That’s a lot of remembering crowded into 2 months. At least you have 10 more to be happy in 🙂 X

Glad the cart was able to help Sally do fun things with you even if her joints weren’t up to long walks.

We worked with a professional trainer to get Honey to accept the cart. She was not fond of it for a long time.

But we don’t own a car so the cart is our only chance to take her places too far too walk.

You’re right that being with your dog is always the best, no matter where you are.

But I bet Honey would disagree with you about sitting under a restaurant table. She’s trained to sit under our table every time we eat so that’s nothing new for her. But when we’re at a restaurant, she gets a lot of attention from waitresses and other diners and sometimes a little bacon. For Honey, greeting people is better than anything else, even if she has to sit under a table for a little while to get the attention.

As for the department store? I don’t think I’ve ever met a dog who loves it. Luckily, I hate it too. 🙂

I’ve been wondering how dog friendly South Africa is. I vaguely remember a government official (a minister?) making a controversial statement about how dog ownership was a vestige of white culture. The article showed dozens of pictures, emails, and letters the official received from black South Africans describing their love for their dogs.

It got me curious about dog culture in other countries.

I’m pleased to hear you’re more dog friendly than the U.S. It’s hard to imagine a developed nation being worse. 🙁

I don’t feel limited anymore when I travel with dogs. Because for everything we can’t do, we find something else that’s just as fun or more so.

It sounds like you feel the same way.

Of course, I’m lucky that Honey is the kind of dog who feels comfortable napping in a strange house or hotel if we need to leave her behind. That wasn’t true of two of my previous dogs.

On the other hand, your boys might surprise you.

Konik claimed in his book that Ella was very reactive to neighborhood dogs. And he was amazed when she passed the calm interaction test with a strange dog for their therapy test.

And yet she had no problems with the dogs she encountered throughout Europe.

I often wonder if allowing dogs greater freedom and exposure creates a more balanced (and tired) dog. Would we have fewer dog problems if we allowed them to accompany us more places?

I understand how, even after this time, Jordan’s passing is hard. I spend every October remembering Agatha and Christie who both passed in that month, two years apart.

January is bittersweet: it’s when I adopted Agatha, Christie, Shadow and Honey was born. But it’s also when Shadow died.

It sounds like as sad as it is that Jordan passed too soon, your life has been made richer not only by knowing him but in how Georgia “lives for the day.”

For my part, I’m looking forward to your tales and pictures of adorable Georgia in all kinds of exotic and new places. 🙂

His untimely death taught us a lot about how to live with Georgia. I think that girl gets to live for the day more than any dog we’ve ever had. No regrets, we hope. I would love to do what Konik did. I’m constantly amazed at how free dogs are in Europe! I was pretty nervous before taking Georgia on her Christmas road trip but she behaved so well, we’re already thinking of where we can go together next. I want her to see a lot of places. With any luck…