one week later...
hi. not so bad to get back on one week later now that i have a baby it's hard to post more often.
first off, the trip was mostly a big success. the first car ride was the worst as the valium calmed elvis down a bit but he did n't put up with being in the crate for more than about an hour or so at most. then he sat on my lap for about five hours (including many stops for all of us to get out of the car). the next day's ride was better saturday but i felt bad giving him more valium (it's human valium which is safer for old dogs anyway). the best use of the valium was for giving him a bath outside. i had not bathed him in about a year as he almost injured himself trying to jump out of the bathtub last year and i practically had a panic attack, so you can imagine how dirty a new york dog can get. doing it outdoors on a sunny day was perfect and i was so happy to see him clean. he smelled lovely for a few days.
the next big breakthrough was my realizing the obvious, that the best way for him to ride in the car was to sit at my feet. i was sitting in the back behind denzel to be next to the baby in the car seat. he was not confined in a box and had room to lie down and was right at my feet. he even slept for a lot of the trip today which was the longest amount of driving and i did not give him any valium!
so now i am quite excited to take more weekends away with dog and baby. i sensed that elvis was happy to be in the countryside and smell grass and daisies instead of garbage bags and sidewalks. when we were at the lake house of denzel's parents and i walked with him in the grass near the lake and he sniffed the wildflowers i almost cried i felt happy he got to be out of the city at his old age and wanted to bring him to places like that more now. carpe diem, seize the day. it's never too late to try new things.
i took a lot of klonopin over the course of past few days but really felt happy to be away from the city. i think one reason i resist going anywhere is that i hate returning...
the next thing is the only bad thing that happened i'll reserve for a separate post...
first off, the trip was mostly a big success. the first car ride was the worst as the valium calmed elvis down a bit but he did n't put up with being in the crate for more than about an hour or so at most. then he sat on my lap for about five hours (including many stops for all of us to get out of the car). the next day's ride was better saturday but i felt bad giving him more valium (it's human valium which is safer for old dogs anyway). the best use of the valium was for giving him a bath outside. i had not bathed him in about a year as he almost injured himself trying to jump out of the bathtub last year and i practically had a panic attack, so you can imagine how dirty a new york dog can get. doing it outdoors on a sunny day was perfect and i was so happy to see him clean. he smelled lovely for a few days.
the next big breakthrough was my realizing the obvious, that the best way for him to ride in the car was to sit at my feet. i was sitting in the back behind denzel to be next to the baby in the car seat. he was not confined in a box and had room to lie down and was right at my feet. he even slept for a lot of the trip today which was the longest amount of driving and i did not give him any valium!
so now i am quite excited to take more weekends away with dog and baby. i sensed that elvis was happy to be in the countryside and smell grass and daisies instead of garbage bags and sidewalks. when we were at the lake house of denzel's parents and i walked with him in the grass near the lake and he sniffed the wildflowers i almost cried i felt happy he got to be out of the city at his old age and wanted to bring him to places like that more now. carpe diem, seize the day. it's never too late to try new things.
i took a lot of klonopin over the course of past few days but really felt happy to be away from the city. i think one reason i resist going anywhere is that i hate returning...
the next thing is the only bad thing that happened i'll reserve for a separate post...
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