Nature Friday in Fort Wayne

Published on by Xena, Lucy and Chia

Hi, it’s me, Xena. Yesterday me and Chia rode together in the car kennel for 87 hours. We do really well at that! A bonus was that we got to eat breakfast before 5:00 in the morning…woo hoo! Lucy rode in the back seat next to us, and slowly wormed her way up between the front seats so that she was mostly laying on the divider thingie between Mommy and Daddy. She pretty much panted the whole 87 hour drive, so we didn’t begrudge her that comfort. Riley? Oh, he stayed home with His Person Andrew, who came to stay at our house with him. Anyhoo, we went especially to spend time with my Grandma who turned 93 on Thursday.

From all the stress of the drive, Lucy’s had the squirts and…

Lucy: No, Xena, you don’t need to tell everyone about that, please!

Xena: Oh, ok Luce. So this morning Lucy went to the nursing home to visit with our Grandma. While she was there, she did some unofficial therapy work with other residents who wanted to pet her. It was nice that she made people smile and have a little bit better day.

Lucy: (Looking grateful) Thanks, Xena.

Xena: It was nice and cool here in In Dee Anna, and Mommy took us all for a long walk. We walked down to a pretty place called Forest Park. Here’s me and Lucy in front of some pretty roses and something called a pergola. There was also a very small lake and more pergola thingies and lots of paved walkways.

The temperature was in the mid-60’s but the sun was warm.

And here’s Chia in front of some other flowers. Speaking of Chia..

Chia: Xena, don’t!
Xena: Speaking of Chia, for three years, no matter what Mommy has tried, Chia’s been a terror to take on a walk. She pulls so hard on the leash the whole time that Mommy hates to even walk her (but she does anyhow ’cause Chia needs so much exercise). So we get here, and Julia — who owns the Air B&B where we are staying, not my friend and Freestyle trainer Julia — lives next door. She was outside when we arrived and she and Mommy and Daddy started talking. They found out that Julia is a dog trainer. (I wonder if all dog trainers are called Julia??) Mommy begged her to take Chia and leash train her, saying she would pay her whatever she wanted if she could do that. Julia went in her house and came back out with a thin metal collar that she slipped over Chia’s head. (If you biggify the picture you can see the collar.) She put the leash on it and walked down the block and back with Chia. The whole time Mommy and Daddy’s mouths were hanging open cause Chia didn’t even try to pull. OMD! Then Mommy tried it and the same thing happened. Julia gave Mommy the collar! And that made for a much nicer walk this morning.

Finally, something beautiful happened while we were at the park. Mommy took a picture of us and it looked like there was a halo outlining me.

Can you see it?
Then she took this picture.

Lucy: It looks like laser beams like in Star Wars.
Xena: It does, but it’s not. I think it’s Angel Lexi letting us know she is with us.

That’s all for today, except to thank Rosy and Sunny of The LLB Life for hosting Nature Friday!

24 thoughts on “Nature Friday in Fort Wayne”

  1. Happy 93rd BD to your Grannie!! How wonderful that you all were able to be there to help her celebrate that amazing milestone. What a blessing to have still with you.
    Lucy, therapy pups are a welcome sight where petcretary works, too.

    We pups know about those LONG car rides too…though our MJF knew far more about them, they would drive for 12 hours to see pawppy’s family…at least our petcretary’s family is *only* about 8 hours away…

    Wonderful pictures!! And we have anti pull harnesses…but the best one *she* ever used was for MJF, a nose harness, BOL!! We freak out when that gets put on our schnooter…well, MJF didn’t like it either, but he didn’t throw a crazy fit.

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  5. Ah, a visit to the land of the Hoosiers … sounds like fun and frolic with a little fractiousness thrown in to make it interesting (always interesting to travel with multiple furry ones!) …
    P.S. if the magic collar really does work and continues to work, do share more info, we need to pass it on to a woofie we know

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  16. 87 hours is a very long time and I know for a fact. I once rode 87 hours to get to Indianapolis, Indiana. OMDs was I glad to see the Red Roof Inn.
    I love that last photo
    Hugs Cecilia

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  19. WOW – that’s quite a story about the leash training collar thingie…..amazing! Nice that Lucy got to visit Gramma and the nursing home. I bet you were a BIG HIT there. I believe like you do that the halo and rainbow were absolutely from Lexi being right by your side-that’s an Angel for you – they are always and forever with us!!

    Hugs, Teddy

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  20. this is amazing, the collar I mean. I don’t see a metal collar, i see a pink collar with a metal tag on it. is the collar under the pink one. i know several people who need one. so glad you had a safe trip and that lucy got to be a therapy dog and that you and Chia ride well together. happy 93rd birthday to your grand ma.. you all look so beautiful

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  22. HURRAH!! Inn Dee Anna iss such a grate State BellaSita tellss mee!!
    An Happy 93rd Birfday to THE Lady! A wunderfull age…..
    Xena an Lucy an Chia you all did pawsum an mee thinkss THE Halo an Rainbow were from ‘angel’ Lexi fore sure!!
    An wee happy Mistur Andrew stayed with Riley fore sum “Guy Time”!!!
    Purrfection!
    ~~~head rubss~~~BellaDharma~~~ an (((huggiess))) BellaSita Mum

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  24. Yay on the leash training trick! Nothing worse than a dog who pulls on a walk so now walks can be more fun for everyone! Sorry the car drive stresses you, Lucy. But bless you for delivering therapy to the nursing home residents. No doubt they loved you.

    Happy 93rd to your Gramma, Xena. 93 is no small feat these days and is a great reason to celebrate. Have a safe trip home (and maybe, just maybe, there will be a few tasty treats for everyone, especially for the good doggos). 💙

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