I had the brilliant idea that it would be fun to bring Kobi with me on my latest work trip out of town. Kobi was even quite excited about it as she loves car rides – not so sure about 5 hour car rides.
Kobi says, “Road trips are awesome!”
The trip started out pretty good. The roads were in great condition (the highway up here can be horrible if it’s snowing) and I gave myself tons of time to get to the destination as I figured Kobi would need lots of pit stops along the way.
Who knew? We don’t have signs like this where we come from.
We ended up stopping 5 times and taking a lot longer than usual to make it to our destination thanks to all the pit stops and walks.
Kobi says, “I made a new friend on one of our walks.”
We finally checked into the hotel and I hauled in enough crap to last the both of us at least a month (and I went grocery shopping on top of that). I like to be prepared.
Kobi searching for dragons to chase/slay in the new town.
First night, Kobi barked a lot, but not enough to get us kicked out. She also didn’t eat so I did what any concerned and responsible pet owner would do, I took her to McDonald’s. Boy, does she love 1/4 pounder burger patties!
Kobi says, “Burgers, I love burgers.”
The community I was staying at is in the middle of a big oil and gas boom. This means there are lots of “out-of-towners” staying in town to work in this industry. Translation, the hotel I was staying at was full of male oil and gas workers.
Our first morning was an eye-opener. I was taking Kobi out for her first of 27 walks of the day and literally walked into a “man-gauntlet” of oil and gas dudes waiting for the crew bus. I figured Kobi would freak out because I was freaking out, but she was pretty cool with it all.
Kobi says, “So what now?”
By the third night she was completely exhausted, as was I, and she hardly barked at anything. Could’ve been that she was totally into watching the men’s figure skating short program.
Watching the men’s short program. It was awesome! Anyone else watch this?
She was quite excited the morning I packed up all our crap (it took me three trips to the vehicle to load everything up). She had one final 1/4 pounder burger patty (knowing that she would be going on a cleanse the next day) and we hit the road.
Finally going home. She quickly passed out so that I couldn’t ask her to do any driving.
Travelling with Kobi was definitely a bit more work and at times a bit stressful, but I really did enjoy having the company and it certainly got me out exploring every trail and park I could find, just wish she could’ve done some driving for me.
PS. I’m slowly easing back into “jogging”. Standby to see how this week goes…
February 16, 2014 at 10:26 am
This is too funny. Sam gets chicken mcnuggets on her road trips. I think somehow dogs know that you will give in to them on these types of trips.
February 16, 2014 at 2:03 pm
Those are Kobi’s other favourite road trip dinners. They do know how to get what they want.
February 16, 2014 at 2:33 pm
I love taking my dogs on work trips (and other trips too!). I suppose it is a little more work, but I love having her with me. Also, while my dog has always been pretty easy going, she’s gotten more and more relaxed about travelling with me, which has made it even easier and more fun for both of us! I’m so excited to hear that you are running again – upwards and onwards!
February 16, 2014 at 2:59 pm
I think Kobi will settle in better the more I take her with me. She was way better with strangers than I thought she would be. And yes, I’m optimistic about running again.
February 16, 2014 at 3:51 pm
Dog road trips are the best! A little more stressful, but when they pass out in the backseat at the end of the trip you know they enjoyed it! Zeke gets a few fries on the road (;
February 16, 2014 at 4:34 pm
That’s so true! Fries make for great road trip snacks too.
February 17, 2014 at 11:31 am
Looks like you two are having fun!
February 17, 2014 at 12:52 pm
It was fun (and tiring) and she gave me an excuse to go to McDonald’s.
February 17, 2014 at 10:27 pm
That looks like so much fun! I can imagine it would be quite stressful, however aren’t all travel companions slightly stressful in their own ways? 😉
I can’t wait until I can have a dog to bring on runs with me. Reading your posts make me so excited for that day to come! Good luck with your jogging this week…I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!
February 18, 2014 at 9:41 am
When I think about it now, Kobi is actually easy in comparison to some travel companions I’ve had. Dogs are awesome to run with. Some days are challenging, but that keeps it interesting. And yes, I did day 3 of my walk/jog on the treadmill and my foot is behaving! Maybe I’ll get up to 5km of non stop running this weekend??
February 18, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Excellent! I hope it continues to behave 🙂
February 19, 2014 at 10:36 am
Me too! I just have to not get too excited and go too far too fast too soon.