The dogs and cats are on the way to New Hampshire! Alayne got these photos of the caravan leaving Widget's House on Sunday, and they should be arriving tomorrow. (Yes, the gates are all hung!) The gang is being transported by Gale Lang and her team at TLC Pet Transport from Crittenden, Kentucky. I talked with Gale this morning and everyone is doing fine en route.
Here is blind Cedar, checking out one of the vans just before he lifted his leg on it (when you're blind it helps to have a big target to aim for):
Here he is slinking off after Alayne scolded him for peeing on the vehicle:
This is Gale and her team (sorry, I don't have all their names):
We had scheduled this with Gale more than two months ago, and we worked out with her a list of how many animals — and which ones — she could take. So we sent her the particulars — size, weight, height, breed, etc., and she figured out how many would fit in each vehicle. Gale has custom, soft-sided carriers for the dogs, and the cats have their own feline version, each with a litter box. The barn cats are in the caravan as well. It took some artful "engineering," but Gale's a pro at this and everyone fit just fine, Alayne told me.
Early on we had contacted a number of ground pet transportation outfits, but most simply couldn't deal with that number of animals — the very idea was a bit overwhelming for some — and didn't have enough vehicles and drivers. But Gale stepped right up and was willing to work with us.
And there they went down the drive:
After they all left, Alayne said it felt very strange to suddenly have only five dogs at the ranch!
The horses will be leaving later this week, so pretty soon I will have a very full place here in New Hampshire.
Rolling Dog Farm Blog 
Leave a reply to Shirley * James/Portland, OR Cancel reply