Day 21
Everyone but Don slept in today, though I got up a little before Geri. After breakfast, Don took me over to the RV storage area, which has some grass, and I got to do a little exploring. There were some other dogs there, but none of them were really too friendly. We wandered around in there for awhile, Don was looking at the stored motorhomes; he didn’t really seem to like any of them. He put me on the extension leash, and we walked around the streets of the RV park, saying Hi to people. We were getting close to our coach when I saw it; a squirrel on the ground. Now, understand, as a retriever, part of my job is chasing squirrels and rabbits, catching them and bringing them back to my human. Can’t help it, it’s bred into me. So, I was off like a shot, forgetting that I was on a leash. The leash unreeled rapidly and jerked right out of Don’s hand. I kept going after that squirrel, which was heading quickly for a tree. I was really pouring it on, but the squirrel had too much of a head start and he was up the tree before I could get there. I could hear Don yelling something at me; it didn’t sound really nice. When he caught up with me, he was laughing and yelling at the same time. When we got back to the rig, Geri gave him my bed and told him to brush the hair off of it. I don’t know why she wanted him to do that; I’ll just shed some more hair to replace it, and nothing will be any different. Oh, well, humans are very smart and they have reasons for doing things that dogs don’t understand.
After lunch, Geri and Don got into the truck and left me in the coach to nap. They didn’t come back until way, way, way after my dinner time, maybe about 7:30. They had gone to see Geri’s cousin Bob and his wife Eileen, and had dinner there. Geri had brought the sheets off their bed to wash in their machines, but the drying machine wasn’t working right and it took a long time for the sheets to dry. At least, that’s her story for why they were so late coming back. She made a nice dinner for me and took me for a walk, so all was well.
I got a real shock this morning when Don told me that I had some new followers of my blog. They are Buddy and Bailey! Buddy, you’ll remember, was my housemate, friend and mentor for many years before he graduated to Doggy Heaven. I didn’t know Bailey, as she had graduated before I was born, but I understand that she was incredibly smart and capable, as well as loving and friendly. I believe that they are channeling their reading of my blog through Gary, who trained all three of us, and did a fine job of it.
Before I hang it up for the night, I want to tell my friends Alice and Cooper, back home in Ventura, how much I miss my afternoon visits with them and their bounteous purveyor of treats, long tall Barb. I hope they’re well, and I’ll have lots of stories for them when I get back; you know, stuff I couldn’t put in the blog. See you tomorrow!