It's too quiet in my house

[crazycanuck]

We dropped off Yukon @ the Kennell tonight & it's strange not having here here.. Ian says she'll have tons of space & a doggie friend her age. She has her blanket, our two shirts, her kong & a doggie pillow.

We hope she's ok & time will pass quickly for her. We trust the rather eccentric owner to take good care of her. There are only a few doggies @ the kennell which means more running around time for Yukon.

I miss her already

I guess the next doggies we get to play with will be @ T's in Vernon

C

[jobob]

Safe travels, cc !

[sundial]

I know that feeling. It does seem eerily quiet when my furkids are away. CC, have a good trip and keep us posted. Hope you get to enjoy the company of TE'ers.

[LBTC]

Awwwwwwwwwww, CC, Yukon is having fun and knows you love her. If she only knew how much fun you'll have with Diva and 'Cuda she'd be jealous!

Sleep well and safe travels,
Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[sbctwin]

Think of Yukon as being on a vacation, too. That is what I have to remember when I have to board a furkid. When I still had Kallie, I would tell her she is going to a spa to have a 'paw-d-cur' and a haircut (I would get Kallie shaved when the weather got too hot because her coat was so thick). Have a safe trip....

[Kano]

We dropped off Yukon @ the Kennell tonight & it's strange not having here here..

I dropped Khan off at a kennel once, and when I got home, it was strange, just like you say. When DH got home, I told him it was weird, and that someday, when Khan's not around any more, he's going to have to take up the slack -- run to the door and jump up and down with excitement because I'm home!

He gave me that look....

Karen in Boise

[F8th637]

I totally hear you! My dog is on vacation with my dad whom she absolutely adores. We basically have joint custody of her. She stays a few months with us and then a few months with him. I miss her immediately when she goes. Yukon will be fine. She'll miss her Mama, don't worry!

[bmccasland]

I understand the strange quietness of not having your fur babies around. It always feels strange when I drop the cats off at the vet and the dog off at a sitters if I'm going to be gone for several days. But even stranger coming home and not having them there to greet me.

The worst for me was when I took my critters up to my aunt's vet for boarding after Hurricane Katrina. When we saw the levees break, we knew we couldn't go home anytime soon, but I also knew I'd be called back to work within a week or so, doing recovery, therefore I needed to arrange long term care for my cats and dogs. They were boarded for 3 weeks, and when the vet tech was leading the dogs to the waiting room, I could see them looking back to their kennel and not forward to me. Apparently they had a lovely large kennel, and on weekends they'd go home with someone to a ranch for a good romp in the country. I was relieved when they saw me and got all happy. Nala had to have her nose touching me all the way home (6 hr drive).

[Bad JuJu]

I think our pets are more adaptable than we maybe want to admit to ourselves.

When we travel, if we can't take Cocoa with us, he goes to the neighbors' house, and likewise, when the neighbors travel, we get their dog, Bo. We tell them they're having a "sleepover." They've gotten so used to this that when the neighbors are gone for a day, if the weather is good and they leave Bo outside, he comes to our house on his own. (We live out in the boonies, at the end of a dirt road, so neighborhood dogs roam pretty freely.)

If we're all gone at the same time, and we have to leave "the boys" at the kennel, we all feel a little downhearted about it. Then, we tell them they're going to "camp."

You get a little crazy with your dogs when you don't have any kids.