This is our dog Harley.
He's a big, old dog. At his last vet visit he weighed 94lbs and we think he is at least 12 years old. He has only been part of our family for 5 years. Before that he was my brother's constant companion. Needless to say my brother spoiled him. Shamelessly. He fed him human food all the time, in fact I am not sure he ever ate dog food. Harley also was fed candy bars. I know what they say about dogs and chocolate....it doesn't apply to Harley. At one point my brother had to get rid of Harley and it broke his heart. He called me and asked if we would take him. I wasn't too sure of the idea of taking him, but for my brother I said yes.
Fast forward 5 years and Harley is every bit part of the family. He spends most of his days outside. In the winter he sleeps in the sunshine and in the summer he spends his time in the shade...usually in a hole that he has dug to get down to cool dirt. At night we let him sleep in the house. The first thing he does when he comes in the house is crawl under the table looking for a snack...and in this house it is a good bet he will find one.
Last night we had bean burritos for dinner...yeah I know not what was on the menu. Anywho...a couple of kidlets didn't finish theirs. I know shocking. So I gave Harley some of the leftovers and I think Big Daddy gave him some also.
There are somethings you shouldn't share with a big, old dog and refried beans are one of them!
I have left the windows opened in the room he slept in last night to help get rid of the odor.
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I LOVE HARLEY! we have ace. he and harley have much of the same life. i appreciate the under the table clean up, saves me a bit of time. when my mother is visiting ace is in the house more because she cooks constantly and she's a messy cooker, she likes him to clean up after her. he had his first naughty dog experience after being fed some leftovers (which we normally do not do) he got into the trash in the garage and helped himself to dinner leftovers we neglected to give him... naughty boy!! he's been banned from the table for two weeks. now i have to sweep... ugh! the bains of parenting dogs.
ReplyDeleteOh I love big ol' Harley...but dog fuffers are the worse!!
ReplyDeleteand Harley ones...Oh my gosh!
Glad he is doing well! Itsey will be happy to see him in a few months.
I love my dog and am grateful that we have him. In fact, I will probably take a bereavement day from work when he passes on. Until then, I will just have to take sick days from work when he passes gas. We are talking about high-octane, full-throttle, no-respect-for-the-higher-lifeform Fog Darts!
ReplyDeleteIt was so bad that Harley had to leave the room at one point.
ReplyDeleteLOL, you guys are hilarious! I hope I have as much fun when Zeke is 12, (hmmmm, counting 11 years, 8 months to go!) Will I make it? The boys are still trying to house train him first.
ReplyDeleteOkay I am not so sure it was really Harley. Knowing my brother I would venture it was really him and he blamed it on the dog ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo they were truly Harley. David wasn't even in the room. AND IT WASN'T ME!
ReplyDeleteWell, that just made me laugh...I usually blame Ray for the "unusual" smells in the house...even if it is the dog...Ray gets blamed for it...Thanks for the humor of the day and a photo of "Harley". He looks harmless...judy
ReplyDeleteWe have a big ol' (120 lb) lab that must've snuck out and come to your house for dinner. All day long that dog was tooting up a storm! I was getting sick! I think he was getting offended when we kept spraying air freshner at his butt.
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny! Are you sure it was him & not Big Daddy (or you)? I would of been hitting Troy all night & put him in the dog house myself..
ReplyDeleteI want to let my dog inside. But Troy refuses & she pee's in places...