Jake's Next Sleepaway Camp

This afternoon’s trip to Columbia, MD, has taken a load off my mind. Jake will now be vacationing in the beautiful Maryland countryside with two lovely girls as his hostesses while we are away in Germany and (if he behaves himself) while we go to Italy in May.

Gewels made an offer I couldn’t refuse: to care for my dog so he doesn’t have to be home alone or stuck in a small cage at the vet’s while we’re away.

We did a trial run today just to make sure the chemistry of her Simone and Kayla and our Jake was compatible. I warned him to be on his best behavior and he complied about as well as I could have hoped for. He did lift his leg on a potted plant on her deck and he quickly pooped in the middle of her yard, but there was no peeing on a human leg and no barking whatsoever and no biting of clothing. He was the model dog as he explored the new space with S & K at his heels.

Her house is so well suited to dogs. It has a big fenced yard with free access to the inside when someone is home. He is way too fat to jump the fence, but then he’s never been a jumper. And he would have to work way too hard to dig under. So I think he cannot be a Houdini. Besides he has a long walk to the nearby lake and back every day to look forward to so why in the world would he want to leave?

This is one of the wonderful benefits of Blogging – connecting people who can provide needed support for one another.

Although Gewels has been steadfast about not wanting to be paid, the nearly $2,000 we will be saving (at $50 a day) warrants some nice presents from Europe, don’t you think?