RichPB (richlife)
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Things suddenly did get exciting at hour house this afternoon. You can see my little 16-month-old Affenpinscher, Tonto, in my avatar. He came to us in Feb with a big surprise -- he had major anxiety and trust issues. With time and love he has progressed very well, though there are still numerous things he has difficult with. From the very start I felt that having a companion would help him out a lot, but my wife really didn't want another dog (although we have had at least two for most of the past 48 years -- mostly large dogs). Late last week she suddenly changed her mind! Tonto's original breeder announced two retired breeding Affenpinscher females available. It took a few days and some competing interests, but we learned today we can get Icy. An almost 4-yr-old, 8 lb, fully trained sweetheart. Really quite perfect for us!
So now part two. We could have her flown to us from Washington state, but we actually think Tonto's issues may have resulted from a bad flight at 7 months -- not typical, but it does happen. Also, and most important, we have been discussing taking our first vacation since Covid, but couldn't decide (agree) on where. Washington is a great distination and since this will be our 4th roadtrip to the distant West, right up our alley. We still have to work it around some commitments, but likely we will leave early next week. I'm looking forward a lot to the 40-hour trip out there! Then we can take our time doing what we enjoy most: Traveling this great country with our two dogs and maybe finding some places we missed the first three times. (Even a total 18 weeks on the road is not enough to enjoy all of what the US has to offer! And that doesn't include our shorter eastern roadtrips.)
We have only 7 states we have not visited, including Alaska. Will we get to some of the others? TBD.
So now part two. We could have her flown to us from Washington state, but we actually think Tonto's issues may have resulted from a bad flight at 7 months -- not typical, but it does happen. Also, and most important, we have been discussing taking our first vacation since Covid, but couldn't decide (agree) on where. Washington is a great distination and since this will be our 4th roadtrip to the distant West, right up our alley. We still have to work it around some commitments, but likely we will leave early next week. I'm looking forward a lot to the 40-hour trip out there! Then we can take our time doing what we enjoy most: Traveling this great country with our two dogs and maybe finding some places we missed the first three times. (Even a total 18 weeks on the road is not enough to enjoy all of what the US has to offer! And that doesn't include our shorter eastern roadtrips.)
We have only 7 states we have not visited, including Alaska. Will we get to some of the others? TBD.