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The House of Comfortable Doggies
Written by Bill Schmalfeldt
Wednesday, 3 March 2010 09:14

Somewhere in America today, a dog is uncomfortable.  But not here.  Not at our house.

So many people mistreat their doggies.  Many of our hillbilly neighbors who have dogs leave them outside and in pens so they can bark and bark and shiver in the cold.

That’s not how we do things here at the Schmalfeldt Home for Comfortable Doggies.

We insist that our doggies be comfortable at all times, even it it means that WE must be uncomfortable.  The comfort of a doggie is the most important thing.  Our comfort is secondary.

So if YOU have a doggie, or several doggies… do what you can… today… to ensure that your doggie is as comfortable as can be.

Even if the doggie has to mess up your bed covers to do it.

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Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2010 08:13
I Suppose it’s Only Fair…
Written by Bill Schmalfeldt
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:33

We don’t let Shiloh sleep with us at night because she’s such a spaz.  She will do well for the first half hour or so, then she goes from bed to bed, putting her cold nose on whichever body part is exposed, because she’s JUST… SO… BORRRRRRRRRRRRED!!!!!

She’s like a teenager.  She craves constant entertainment.  Where our border collie, Raven, will climb up onto one bed or the other and go to sleep, our silly nearly 4-year old German shepherd just can’t sit still unless she’s actually sleeping, and she can’t POSSIBLY go to sleep when RAVEN is laying where SHE wants to lay, and if Raven moves someplace else, it will UNDOUBTEDLY be someplace that SHILOH wants to lay NEXT and THAT’S NOT FAIR…

So, after many trials and much effort, Shiloh gets to sleep on the couch.

So I guess it’s only fair that during the day, we allow her to lounge in our bedroom.

As you can see in the photo, she is well prepared.

A favorite chew bone, just in case…

Three little dog food kibbles, in case she feels a bit peckish.

If I’m lucky, she will not rearrange my bed to suit her comfort.  She usually does, moving the bedspread and covers so she can crawl underneath.

Dogs.  What are ya gonna do?

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Last Updated on Friday, 26 February 2010 02:02
There’s Something About a Border Collie
Written by Bill Schmalfeldt
Thursday, 18 February 2010 07:17

So, last night I’m sitting in my recliner watching TV and I notice that our border collie, Raven, is having a late evening meal.  I scanned the living room and kitchen, but couldn’t see Shiloh, our German shepherd.  Gail was on the computer.

“Are we missing a dog?” I asked.

I swear.  That’s all I said.  I didn’t mention Shiloh by name.  I didn’t say anything to Raven.

But Raven comes RUNNING into the living room and looks behind the couch (from each end) to see if Shiloh is sleeping back there.  Then, she dashes down the hallway into our bedroom and does this combo “growl/bark” thing she does when she’s ordering Shiloh around.  Shiloh comes sleepily loping from our bedroom with Raven behind her, nudging her on the butt, border collie style,  as if the German shepherd were a sheep.

All I said was, “Are we missing a dog?”  How does a dog understand that to mean, “Where’s Shiloh?”

They say border collies are the smartest dogs on the list.  Don’t get me wrong, Shiloh is a good and smart little girl.  But there’s something remarkably “un-doglike” about Raven’s intellect.

I mean, do we have to be careful what we SAY around her now?

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Last Updated on Friday, 26 February 2010 02:03
Leg Pain Midnight Strike! I Survived!
Written by Bill Schmalfeldt
Monday, 15 February 2010 09:41

The pain in my left leg and ankle is subsiding and the swelling has gone down some.  I don’t know if it’s the heavy dosing of ibuprofen or black cherry juice.  I’ll keep doing both until the damn leg pain is completely cleared up.

Gail got up at 12:30 when I did to see if there was anything she could do for me.  She took the dogs out and went back to bed.  Five minutes later, Shiloh (our marginally intelligent German shepherd) started making that “rrrrRRRRRoo, Ruuuummmm!” sound she makes when she has to go outside.  I asked her why she didn’t take care of all her business when Gail had her out five minutes earlier, but she didn’t want to hear it.  I guess there are some things a doggie just wants to do for Daddy.

I sat up until about 1:45.  By then the ibuprofen or black cherry juice (or both) had caused the leg pain to subside enough to where I felt like I could go back to bed.  Which I did.

Raven (our mentally and athletically gifted Border Collie) went with me and waited patiently for me to get into bed.  And before I could get all my covers arranged, she jumped into bed with me and instantly went to sleep, providing a dead weight on the blankets that still lay in a bunch beneath her.

I eventually went to sleep around 3 or so and got up at 7:30.  I must have slept hard, cuz when I waddled into the bathroom and looked at myself, there was a red, sore spot on my right cheek where my hand was and a deep red crease on my forehead that wasn’t there earlier.

And so it goes.  Happy Presidents’ Day!

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 10:37
Doggie Gitmo Reopened
Written by Bill Schmalfeldt
Saturday, 30 January 2010 12:27

It was a noble experiment.  But it turns out that Doggie Gitmo is a necessity.

As we’ve discussed in the past, we let both doggies in to the bedroom with us at night.  Raven, the border collie, generally gets right down to sleep.  Shiloh, our silly 3-year old German Shepherd, generally feels the need to dink around for awhile before settling down.  Generally, she enjoys crawling — commando style — from the foot of the bed, under the covers.  If you pull back the covers for her, she looks at you like you’re spoiling her fun.

Last night was the final straw.  Shiloh was banished from the bedroom after crawling out from under my covers, ignoring me when I called her back to bed, and then nosing a just-fallen-asleep Gail in the back of the head with her cold, wet nose.

Gail got up at about 12:45 am to go potty.  When she gets up for a potty run, she gives the dogs a chance to “use the yard.”  Shiloh didn’t need to.  She had already used the carpet.  This was the second time in as many nights that she befouled the carpet.

So, tonight and from now on, Shiloh will join us when we go to bed.  If she settles down and goes to sleep… fine.  If she does not, then it’s off to Doggie Gitmo where she can sleep on a nice comfy pad in the kitchen.

You can’t treat these serial floor poopers like regular doggies.  You gotta have a SPECIAL confinement for ‘em!

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