UNITED STATES: When Dog-Sitting Duty Calls

We used to Puppy Raise Guide Dogs for the blind.

That means we would get purpose-bred puppies when they were about 8 weeks old and give them preliminary training and experiences until they were 18 months to 2 years old.

Then they would go to "college" for advanced training from Certified Guide Dog Trainers. 

From 2019 to 2020 we shared Puppy Raising duty, or should I say "privilege", with 2 other Puppy Raisers with a dog named B-Mac.

Allow me the nostalgia of walking down Memory Lane. 

MEXICO: Dog Walking in San Miguel

Through the power of Facebook I found an animal shelter in San Miguel that needs volunteers to help with dog walking. 

I figured as a destination for our morning walk we could walk to the shelter. Just to check it out.

The shelter was a 30 minute walk, downhill, from our Airbnb.

The long and the short of it, our last week in San Miguel we were walking shelter dogs every morning.

Those daily walks gave us so much pleasure and were "The Highlight of the Day".

AUSTRALIA: Dog-Sitting on Our Friends' Vineyard

When we lived in Perth we had friends we used to swap dogs with whenever we went on vacation.

It was a great arrangement for all 6 of us.

Life is full of twists and turns. Fast forward over 13 years….

Our friends now live on their vineyard in Denmark, Western Australia and have a 2 1/2 year old golden retriever.

We went to visit them and then stayed to dog-sit Layla for 2 weeks while they went on a safari in Africa.

We think we died and went to heaven.