- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
This is just amazing, it is really exciting .
The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire
- Thread starter Emily_Babbelhund
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Cath
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I think you are doing a great job @Emily_Babbelhund
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
I set this up with such thought and care...and then he couldn't fit under the table. Oops! 
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Technically it's RED nylabone. But that's not really better, is it?I had to giggle at the end though when you produced a pink nylabone and err... the size 9 - 11 inches!
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
@Emily_Babbelhund, the micro needling is obvious very good as your face hasn't a wrinkle! You look very young and lovely. I thought the video excellent, quite a lot for Carbon to learn, but I know he will be perfect.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Yeah, but once he's laying down properly he can have a real stretch out on what amounts to a flat bed. That would be a first class ticket privilege for the rest of us.
It is a tight space, though. Part of his training is to get happily into a small box that is then covered. That's meant to get him associating small spaces with comfort and settling down.
I once did an ocean crossing on a small yacht. For a month I had to “post” myself to bed—the distance between my nose and the bunk above was the width of my spread out fingers, thumb on nose, baby finger touching the bunk above. Unable to roll over. Such relief to get off that boat! Hopefully with all your training, Carbon will feel he’s in a first-class flatbed!
Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
@Jacqui-S sounds WORSE than camping to me...and that's saying a lot.
I really think Carbon will be fine. One of the reasons we're working so hard on backing is so that he can have his bum under the seat and his head free facing me (Brogan did the opposite). He's also MUCH smaller than Brogan, so I actually think he will be able to curl up in my foot space if the backing plan goes wrong.
After doing some research, I've decided to fly through Denver instead of Chicago. It's one hour longer from Munich but Denver has dog elimination stations actually inside the terminals, which should mean that he'll be closer to relief as soon as we clear customs vs. having to get all the way outside the airport.
Denver airport seems VERY dog friendly - maybe even too much so for Carbon as they have a roving pet therapy team (mostly dogs but a cat as well) to reduce traveler stress. He's getting to the point where his reactivity is nearly a moot point, but not 100%, so I'll need to stay aware to make sure Carbon minds his Ps and Qs with any of the kind PATS dogs.
There's also a dog spa (complete with swimming pool!) at the airport, but that's probably a bit much for a four hour layover. More likely we'll find an empty bit of carpet and we'll both use Carbon's mat for a nap.
- Location
- Close to Devon/Somerset border
Sounds to me as if you've really got it all under control. I couldn't cope with any of this in a month of Sundays, you have a hell of a lot of courage @Emily_Babbelhund
I also agree with @Jelinga I see no reason to mess with your face, it's a very pretty, kind face and I can't imagine rotovating it with that contraption has made any changes x
I also agree with @Jelinga I see no reason to mess with your face, it's a very pretty, kind face and I can't imagine rotovating it with that contraption has made any changes x
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
The first time I flew with Brogan was a short hop from San Jose to Tucson. Easy peasy, but I was still nervous. He did fab. Second flight was San Francisco to Munich for a short trial visit and that time I was more worried about logistics than anything else. Again Brogan did fab. Third flight was Reno to Paris and the gate attendant who checked me in said, "You know they can put that dog down as soon as he lands in Paris, right?" Even though I'd done my due diligence and all my paperwork was in order, I sweat bullets and was on the edge of vomiting the whole flight.
Brogan did fab.
Then we flew about 40 more times together. When Brogan got too old to fly at 11,5, I bought him a car and we drove. And he did fab there too.
So I guess my point is (1) dogs are a lot more laid back about all this stuff than we expect and (2) 95% of this adventure isn't new to me. Without that, I probably wouldn't be coping either!
Actually I've been rotovating (I'm keeping that term) my face for about five years now. We'll just call it a harmless pass time. I'm kind of odd that way: when I was bald after chemo, I spent 10 minutes a day hanging upside down as I read somewhere it made your hair grow faster.
- Location
- Close to Devon/Somerset border
Oh, bless you @Emily_Babbelhund I do think you have incredible courage and despite so many set backs and horrors, you still maintain your sense of humour.
I can't wait for the next stage of the travels to get under way
I do agree. When you consider how dogs often seek out small spaces—under tables, kennels—for sleeping, it seems it’s in their DNA.
- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Yes, I'd say it is, to find a safe space to sleep.
Cass is the only dog I've had who doesn't seem to feel the need to hide herself away
Snowie, too. When he once went under the dining table to sleep, we were astounded! He likes a corner in which to sleep, but not underneath things. Pity... would be very useful at cafes!