I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!

prescat

Expert Expediter
ONCE IN A WHILE, JUST TO CONFIRM MY OWN SANITY, IT'S GOOD TO READ THAT OTHER EXPEDITOR'S TREAT THEIR DOGS LIKE THE CO-DRIVERS THEY ARE!
(THANK YOU TONY/ROCKYDOG & BOB/HOOLIGAN) I RUN A REGIONAL LINE HAUL FROM NYC TO BOSTON/FALL RIVERS MASS. 6 NIGHTS A WEEK AND IT'S FUNNY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT UNLOAD ME CAN BARELY REMEMBER MY NAME, BUT ALWAYS HAVE A TREAT FOR MY DOGS, "GYPSY AND CHEWY". THEY PROVIDE THE BEST COMPANY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE RIDE EVERY NIGHT. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, WHEN I LEAVE THEM HOME, I START GETTING THE THIRD DEGREE FROM ALL THE PEOPLE I DELIVER TO! THAT'S NOT EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SECURITY FACTOR. I RUN IN SOME OF THE WORST AREAS OF NYC AND BOSTON AND IT'S NICE THAT I CAN LEAVE MY TRUCK RUNNING WITH THE WALLET ON THE DASH! ("CAJUN" GYPSY IS A GERMAN SHEPARD THAT I ADOPTED AT A NORTHERN LOUISIANA POUND AND "CHEWBACCA" IS A 32LB CHOW/MIX FROM BILOXI THAT MY DAUGHTER FOUND ON HER WAY TO COLLEGE...WE'VE GOT A NORTH/SOUTH THING GOING!).AS FRIENDLY AS MY DOGS ARE OUT OF THE TRUCK TO OTHER DRIVERS AND DOCK WORKERS, YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROACH THE TRUCK WHEN GYSPY IS "BEHIND THE WHEEL"! GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY FELLOW EXPEDITORS AND THEIR FURRY CO-DRIVERS AND IF YOU SEE US....BARK!
ps: MY CORPORATE NAME IS 2 DOG NIGHT TRUCKING!:) ;-)
 

Lostmarbles

Expert Expediter
LOL....2 Dog Night!...thats a great one Bro.
My dogXXX co-driver " Ranger" is a Queensland Heeler/Aussie sheperd mix ( basic cowdog)...Talk about double smart!( more so than my son in law) He wont let anyone in the Cab unless I am sitting in the driver's seat. If the wife is there He wont let anyone up on the running boards without barking. Even if he knows you it is not a good thing to try and reach in without one of us there.
Once I had to fly out of town and when the wife came to the airport to pick me up The SOB wouldn't let me in the pickup because he was mad I had left Him at home! Either that or the wife was trying to retrain Him! Would you believe this dog checks the mirrors every few miles?



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