Time in the car has a way of connecting us back to our grief. While traveling in Wisconsin recently, I was reminded that I really miss my dog. By this trip, it had been about nine weeks since he died. Quill, a fear-aggressive German Shorthaired Pointer, spent close to nine years hopping in and out of my car (although in the last year we mostly lifted him in). His fear aggression was limiting in that he wouldn't let others into the house to care for him, so we just took him with us most places we went. He had been to 12 states and provinces in the time that we had him! Since then, I've felt the occasional twinge of surprise in looking to the back seat and not seeing him there. And there was the time in the home stretch of a solo work trip. For a few seconds I expected he'd be part of my greeting committee when I walked through the front door, only to realize he wouldn't.
Outdoor Adventures with Your Nervous Dog
Outdoor Adventures with Your Nervous Dog
Outdoor Adventures with Your Nervous Dog
Time in the car has a way of connecting us back to our grief. While traveling in Wisconsin recently, I was reminded that I really miss my dog. By this trip, it had been about nine weeks since he died. Quill, a fear-aggressive German Shorthaired Pointer, spent close to nine years hopping in and out of my car (although in the last year we mostly lifted him in). His fear aggression was limiting in that he wouldn't let others into the house to care for him, so we just took him with us most places we went. He had been to 12 states and provinces in the time that we had him! Since then, I've felt the occasional twinge of surprise in looking to the back seat and not seeing him there. And there was the time in the home stretch of a solo work trip. For a few seconds I expected he'd be part of my greeting committee when I walked through the front door, only to realize he wouldn't.