Banjo's Spring Break is Over : (

[Carol and Banjo]

 

We've spent the past few weeks on the road with Banjo.  Beginning with a stop on Long Island to visit DH's family.   DMIL reluctantly agreed to have Banjo stay at her home while we visited.   I know it was a HUGE deal for her to agree to have a dog in her house.....she is NOT a "dog lover" and has, for years, openly stated "NO dogs allowed".    We brought Banjo's crate (as much for him as for her) and he slept in our room at night.   During the day I kept him on leash and while we visited he'd lay at my feet.    I was a bit stressed out about how he might be and was very pleasantly surprised at how well behaved he was.   When the grandchildren came he was marvelous.....he had as much fun with them as they had with him. The boys are 3 and 5 and had a great time "training"  Banjo to "sit" or "down" on command.  The best part was my mother in law eventually came around.....as we were leaving she said "He's really a pretty good dog".   This was a BIGGIE!!!!   

We'd packed the car full for our trip and Banjo was left with just a small space on the backseat.  He's always been great in the car....but this was the longest trip to date....the ride to Long Island was almost 8 hours....we stopped twice for potty breaks for us and him.    He was the perfect passenger....I had to keep looking back to make sure he was still there!    This was a relief as from Long Island we were continuing on down to the coast of North Carolina.     We left at 5am and drove thru the worst traffic jam either of us had ever seen (this was in Virginia of Rt 95)  things only got worse....this was the Saturday that 60 something tornadoes hit NC.....we saw 2 tornadoes actually take shape and come down.....we drove through the heaviest rains you can imagine.....passed through an area a tornado had just gone through and later learned we had must missed one that crossed the road we traveled just 45 minutes before.    By the time we arrived to our rental house all power had been lost so we had to enter the house by the light of a tiny flashlight I keep in my pocketbook.    Fifteen hours on the road........and Banjo acted as though it was just another day in the life of a dog.  We were exhausted and Banjo.....well he was just ready for the next event!

Well, we're home now....safe and sound....missing the beach but happy to be back....and thrilled that Banjo has proven to be the BEST traveling doodle we could have ever hoped for!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Who could possibly resist you, Banjo!  It sounds like you had a wonderful trip with the "parents", and you were a perfect "travelin man".  This picture of you on the beach is AWESOME...all you need is an umbrella drink, Dood!

[Donna K & Quincy]

Banjo, even non dog lovers can't resist a doodle. Glad you had a safe and fun trip, the beach looks absolutely wonderful and your pictures were great. Did you get a lot of sand in your coat, was it worse than snowballs? Here is a picture of Quincy with his non dog loving Grandma, what do you think. Do you think he won her over?