After my mother passed away at 92, we inherited her beagle Ally. Imagine a spoiled, soft living, elderly lady’s “house beagle” traveling her final two years to exotic off-road locations in a 4x4 camper! She literally saw and smelled most of the mountain west.
Ally was a terrific traveling companion. Underway she slept under the dinette table. And I mean slept! In camp she patrolled the perimeter for threats, then retreated to the shade under the truck and circled until she made a nice little sleeping spot.
I lost my 1st best friend in 1961, he was 16 years old. I still miss my little Border Collie. We have a new to us Border Collie named "Bobby". He loves to travel. And now that he has joined our family I no longer worry about sleeping with any of the windows open. No one can get close to the RV at night without him announcing himself. And trust me when I say, if he announces himself in the darkness it will send cold chills down your spine. Not sure how he does it but his bark in the darkness makes him sound much bigger.
Our beagle Stella is going to be 11 this year and she has gained a new life & new energy when I switched her to raw fresh dig food, the dried bagged dog food is the biggest profit-making scam ever created and we had to lose two previous beagles to prove it regarding health issues.
She was so much fun to watch in your videos. I believe these good friends are in heaven waiting for us. Glad we can still watch her anytime!!
Take care,
Mike & Brenda
@Ray There will never be a replacement for Angie, Just like our good old "Zip" stick fetching dog we just lost to a stroke two months back.
But things can happen, like this sweet little short hair border collie wandering into our camp 4 days back.
We found her owner and thay are moving and tried to home her with a working cowboy friend.
So that did not work.
Well she wandered off and became Laura's new bunk mate! The two of them have been hanging out together ever sense!
Happy Trails...Pal!!!