When we made a decision to relocate to help my husband fight cancer, we had no second thoughts about taking Laney. She of course is part of the therapy, a reason to have to get up in the mornings, someone that depends on you, and a friend that will lay next to you when you don't feel well. So Laney took her first road trip and a long one 1200 miles.
The plan was for Laney to sleep in a nice soft bed in the back seat of the car with a state of the art harness to protect her. It was a harness that was padded to protect the chest and body and it had a loop that the seat belt slipped through to keep her safe. Just as I had protected my children, now I was trying to protect Laney.
We started out on our trip and five miles down the road, I felt some warm breathing on my neck and a little slobber. As I looked over my shoulder there stood Laney on the arm rest. She had somehow magically gotten out of the harness. I instructed my husband to pull over and I put the harness back on, and re secured it, and off we went. This time in less than 60 seconds, she was out of the harness and in my lap. She was a little Houdini.
Needless to say the $50 that I spent on the bed and harness would have been better off thrown out the window for some stranger to have used. So, 1195 miles with my four legged friend in my lap. Was it safe? I don't think so. But, did she make it? Yes! She was in my lap and I love her.
Elizabeth:)
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