maynard in paris

if you recall, maynard, the dog was not able to come to paris on our flight because the weather had been too hot that day (airline regulations). he had been living happily and comfortably with some friends in the boston countryside. in fact, he was having a great doggy life there, running in the woods, freely chasing squirrels and hanging out with his doggy buddy, jarvis, the yellow lab. the family said they would love him to stay with them, but we missed him and felt that he should join the rest of the family.

i was planning to go back in september but hurricane earl came through, and i rescheduled. there were plenty of volunteers who were willing to bring him to us, but in the end, i decided to go back and visit my mom and pick up some more luggage. i spent the 2 days in new hampshire with my family, then 3 days around boston. i had to do some official doggy things to allow him to come, including a trip to the vet and then a trip to the usda office to bring paperwork for them to stamp. the drive out took 45 minutes, they stamped to docs in about 5 minutes and then 45 minutes back. i didn’t really want to go back so soon, but when i got there, i was happy to see everyone.

anyway, it turned out to be a smooth trip and a smooth flight back. maynard did very well – he flew in his crate with the luggage. he is adapting well from country to city life, though a little nervous on our walks. it is much more noisy here! interestingly, it seems that people are a little hesitant with dogs here. they clearly move to the side to avoid him (maybe it’s that black dog thing) and people with dogs clearly pull their dogs away. some dogs seem to be more hostile. maynard is hesitant with the other dogs too. i wondered if there was a variation in doggy culture here. it could be that because the people are different culturally, that they have conditioned their dogs to be different too. Print this post