My Sire and the Friday Incident

Some have said I over-reacted last Friday with the marking. Please, see things in my paws. If you were stuck in a crate all night and woke up to see this, how would you feel?

We're back home

I haven't been able to post in the last few days so now I'm just going to summarize the final bit of the trip.

1) We travelled from Davenport, Iowa to Toledo, Ohio on Friday. The view was very similar to many I see all of the time, nice, but not new or different.

2) On Saturday, the Canadians went back to their own country while we went home. I will miss Boomer, Hazel, and Maggie and the people. Gunter wasn't a bad sort either. I kindof like him.

3) On Sunday, Free and Harry slept, Donna was busy. I was energetic and BORED. The trip was at least interesting. Home is boring.

4) On Monday I went to yet another earthdog trial. I did it right again, staying right with the rats and then staying right where they were no matter how much I was called. Donna was annoyed with me yet again. It was worse this time because Free was "good" and did well according to all of the people. She didn't let me forget it either.

Friday - Davenport, Iowa

I have been a pretty good dog on this trip. I've been mostly holding my tongue even when growled at. This morning though was too much. I got out of my crate after beening crammed in there all night, just to see my sire grinning at me from his sleeping bag, on his back, loose all night. I couldn't take it. I knew better than to growl, because I am a good dog, but what to do? I looked him straight in the eye and showed him that this was MY spot. I lifted my leg and gave a good mark. He didn't seem disturbed, but started to smile just as I was grabbed from behind. How was I supposed to know that peeing in the trailer was as bad as peeing in the house? I think that I might be seeing the inside of a crate even more than before. Poor me!

Thursday - Palisade State Park to Davenport, Iowa

Today we were encouraged to start our journey a little earlier than we expected. Luckily we dogs were fed before we were told that we had to leave NOW or wait 4 hours until they were finished moving camping cabins to their winter berths. The people had to wait for over an hour until they got to a place where they could eat and get coffee. Boy, were they cranky! I'm so glad that they knew to get us fed first thing.

We spent the day traveling through Iowa and crossed the Missouri twice. We saw a LOT of cornfields. Here's a picture of Iowa.

The weather has turned warm for the first time since we left Montreal. Last night we stayed outside until bedtime and smelled the breeze. It was nice.

Hi Again from Harry

This is Harry again. Here is a picture of me and my friend Roger. Roger is Gunter's brother and he is also very nice. I'm making lots of friends on this trip. All the dogs like me.

Wednesday - Wall, SD to Palisade State Park, SD

Today we drove through eastern South Dakota to Palisade State Park right at the eastern edge. It was a beautiful park with lots of small critters. Free and I had a great time running around in the fields with our flexi-leashes on. We also walked in the woods and wanted to swim in the creek, but were prevented. There was only one other family there camping in a tent, so we pretty much had the park to ourselves. We have determined that the state, local, and national parks (in that order) are thr nicest places to stay when RVing.

Tuesday - Wall Drug and the Badlands

Today we drove from Custer to Wall, SD. There is a strange place here called Wall Drug. It was once a drug store, but is now a weird sort of tourist attraction (think South of the Border for those familar with that place). After visiting Wall Drugs we went on a tour through the Badlands. Very dramic and different scenery here. We (the dogs) LOVED watching the prairie dogs...if only we'd been allowed to run loose! Gunter, Hazel, and I also saw a rabbit, but again we couldn't do much attached to a leash. The last picture is of Free in the Badlands.