Another Visit…
We went into Reno Friday afternoon – it has become a ritual for us to go visit our Baxter (PUPPY!).
Sammy hasn’t been feeling great all week, but was doing pretty good Friday. The only thing he had against him was the thirty-minute nap he had before going into Reno. I thought he’d fall asleep in the car – nope. Then, there was the picking up of Keirra (our niece) who excited Sammy. Then, of course there was the pit stop for ice cream… You see, there were plenty of reasons he didn’t fall back to sleep. When we got to K9 Fitness I thought Sammy would be excited to see his little Baxter boy – think again! There is a toy slide for the doggies to play with – and on one of our Baxter visits Sammy was allowed to play on the slide because all the dogs were in their kennels. Ever since then – all Sammy wants to do when we go see Baxter is play on the toy slide. No interest that there is a cute little puppy that wants to play with Sammy – the only thing that has any importance there is the damn slide. Friday was no different – Sammy was screaming because he wanted nothing more than that slide – but couldn’t have it because (and this was cute) the doggies were playing on it. Scott had to take Sammy out to the car and watch a movie – this worked for a while. Poor Scottie, didn’t get to spend quality time with Baxter.
I was having a lot of fun with our little Baxter. I had put him in my hoodie sweatshirt and popped his head through with mine. We were the two headed circus freak – but a cute one!
Ebony came for the visit – and she was still unimpressed with the little puppy. I really don’t know what it is that she is so freaked out about – it might just be too overwhelming with all those kenneled dogs in the background – barking and freaking out. I know, for sure, it’ll be different when he comes home – into her house. For now, she just doesn’t feel good about anything in that place… I understand.
The weather was windy and cold Friday, so I told Helen (the K-9 Fitness owner) that I was bummed out, because I wanted to take Baxter for a walk. She said that it didn’t matter that it was cold out there – go ahead and take him – SO I did! We went for a nice walk – it was his first walk (awww). He did not like the leash thing – but he’ll get used to that. I carried him down to a lawn area and then let him down on the grass – he didn’t know what to think of it – I think that may have been his first time on grass as well (again, awww). At first I was trying to force him to stay on the lawn – but I figured I’d let him just walk and I’d follow.
He walked me right back to K-9 Fitness! He would sniff as he walked and he totally followed the scent right back to his home! Good Boy! I knew dogs did that – but I guess I didn’t expect him to be able to do that since he’s so little and young – surprise! When we got back, Helen’s husband had driven up with the horse trailer. Helen helped Keirra up to see and pet the horses and Scott held Sammy up to see them – and I held Baxter up. He didn’t seem too excited about it…
Baxter was looking in – from the outside – at the sea of doggie faces as if saying, “Look who’s outside now boys!” It was cute that he just sat in front of them as they went nuts. I’m sure it was some kind of puppy empowerment.
We stayed so much longer than we ever have before – and it was so nice. They close at 6:00 and even though Helen was still there and obviously not leaving for a little while – we didn’t want to get in her way of closing shop. We said good-bye to our little guy and he was happy to hang out with Helen – at least I know he’s in good hands.
We left Reno and headed into Carson when Sammy announced he was starving – poor little fella. So, we called Chili’s
and put our name on the list – it was a 40 minute wait! So, the naughty parents that we are, we stopped at a fast food joint and got them some chicken strips to hold them over until we got to dinner. We left Chili’s and it was raining out – yay, we are welcoming of the moisture falling from the dark and cloudy sky. We were in the store less than thirty-minutes and as we were walking out we noticed there was a blizzard going on! Where the heck did this come from?!?!? We made it to the car – it wasn’t easy. Then we drove home traveling about twenty miles per hour – on the highway where the normal speed limit is sixty-five. I am not complaining – just giving an idea of how slow traffic was moving. It was so hard to see where we were going – following the mini-van in front of us. I told Scott if the mini-van were to drive off the road – I’d probably go too, because I couldn’t see jack.
We got home – finally – and Sammy was yelling at me to go to bed (poor little sleepy guy). I bought a mini leash at the store for Baxter (so cute that everything is mini) – for when we see him next week. The countdown has begun – we have three weeks and one day until Baxter comes home!
