leash. I headed back to the neighbors and found Plinko eating something fuzzy from between a couple of bushes. I was just sticking my hand in my pocket to get the bacon when the dog turned to look at me. She saw the leash and got all excited, I guess she thought we were going for a walk. She came right over to me, let me hook the leash onto her collar and we headed home, bacon still in my pocket!

I’m thinking that from now on I need to wear BDU Pants or something similar. You know the ones, they have all those extra pockets. I could keep dog treats and a spare leash on me at all times. It would cut down on the amount of time it takes me to recapture my dog!

Thankfully, Plinko doesn’t do this on a regular basis. It sure is annoying though when she does.

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Dog Capture

Today she decided to be bad. I had a DHL guy at the front door and I was signing for the package. The dog decided to take off between our legs and run, straight out the front to the street. She then turned and ran into our neighbors back yard. This is probably the only good decision she made during this escapade as I closed the gate behind her so she couldn’t get back out to the street.

After about 30 minutes of trying to get her to come to me, I went home and got her leash. As soon as she saw the leash, she came right to me. I guess she thought we were going for a walk. Ummm, NO! I did walk her back home and told her what a bad dog she was. She has been laying behind me ever since giving me the “I’m a good girl” look. I’m not falling for it.

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Bad Dog

Brody & ElsieOriginally uploaded by sewingmom1

We are such animal lovers in our family. Every family member’s house has at least one pet, a dog, sometimes two, and sometimes there are cats and birds mixed in for good measure. It occurred to me that I am always showing pictures of my dog Plinko and I decided today that I would show other animals that are in my extended family. Today, I have a picture of Elsie and Brody, both of whom are members of my sister Karen's family.

Edited to add:  The quilt, by the way, was hand crafted by my sister Karen for her daughter.  I do believe the dogs think it belongs to them!

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Family Dogs

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Snowday

A Hungarian scientist has developed a computer software that, when used with a certain breed of Hungarian dog, interprets the dogs barks.  The software is designed to analyze certain distinct barks that indicate the emotional state of the Hungarian Mudi, a herding breed.

Improvements to the software continue to be worked on.  As of right now, the software is only 3% more accurate than humans at determining the meaning behind a dogs barks in 6 particular situations: when the dog is alone, when the dog sees a ball, when the dog fights or plays, when the dogs meets a stranger and when the dog goes for a walk.

While I find this fascinating, I think I’ll wait for a much later version of this software before making my purchase!

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Talk With Your Dog

Without further ado, here are the top 10.

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shephard
4. Golden Retriever
5. Beagle
6. Boxer
7. Dachshund
8. Poodle
9. Shih Tzu
10. Bulldog

 Too bad the puggle isn’t considered a pure bred (yet) by the AKC.  They are certainly growing in popularity!

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Top Dogs

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Puppy’s First Christmas

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