Dog Sitting Adventures!!

How much fun can you have with a three dogs, two teenagers, a dad and mom in a little red neon? TONS!! Most of you know we have a dog, well some of you choose not to believe Gem, the 7 lb. chihuahua, is really a dog but a rodent. So being the dog lovers we are we decided it would be fun to dog sit a spaniel named Joey and a chocolate lab named Bailey. Now to those of you who call my dog a rodent, I'll let you know that a full grown lab is more on the lines of a miniature horse. What fun we have had the past 4 days walking, having them visit our house, and today Jason decided they can come on the ride to church when we drop off the kids at youth group. Oh, I forgot the best part, we aren't going to take the spacious truck where the dogs could ride in the back, no we'll all fit in the neon. My only question was how in the world will we all fit without someone riding in the trunk? Jason is the genius, Tabetha and Ethen get the window seats, Bailey will sit in the middle, and Joey can sit on a lap. Jason, Gem and I will just have to squeeze in the front somehow.

So packed like sardines in the back we head out, youth group or bust!! It didn't take long till Bailey is dripping drool all over Ethen in the back seat. Lesson #1: you can't catch drool very well with a walmart bag. It was a little while later we were all reaching to get the windows open!! Lesson #2: When you put a dog into a closed car it will for sure have gas. With the car aired out, Ethen gets the grand idea of letting Bailey put his head out the window, now understand this is a very small car and the windows only go down, oh, about 10 inches. That is maybe enough for the miniature horse to stick his head out, but that would put the drool on the outside of the car. Brilliant, except Ethen forgot Bailey would need to get to the window which would mean sitting or leaning over him. Well, the first attempt ended with Ethen singing soprano and the rest of us laughing pretty hard. It was at this point I remember I have a camera/video phone....now that's fun. So you can watch the clip below to see just what fun this was:)

Well, we did make it to church!! Bailey, Joey and Gem had a great run in the front yard. Ethen might be a little thinner and his voice a little higher. Jason is convinced it wasn't that bad...dude you were driving!! The best part after all the laughing was that Joey found a new rock and can't wait to show JP and Sue when they get home next weekend!! Keep watching for any other crazy antics that may happen this week!!

(Please note that no humans, dogs or neons were hurt in the making of this blog.)