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<\/a>Blondie, our oldest dog<\/p><\/div>\n
Dogs that live in the Fields household have a pretty good life.<\/p>\n
After all, our humans care for our every need. Have to get up at 3:00 a.m. to go outside? No problem — just whine until Pam wakes up and takes you out. Hungry? Breakfast in the morning, snack in the afternoon, dinner at night. Diet is a mix of dry dog food (ordered online from Chewy) and canned dog foods. Occasionally cooked green beens and sweet potatoes (fresh, of course) add some variety.<\/p>\n
The biggest stress is deciding where to sleep. Will it be couch #1, Pam’s bed, or couch #2? Do we have to whine to “encourage” a human to move a cat so we can sleep where we want?<\/p>\n
You see, all is not roses. Sometimes, when we’re outside, we have to bark at the door to be let back into the house (if the door concierge is slow to respond). When there is a lot of foot traffic on the sidewalk, Pam won’t let us in the front yard to bark at everything we see. Jer works, so his at-home time is limited, time he could be spending playing tug-of-war with me or petting us. Sometimes we have to howl the song of our people. <sigh><\/p>\n
Then there are those trips to the vet and groomer. Bru just hates them even though she looks so much better after her hair has been cut. I don’t need to get my [short] hair cut, but my nails are less saber-like after the groomer’s attention. Jo looks much sleeker after her appointments. I guess we have to tolerate medical and grooming attention.<\/p>\n
Thinking about those summer trips to The Lot — \u00a0Jo enjoys them if she is given the freedom to run. There is enough space to let her greyhound blood let loose and she runs at top speed. Bru and I tolerate these four-hour-each-way trips. \u00a0The car offers some good sunny sleeping spots, but mostly the \u00a0benefit is getting away from those darn cats for a while.<\/p>\n
Yep, a dog’s life in the Fields household is pretty darn good. Food, grooming, medical care, travel, a yard to run in, things to bark at, places to sleep, companionship. Now if the cats would quit sleeping in my spots…<\/p>\n
Back to Jer to finish this post.<\/p>\n
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n
Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n
After I finished painting the quilt square, I started working on what I call my “hearts” project. \u00a0My challenge was to use only sewing items I have on hand – fabric, trims, buttons, quilt batting – to make a bunch of cloth heart ornaments for a holiday tree this coming December. \u00a0I ordered an artificial tree from Balsam Hill during their off-season sale; maybe we won’t want to cut a fresh tree every year. The artificial “heart tree” could stay up until Valentines Day, if we have a house (by this December) big enough to leave it out.<\/p>\n