We got up bright and early to start our trek to Tucson. We planned to pick up the dog at the kennel by 7:30. The owner convinced me that I should pay extra to have the dog bathed, teeth brushed, and nails clipped before the long drive. I pictured my nice, clean dog keeping me company in the passenger seat of the van all the way to Tucson.
We had to pick him up promptly at 7:30 if we wanted to make it to LA by 1 pm so Erin could have an hour at American Girl Place before driving to San Diego to spend the night. A friend warned me that if we didn't get out of LA around 2, we would get stuck in traffic forever.
So, our morning started out as planned. We pulled up to the kennel at 7:30 am. The owner was a few minutes late opening up. When he finally did open, he informed us that Buzz has had diarrhea for the past 3 days! He just had his latest episode in his truck on the way to the shop (he took him home to his house so he wouldn't be stuck in a small kennel.) Now, Buzz was a mess and needed another bath. If you know me well, you know I am a very scheduled person. I have a lot of anxiety if I get behind schedule. We had to wait for the owner to give the dog a quick bath. We spent that few minutes lining our van with plastic bags in case Buzz got sick again. Then we set off for our trip. Not even a half hour into our trip, the dog starts whining. Oh no, does that mean he needs to go potty? I was just imagining a huge mess in the back of my van. Even before Buzz started whining, Nathan started asking if we were almost there yet? Someone forgot to tell him we would be in the car until dinnertime.
Fortunately he was fine the entire trip and he got another bath at the hotel just in case the first one was not good enough. It is a good thing we love him like one of our kids. Poor Erin had only about 1/2 hour in the American Girl store. But she still managed to get the stuff she wanted. We made it out of LA just in time.
Hopefully Buzz will be completely better by tomorrow and will survive his kennel while we are at Legoland and SeaWorld.
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