After returning from Yuma, we spent two and a half weeks seeing doctors, optomitrists, dentists, RV repair, and truck mechanics. It was good planning on our part to get so much scheduled in such a short time.
The doctor agreed Alice had a sound heart and could go off aspirin for her basil-cell operation. The optomistrist agreed Alice did not need a new set of glasses what with the implants that replaced her cataracts. The dentists agreed Alice and I both had been doing a fine job keeping our teeth clean. The RV repair mechanic said our problem was not a dying motor on our slide, but was poor wiring, and he replaced it. The truck mechanic said our problem was not the air conditioner, but a stopped-up radiator that kept the AC from cooling on hot days, and he cleaned it.
After so much success we agreed we should get out of town and rest a while. We drove all of 35 miles north to the Wilderness Lake TTN Park and found how loud six geese could be 24 hours a day. But it was restful and we found a couple of great places to eat in Menifee.
The morning of the second day I was taking the trash to the trash bin when a lady came out of her door yelling for her dog to come back. It was a pretty sable and blond pomeranian running around chasing the geese. It looked almost like Wolf did when he was younger, except a little darker. I came over as she reached the dog and attached the leash.
We talked a bit and I told how we had a pom that was 15 years old. She said she was looking for a new home for the dog in her arms. He belonged to her sister who had to give him up. Her sister would have to put Teddy down if a new home could not be found.
I went back to our trailer and told Alice what I had seen. I said she and Wolf needed to see the other dog. We walked over, and the lady brought out Teddy. He and Wolf got to know each other as we talked about the dog situation. I looked at Alice and asked if she thought we could take him. She said yes. It was one of our quickest decisions.
For the next couple of days, Teddy got used to living in our rig, and we got used to having another dog around. All in all it went very well.
We have now returned to Jojoba Hills, and have been introducing Teddy to our neighbors and neighborhood. In some cases it was a matter of retrieving him from a different site and showing him the boundaries of our operation. I have been taking much longer and faster walks with Teddy like I should have been doing, and Teddy has been settling in. Wolf is even more frisky. And Alice lets Teddy sleep on her lap far more than I would.
We made a quick decision, and it looks to be one of our better ones. The dogs are happy, and we are happy. That is the way it should be.
sam, the Prudent RVer
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