[Gpdd] [MISCELLANEOUS] Rodney's Travel Journal Part 7

[Hala Annette]

We went to baggage claim and found all our suitcases. We asked where to pick up animals. We went to the area and then waited for a very long time. They guy bringing stuff out asked what we were waiting for and we told him our pet. He said, “Hmm, that’s strange. They usually come up first.” Once again I was worried, but he came back in a minute with the kennel. I have no idea where it had been. Rodney looked fine so we put the cover over the kennel and trundled all our stuff out to the taxi area where we were to catch a van. 
We had signed up with the Super Shuttle van company inside and once we were outside they gave us the runaround for an hour. They kept telling us to go here and then to there and then we wouldn’t fit in this van so wait for the next one.  After being out there in the cold wind for an hour we demanded our money back and hoped in a different van line that was just waiting for passengers. We didn’t tell any of them we had a pet with us and they didn’t notice. It was an hour drive. I held the kennel in my lap and fell asleep with my head on the top. (Kennels do not make good pillows.)  I had the worst crick in my neck. When we got to our house we put the kennel on the floor with the towel in front of it and opened the door so Rodney could come and go freely. He mostly wanted to stay in the kennel. I guess it seemed like a safe place. 


  Here is a picture of Rodney’s kennel when we arrived.
  http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/annettehala/DSCN7413.jpg 
  
After my dad went to get gas in the car my mom and I went to the grocery store. Fortunately they had wood chips and timothy hay there. I have since discovered that it is the only grocery store that does, so it was a lucky break for us.  We picked up dinner for us and vegetables and bottled water for Rodney. We all ate when we got back and then we put Rodney’s new cage together. For the first time in 30 hours he could get down in his cage. Rodney was very brave about exploring the new house. He loved running around on the big empty carpet. He was so hyper that night he didn’t want to go to bed. It was like having a two year old with jet lag. At 12:30AM I couldn’t stand or see any more and I told him he had to go to sleep. I had been up for over 36 hours. When I finally went to bed he was standing at the bars looking at me with puppy eyes.  This continued every night for the first week, so I guess he really had jet lag. 
In the process of building the cage a certain delirious member of my family threw away the extra piece of plastic that we were going to hang as an apron around the hay bin. We ended up with more hay outside the cage than inside for the fist month. We looked all over for clear plastic and the sales people kept looking at us like we are from Mars. We ended up using Plexiglas. 
  Here is Rodney's bigger American cage.
  http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/annettehala/DSCN7612.jpg

Well that was our horribly long adventure.  It’s been five months since our trip and Rodney is fine. 
  http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/annettehala/DSCN7418.jpg

 
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