We did it!!! My neighbor and I decided to brave the weather and load the dogs up in the back of his VW Rabbit to head out to the lake nearby. Dudley was not a fan of riding in the Rabbit since it’s diesel and a stick shift…noisy and has rattling motor mounts but it runs like a champ! He rode on the floor of the back seating area on the way out since he wedged himself back there. There was shaking but not stress panting! It was about a 10 mile ride so he survived.
The service road we walk on is gorgeous. Lots of trees covered in moss…A hill to go up and then down. I brought the harness with me just in case. Dudley hates wearing it but I like to have it for emergencies. There was a point on the walk where he was just smiling away…so happy to be hanging out with his buddies! For the ride home, we made sure to load him up first and move the seats so he couldn’t wedge himself on the floor boards. He finally laid down and had a border collie sitting on top of him. The GSP was so cute when my neighbor pulled up and he saw Dudley. He started whining and howling. They love him so much!
My neighbor’s wife is so grateful that I am around to go on these ridiculous adventures with her husband and the dogs. He is obsessed with this project car and it actually was quite fun to ride in some tiny go-kart with the dogs! I didn’t get very good photos this time but will clean my phone camera lens and hopefully take some video. The boys don’t stay still for long or they are always in compromising shots of them pooping or peeing. We are testing the distance that Dudley can go. He went a little further today than last time but he was definitely slowing down towards the end.
OMD! Just had a chance to hop in here and what FUN! You really make me miss the coast, it looks like a gorgeous adventure. I used to run on logging roads in Humboldt, they are bumpy and twisty and up and down but so pretty!
That is super smart of you to carry the harness just in case.
I’ll bet the kids are ready to go on another ride in the project car. Can’t wait to see where it takes you next.
Dudley is doing amazing adjusting to living on the Oregon Coast. Ironically with him being a short coated dog, he tends to linger and sniff much more when it is so cold out!!! We live in a heavily shaded area so it may say that the temps are in the low 50’s but not so much in the shade. This afternoon we went out and I was hunched over trying to preserve my body heat while Dudley was all la la la…I’m going to spend 20 minutes smelling these ferns. He is getting better about going out on a regular basis because he is food motivated. I was at my wit’s end trying to get him out to just go potty. If I have a pocket of kibble, I can lure him out the door with a kibble trail and then keep him going. He is so stubborn about doing bathroom stuff! He will hold it for 15 hours if he doesn’t want to go out.
We didn’t get to do our adventures this weekend. I work with elementary school kids and was feeling a touch of a stomach bug today so I wanted to avoid contact with people. Tomorrow we are dogsitting our other neighbor’s dogs while they are gone for the day so he will get his dog time.