Rudy - The dog with a blog
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Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sunday, September 26, 2010
New Vehicle?
*(Scheduled post; Written by Rudy's Raiser)*
Picture of Rudy with the car... before we left it at the dealership :(
Remember back in January when we got the cute new green Honda Element? (when we still had Toby)
That car was soo awesome - I loved driving it, and it was a really "dog" friendly car!
Due to some money issues... we had to say goodbye... to it :( We sold it earlier this month; back to the dealership. With it gone - we have one less car insured... which is a lot better for us.
Picture of Rudy with the car... before we left it at the dealership :(
We own a huge dually truck - which we used sometimes. It is now our official car to drive. I'll really, really, really miss driving that cute little Element - even if we plan on buying one next year. I LOVE driving the huge dually - but it's so hard to park!
Okay... enough about cars - the REAL reason why I'm posting this? Since we are now driving in the truck... the only way Rudy can see me is by doing this:
Yup - he does this for more than half the time while we are driving down the road... When I feel a wet nose... I know it's him!
We are most likely enjoying Disney right now... and Rudy's probably hoping down the hall ways with Charlie S!
Rudy's Raiser
The human without a dog that has a blog
Friday, April 16, 2010
What's it like with 3 dogs in a car... all the way to FL?
Wild, Crazy, Fun, Interesting, Wild...
Monday night Cassie (Toby's sister), her Raiser and her Raiser's sister showed up.
They spent the night at our house, then the next morning we headed down to FL.
We made a "quick" stop to pick up Duchess (Toby's other sister).
Then with 2 female dogs in a car with 1 INTACT male we continued on :)
For the first 20 minutes it was 3 young dogs trying to play... with no space. Once they realized it would be more comfortable for ALL of us if they just laid down - they decided that was the better deal.
I brought 5 sterile dog bones for the trip down (for the dogs... not us!). And for some reason 1 dog always ended up with ZERO bones to chew on??
After about 5 hours of driving Toby got fed up with the "girls" stealing all the space. He decided there was MUCH more room somewhere else... on my lap. Yes, he crawled on to my lap and fell asleep!
Of course it didn't last long, I told him "off" and he went back on the ground with the "Space stealing" girls.
I remember when we stopped for lunch - taking 3 dogs out of the car, giving them a restroom break, then coating them up and heading inside.
I've had some people stare at me before thinking I was blind - but with 3 dogs in a restaurant... we got a LOT more looks!
Toby was perfect, not one bit dog distracted like I totally thought he would be.
He even did a down-stay beside his siblings PLUS ignoring them!
While in the car the dogs did have their "moments". All would be fine, 3 dogs sleeping at our feet. Then all of a sudden they all decide to jump up and start chasing each other, we calmed them down real quick!
All in all the car ride was quite "fun" and I really enjoyed having some other dogs with us.
My camera was in my hand for the entire trip... so yes the card is quite full!
Tuesday night was quite fun. 3 dogs in a hotel room! All who listened quite well (yes I was surprised!).
Wednesday morning we finished breakfast rather quickly, with 2 hours to spare we decided to visit the beach. (Toby's never been!)
Since it was a "no dog" beach we had to be careful (guide dogs in training are allowed on - but people do have problems sometimes).
I really wanted to let Toby play in the water... but we forget to bring towels!
We spent about 30 minutes on the beach taking photos :)
Still having time to kill, we went downtown to walk the dogs.
While on the walk we saw across the street a dog... in harness... working with a SEGDI trainer!
That was really neat watching them work - thinking Toby might be doing that in a couple months!
All to soon the time came... for us to head on over the the guide dog school.
Before "turn in" we took pictures with the SEGDI stone. Then I had an appointment with the lady in charge of the gift shop. I planned on showing her my dog & dog bone goat milk soap (same style as the giveaway is for).
She really liked them and decided to try them in the gift shop!
Of course once we finished with the soaps it was time... to turn him in, it was time... to say goodbye.
I don't think a single puppy raiser could ever turn in a dog WITHOUT crying. Goodbyes are hard and it doesn't make it any easier knowing that you may never see him/her again.
After Toby "left" we headed over to the puppy kennel to look at... PUPPIES!
There wasn't any puppies old enough for "puppy hugging", but I did get to peak in Ginger's kennel and see her cute black goldador pups... knowing one of those fluff balls will be mine in one month!
Heading back home without any dogs was hard, but we did make it.
Making a couple stops on the way, while inside I may have used "find the door" for entering and exiting. Yes, some people looked, wondering why in the world I would tell MYSELF "Find the door"?
I have lots of pictures of the trip down and many from "last things" with Toby.
I plan on posting them all through time before the new puppy gets here.
Thank you for following this blog and leaving comments on the way. I really appreciated reading all the wonderful comments from you guys on the last couple posts - thank you!
Pictures coming soon,
Toby's Raiser
The human without a dog that has a blog
Monday night Cassie (Toby's sister), her Raiser and her Raiser's sister showed up.
They spent the night at our house, then the next morning we headed down to FL.
We made a "quick" stop to pick up Duchess (Toby's other sister).
Then with 2 female dogs in a car with 1 INTACT male we continued on :)
For the first 20 minutes it was 3 young dogs trying to play... with no space. Once they realized it would be more comfortable for ALL of us if they just laid down - they decided that was the better deal.
I brought 5 sterile dog bones for the trip down (for the dogs... not us!). And for some reason 1 dog always ended up with ZERO bones to chew on??
After about 5 hours of driving Toby got fed up with the "girls" stealing all the space. He decided there was MUCH more room somewhere else... on my lap. Yes, he crawled on to my lap and fell asleep!
Of course it didn't last long, I told him "off" and he went back on the ground with the "Space stealing" girls.
I remember when we stopped for lunch - taking 3 dogs out of the car, giving them a restroom break, then coating them up and heading inside.
I've had some people stare at me before thinking I was blind - but with 3 dogs in a restaurant... we got a LOT more looks!
Toby was perfect, not one bit dog distracted like I totally thought he would be.
He even did a down-stay beside his siblings PLUS ignoring them!
While in the car the dogs did have their "moments". All would be fine, 3 dogs sleeping at our feet. Then all of a sudden they all decide to jump up and start chasing each other, we calmed them down real quick!
All in all the car ride was quite "fun" and I really enjoyed having some other dogs with us.
My camera was in my hand for the entire trip... so yes the card is quite full!
Tuesday night was quite fun. 3 dogs in a hotel room! All who listened quite well (yes I was surprised!).
Wednesday morning we finished breakfast rather quickly, with 2 hours to spare we decided to visit the beach. (Toby's never been!)
Since it was a "no dog" beach we had to be careful (guide dogs in training are allowed on - but people do have problems sometimes).
I really wanted to let Toby play in the water... but we forget to bring towels!
We spent about 30 minutes on the beach taking photos :)
Still having time to kill, we went downtown to walk the dogs.
While on the walk we saw across the street a dog... in harness... working with a SEGDI trainer!
That was really neat watching them work - thinking Toby might be doing that in a couple months!
All to soon the time came... for us to head on over the the guide dog school.
Before "turn in" we took pictures with the SEGDI stone. Then I had an appointment with the lady in charge of the gift shop. I planned on showing her my dog & dog bone goat milk soap (same style as the giveaway is for).
She really liked them and decided to try them in the gift shop!
Of course once we finished with the soaps it was time... to turn him in, it was time... to say goodbye.
I don't think a single puppy raiser could ever turn in a dog WITHOUT crying. Goodbyes are hard and it doesn't make it any easier knowing that you may never see him/her again.
After Toby "left" we headed over to the puppy kennel to look at... PUPPIES!
There wasn't any puppies old enough for "puppy hugging", but I did get to peak in Ginger's kennel and see her cute black goldador pups... knowing one of those fluff balls will be mine in one month!
Heading back home without any dogs was hard, but we did make it.
Making a couple stops on the way, while inside I may have used "find the door" for entering and exiting. Yes, some people looked, wondering why in the world I would tell MYSELF "Find the door"?
I have lots of pictures of the trip down and many from "last things" with Toby.
I plan on posting them all through time before the new puppy gets here.
Thank you for following this blog and leaving comments on the way. I really appreciated reading all the wonderful comments from you guys on the last couple posts - thank you!
Pictures coming soon,
Toby's Raiser
The human without a dog that has a blog
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