A Human Condition!

Hogan here!

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S GREAT TO BE A DOG!

The first time that I was boarded while my parents’ vacationed was  pure drama.  Mom cried for three days before my first day of “inmate” status.  Well, to see all of Mom's tears, I thought that I was going to prison.

The day we were to leave for my incarceration, Mom cried and cried.  She had never boarded me before and we had been together for one and one half years.  But a vacation, had been planned.  So,  I was packed into the back seat next to my Mom.  A mistake!

One look at Mom would have taken the fur off the back of any dog.  Tears were even dripping off of her chin!  I panicked.  I pressed my body against Mom nearly choking her neck with her telling Dad that if he should have an accident, she would be strangled.  “Hogan has a choke hold on me!”  Well, it really wasn’t a choke hold.  I had just buried my head under Mom’s neck while I pushed my body into her chest.  When I got really tired, I laid down on my forepaws keeping my hips in the air.  I needed my hips and anything else that I had for defensive action.  It was, then. when I sniffed the scent of lots and lots of dogs.  And among those scents was a faint smell of my dog sister, Heidi.  Yep, Heidi must had been boarded earlier.  And, why not?  She endured the same shots and, I am sure, the same tears.

Dad finally arrived at the “Resort” where Heidi’s scent was now very strong.   I happily left the car and smelled yellow daisies full of the scents of other dogs.  Not bad at all!  But, most important was finding Heidi.  And, finding Heidi, I did.  Heidi was waiting for me in a "dog suite" of  luxury.   How sweet it was.  Heidi and I, too, were on vacation.  What a great idea!

As for Mom, I left her with Dad.  I really don't know what happened after that.  But, this I do know.  Next time vacation rolls around, I am going to hang a sign around my neck.  Yep, this is how it will read:  Don't scare your dog!"

I am glad that maximization is solely a human condition!  Dogs can't catch it.