Today I pulled two dogs from a shelter and transported them to their new boarding kennel, where they will await the transport up north later this week. One was a boxer, just a normal size and normal boxer disposition. Didn’t like the kennel that he needed to ride in, but nothing out of the ordinary. Now Mr. Rott was a different story. This dog weighted in at near or more than 150 lbs, not fat, just big. Muscle big. From the one photo that turned out not blurry, you can see that he was bigger than the extra large kennel that I needed to fit him into. Not much, but still bigger. We got him in using two catch poles, which really didn’t piss him off to much, just a little. We got him in and he was not a happy camper. Believe me, there is nothing like a 150 lb Rottie that is pissed. We survived the trip and for the off load we just took him, kennel and all, to his new kennel and put him in front and opened the door. And out he walked to his temporary home. I can tell this boy is used to having his own way and I bet he gets it. I made some recommendations for loading when the time comes for his trip up north. Whether they listen or not I won’t know, but they should listen to someone or they will be listening to the Rottie. You can bet on that.

By Monday night Max had finally made it to his new forever home – click here to read about the first part of this journey. Through the combined efforts of many people, numerous vehicles, lots of dollars and a lot of stress on folks, where is the first place Max goes to when he gets there? He sits right in front of the stove and watches dinner being made. Of course it might be the warmest place too, as there was snow on the ground and there might have been the smell of something cooking, so instead of exploring his new digs and meeting new family members, both K-9 and human, he just plopped right down and waited, for what I don’t know, maybe to be fed, maybe he still had his ranch instincts where if you didn’t get first dibbs, you missed out on the fixins. Whatever went through his thoughts at that time I am sure it was important, so now we leave him with those thoughts and hope he explores the rest of his new world soon. We are hoping it goes well.