There’s a new and adorable sheriff in town and he also happens to be a very seasoned traveler. Meet Malbec, hear about his amazing adventures and maybe even pick up a travel tip or two. This is the perfect episode for the travel season. If you love dogs, travel or both, there’s plenty here for you!
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Transcript
Julie Jackson:
Hey, welcome to Happy Tales of Happy Tails, the podcast where you’ll hear stories of the way pups have touched our hearts and our lives. So for the next few minutes, let everything else go and just listen and smile. I’m your host, Julie Jackson. This week I’m excited to share a conversation with you with my sweet friend Lisa and her good boy Malbec. These two are the ultimate adventures. They have taken so many cool trips together and have the coolest setup. After you hear her story,you just might be inspired to load your pups up and take them with you on vacation this summer. So sit back, relax,listen and smile so much for doing this.
Lisa:
Of course, yeah
Julie Jackson:
So, first for everyone who doesn’t have the pleasure of knowing. Tell us about Mobic introduce him and then let her rip.
Lisa:
Oh well. Gosh, Malbec is a he is a rescue mutt. I like to say he is probably one of the most most like Heinz 57 dogs that did get his DNA done. And he has a little bit of I like to say pretty much every dog except for like the little dogs because he ended up being a lot bigger than I anticipated. I used to work with rescue organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina.And I actually had a foster dog at the time and they sent out a call for transport help me and I was like, I’ll help transport but I can’t foster right now.Like I’m getting my foster adopted on Sunday, it was a Friday, I was like, I just need a minute. And then they sent me a picture of 11 puppies from a,a litter that was an accident and, and Malbec was like in the middle of the of the picture and his puppy picture. I mean, he just sort of looks almost like he could have been a like St.Bernard or a bernese mountain dog. And both of those looks are tight, like dogs that I just have always gravitated towards.And so I was like, oh, no, like,
Julie Jackson:
this is not going to end the way I thought
Lisa:
Well, by the time I got there, one of my girlfriends,rode with me. And by the time I got there, we had convinced each So what was his sister’s wine name?other that I would at least foster two of the puppies and Malbec. And this one would be one of them. And at the time, I was on the hunt for my own dog.But I was fostering in the meantime until I found it. And my expectation was I was going to adopt a like year old, you know, puppies get adopted so easily. So like a year old dog that, you know, just might need some training, which was totally fine with me. You know, could be active could go you know,kayaking, and other things with me. And when I saw these puppies, I basically told the foster group, I was like, I don’t know who you have lined up to foster these dogs. But I’m transporting so I get first. And I’m taking these two with me.And not only did I not want a puppy. I didn’t think I wanted a male I we grew up with all female dogs. So I just My uncle had had a male dog and had some tendencies that were not my favorite. And so I’d had just had this perspective in my mind that like I would always have a female dog and so when I grabbed him and I turned him over, man,and I was like, Well, I’ve never had a male I’ve never I’ve had never even had a male foster I always thought for females and and so I was like okay, I’m gonna get him and his blonde sister. So they were very similar looking but one was blonde and one was darker. And I ended up fostering the two of them and I just I was gone or like from that night like I pretty much and this is this this actually proves why like I wasn’t admitting it to myself.However when so we ended up naming we in rescue boys theme the litters to keep track of them and we ended up theming the litter the wind litter because I like wine and um When I took the two of them, I was like definitely taking this one. So,you know, he needs to be a wine I like. And they were like,well, what’s your favorite wine?And I said, well back. So yeah.And then his sister, one of my friends actually ended up adopting her may have gotten to sort of grow up together. So. So yeah, that’s how Malbec and I came to be. And he is now six years old. And he just traveled everywhere with me.His sister’s wine name was one of my least favorite wines,actually. And I started to correct them when they gave it to her. But they had already given some of the other females some of the better names and I just, I wasn’t like really thinking very. I wasn’t thinking but no offense to anyone if they liked this line, but it’s Moscato for me,
Julie Jackson:
so what is her name now?
Lisa:
Her name now is Luna Wynter. Oh, Luna winter, spelled W Y N T E R.
Julie Jackson:
O, but they still get to see each other.
Unknown:
So yeah, it’s been a little while since I’ve relocated. However, she now has relocated to Florida, not too far from here. So because I’m in I’m right outside of Jacksonville, Florida. And she’s now near like the Cocoa Beach area. So Melbourne beach area,so not too far. Oh, so I expect we will probably see them again.
Julie Jackson:
Well, he’s so precious. And y’all have such a sweet relationship. So what are some of your favorite stories about him? I’m sure you have plenty.
Unknown:
Gosh, I could, I could go on and on. I mean, I think,you know, he has just been such a good travel partner. I have a camper and I actually so like if you’re if you do like camping or anything like that, a lot of campers make their own like stickers and stuff like that. So I actually have my water bottle here. And this is our sticker around with Lisa. And it says ROAM with Lisa and Malbec. And it has my little camper at the top. A little bright up here.The little camper at the top.And then it has me and Malbec in like cartoon. And it’s on my big water bottle that I put all of our life travel stuff on. But yeah, he we he’s basically my,my, my co pilot, and we have been across the country three times. And he’s probably more well traveled than a lot of humans. I know. He’s been to probably more like national parks than a lot of humans. I know and and pay Don’t come at me people that know that National Parks are not super dog friendly. You know, I’ve got a camper that’s fully like I can live in it and everything else.So we typically will drive through where we can and we find the dog friendly areas. But yeah, he he is the best travel partner, he will go kayak, he will pretty much he very, he knows like he’s very trusting of me, he will go kayaking with me.If I tell him to get on something, even if he gives me that look first, like I’m not so sure about this mom. Eventually,he usually does. So he’s pretty interesting. People always comment, like, I have a few photos of us like in front of the Grand Canyon sign or some other signs. And because I’m typically a solo traveler with just him to get photos, you know, you have to get creative.And so I’ll put him up like at the sign and then like, run like1015 feet away so that I can selfie me but get the whole sign in it. And he’ll just sit there and like, sometimes they’ll cry a little because he’s like, What are you doing like this thing.But he’ll stay there. And let me take a picture. And sometimes it’s so funny because then people will like come up and they’ll be like, do you want us to get you guys together and I’m like, this is sort of our thing.
Julie Jackson:
We have a deal.
Lisa:
Like this is sort of like we now have an album of all of these photos and whether it’s in front of a national park or just a really fun like, you know, art you know, people are doing a lot of art like on walls in town then like went to Cheyenne and which is really cool town by the way. Um And they had a big art installation with Cheyenne on the wall. And you know, we, we either do the selfie thing or if there’s somewhere to prop my phone up, I now have like a tripod. So I try to get some of the more professional looking photos when I can, but
Julie Jackson:
I don’t know. I really love the selfie thing though with him back there.
Lisa:
Yeah, it’s fun. I know.And you can tell sometimes,because I’ll like talk to him.So I’m like, taking it’s just,and I’m like, people are like passing us on the side of the road. And I’m like, talking to him like taking a selfie.They’re probably like, what is this girl doing? She’s crazy.But yes, I ended up with some fun, fun photos. So, so yeah, he has been you know, we go we we went out. I was gone for gosh,several months. One of the trips where we drove out through Arizona and up into Utah and then to Yellowstone and the Tetons and then back up through Yellowstone to Big Sky, Montana.And Malbec came with me and I’ll tell you what, like he he thought the buffalo were very interesting. I have a video of us in Yellowstone. Just driving really slow by like a group of Buffalo. I’m not really sure. Or bison, I guess I don’t think it’s bison in Yellowstone. I’m not sure what like what the herd name of them are. But we’re going by and, you know, they’re looking at him and making noises. And he’s looking out there. But he was not making a peep. He was just sort of like staring at them. Like, what is that thing? He kind of looks looks, you know, over your shoulder at me like, are you still there? Are you going to protect me? But yeah, it’s a lot of fun. And it’s always fun.Because you know, because I’m able to travel with him. It’s fun, because a lot of people that are on vacation and are traveling have left their dogs at home. Yeah. And so oftentimes people come up, Oh, can we pet your dog, we’d miss our dog so much. And he’ll usually he’ll usually if I asked him to sit down, he’ll sit down. And then when people start to approach him, he just lays down and rolls over. And it’s like, you can pet my belly. So he’s a bit of a ham. Sometimes if you ever see us out, yeah. And, and it’s fun to allow people to have that little bit of, you know, taste of home with their, you know,missing their dog.
Julie Jackson:
Okay, and I’m that people. So thank you.
Lisa:
I know you are because I know we stopped while we were on our run. We’re both like, Should we stop? Should we stop and we were like the only ones everybody else was worried about finishing the run, the 10k or whichever one it was that we were like, and we’re like, No,we’re like golden retriever.Stop. Okay, we’re stopping
Julie Jackson:
Always stop for the dog. I know. Always stop for the dog. So it’s funny when you talk about him rolling over for so that people can pet his belly. We were actually in London. And this lady came walking down the street with her, it was a little bitty dachshund so cute, tiny little dachshund. And we come walking up and same thing. We were like,Oh my gosh, we miss our dogs.Can we pet your dog? And it’s so funny, because just then we’re like, What’s your dog’s name?dog’s name was Pickle. And my gosh, we went to pet Pickle,Pickle did the same thing and flipped over on her back. And so ever since then we call it pulling a Pickle. Probably think we’re nuts. Because we’re that family. And we’ll be out. Yeah.Oh, can we pet your dog and they do that? Oh, they’re pulling a Pickle.
Lisa:
Oh that’s so cute. You know, it’s so interesting,because Malbec has done that since he was a puppy. When I first got him, I used to take him to a local dog bar that’s in Charlotte called Lucky Dog. And my friend who ended up adopting his sister would meet me up there and I would bring both puppies so that she could see the puppy until until she was able to have it because it was like during the holidays and everything and people were going out of town. And so I was like,I’ll keep both dogs until after the holidays. And so but I would meet her there and from when he was a little puppy. You know,like when other dogs would come up even. He would just roll over and like put his leg up. And so now now he as an adult, he does it to people. He doesn’t do it so much to dogs anymore, but he just do it to people. It’s like he trusts people more than dogs.Like he doesn’t really care He’s a sweet boy. Yes. So
Julie Jackson:
I know y’all have done so many different things.Does he seem to have a favorite kind of activity or like a favorite climate? Or is he just so happy to do whatever it is that y’all are doing together?
Lisa:
I mean, I think honestly,like, like I said, he’s just so trusting of me that I think he pretty much just wants to be wherever I am. And you know, I think a lot of people are dealing with that, especially after like, the pandemic and being home for so long. I’m fortunate enough to still be someone who is working remote,and I have the opportunity to go into the office, but for the most part, I am working remote.And so you know, I have been with him every single day. So like, he now knows, like, even if I’m just getting dressed to like, you know, like, outside of just like casual clothes, if I’m getting dressed and like putting makeup on and stuff. He like comes and stares at me and like starts just to like mope because he like knows that I’m gonna be leaving him. Yeah. And I have to, I have to either say, like,you know, buddy have to stay here or, you know, I’ll let him know that he’s allowed to come.And then he like that, but I can’t say that too soon. Because then he’ll drive me crazy, like crying at the door.Like you said, we were going,you gave me the sign.Exactly. But I do think that he loves He really enjoyed being in the climate, like, in the, like,West, not far west, but like,Arizona, Utah, Montana. And but I also think that had to do with just how active we were during that trip. And you know, I pretty I mean, it was just, he and I and I don’t I don’t like to leave him even though my rig is set up to where it’s completely insulated. It has AC and heat and everything else. I don’t like to leave him in it for too long, you know, by himself. And so I took him everywhere. And he just really enjoyed like he likes to explore, like I like to explore.So he gets excited, like jumping out of the camper and like seeing where we are and what’s around and especially if there’s water, like do not get him near water if he’s not allowed to go in because he will go in and he loves to have swimming. And that is probably his favorite. So we live at the beach now. And I take him up to the to the beach,on our walks. But sometimes I’m like, I’m sick of the sand,buddy. We’re not gonna go to the beach today. And he will like,he knows every single beach access and he’ll just like pull me towards that. And I’m like,I’m like, Alright, fine. I’m like, That’s mean. Like, we live at the beach. Like you should be able to go to the beach. So but yeah, he’s definitely a lover of water and streams and anything that he can get into. He will do it.
Julie Jackson:
Sorry, I keep getting distracted because I keep seeing him.
Lisa:
Malbec
Julie Jackson:
Hi buddy! There you are. Oh, there’s a big fluffy tip. I love your freckles. I love it. This isn’t my meeting. This is yours,Malbec. You just didn’t know it.
Lisa:
Exactly, exactly. Yeah, so he’s definitely a water dog. He loves the water.
Julie Jackson:
So what do you think you’ve learned from him?
Lisa:
Oh, my, um, I mean, I think that he is just, he’s just so like, loyal. And I mean, he can be I mean, again, because of like, the pandemic and everything. I think that he’s a little he does have a little bit of an attachment problem, but but that’s okay. I don’t mind.You know, I think he’s just, I love there’s actually I can picture it now because I was actually just putting together a couple of weeks ago a video of some travels that we’ve done together and we were in Lake Powell in it’s right on the Arizona the Utah border. And we were there and and I was working East Coast time even though we were on what coasts are mountain time. And so I would have I kept that, that routine. And so we would go walking in the morning like really early. And there’d be like nobody up. And at Lake Powell, the water has gone down,the water level is down so low that there’s a huge beach. I mean, it might be almost a mile,like wrong to get to the water.And so I would just take him off leash, because there’s nobody around. Yeah. And he would just take off like, towards that water. And like, he just is, he just gets so excited when, you know, he knows that, like, he’s with someone that he trusts and he loves. And he just doesn’t,he just, lets loose and just like, lets go and it’s just so fun to see him, like, get so excited. And I feel like oftentimes we are, you know,either afraid of like what other people might think or what we might look like, if here’s this goofy kid, just like kicking up sand and like just booking it towards the water doesn’t even like, look what’s in the water.Just it you know, and, and he does that, like coming out of the camper. Like if anybody has ever had a camper before, when you open the camper door. Like,it’s like I can, like visualize it perfectly. Because he’s always just like, right with me,like, Let’s go like, well, what are we going to look at? And so like, he’s just as adventurous as I am. And I think during the pandemic, you know, that’s when I got the camper. And I don’t think I would have ever done it if I didn’t have him. You know,like he like, I don’t know that I would have just gone by myself. I had a comfort like, in having him with me.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, that’s interesting. I didn’t realize that’s when you got it. I just,I just thought that y’all been doing this forever?
Lisa:
Oh, no. Yeah, no, like, I mean, because that’s when, you know, I was able to be so flexible with work. And so you know, nobody was allowed to come back into the office, they, you know, I was, I didn’t have any an office to go to you know, and I’m such an avid traveler that I started to get the travel itch.And I was like, well, the only way I can travel right now is if I have something contained where I can because bathrooms weren’t open, like public restaurants weren’t open. I had thought about getting a camper van for a long time. And I was like, when else am I going to have this opportunity to like work from the road, but still be safe and,and be able to take him with me like, because, you know, like,standard travels that I was doing before where you are, you know, going on a plane going out outside the United States or whatnot, you can’t take I mean,you could but like you can’t really take easily your your dog with you. And so I was like, You know what, I was like, This is my excuse to just go ahead and do it. And so yeah, I sold my house and bought a camper van and Mark and I pretty much just lived on the road for a while.
Julie Jackson:
I love that so much. It is such an amazing story. And it was fun.Traveling. I mean, in traveling overseas, traveling anywhere is great, but I’m very much a national park girl too. So I wish I feel bad for people who never have that experience.
Lisa:
You know, I’ll tell you what, it also really did, I was really nervous about the national parks because I knew that they were not as friendly dog friendly, and I was going to have him with me. However, I will say there is nothing like traveling via road trip, versus just in and out in a plane.Because you see so much more. I mean, my friend and I were actually driving back and I had my back. And actually her dog as well with us at this. On this trip. We were driving from Arizona and headed towards White Plains National Park. And we passed by the proper tombstone,and like the town tombstone, and like we saw the sign mural,like, you know, we were like, on our way we kind of had a schedule because it was like towards the tail end of our trip. And I was like, Well what do you think and, and to have like, I don’t know, what do you think? And I was like, I mean,we’re here. Yeah, like why not?So we just like pulled off and it’s not just right off the road though. So that was a little like misleading but yeah, so we just like pulled off and went to Tombstone and like, you know that you can’t get With a normal travel schedule, and I feel like I’m, I was one of those people who sort of looked down on because we, I’m from a military family. And so we moved like every three years. And so I’ve seen a lot of us, right, but more as a youth and young adult,not as an adult. And so I sort of was like I had, I had turned my focus to outside the US. And every year, I would do it outside the US. And I kind of looked down on doing travel within the United States. And this just turned my opinion so drastically. There are some of the most beautiful states and areas in the United States. And I have been a lot of places outside the United States, and the diversity in like Yellowstone, and Johanna, in terms of what you can see. And the differences between just miles from each other is so incredible that I do I agree with you. I mean, it’s just unfortunate that more people don’t experience the US and are so focused on, you know, these big luxury travel trips, because they’re really missing out. And yet some of these little towns that you stop at in between are just so amazing. And you just meet the coolest people.
Julie Jackson:
That’s so true. I when I was a kid, my parents, we did a lot of road trips, and we had the station wagon, and I remember they would set me up in the paneling. We did have one.Yes, we did. And you know, we and my dad from work, they had Suburbans to but that was before Suburbans were cool. That was when they were like utilitarian,you know, work vehicles. And they put he put like a camper mattress in the back. And I get all set up with you know, all my entertainment. And we would set out early one morning and I used to laugh that it was like as much ground as we could cover for one week and then as much ground back and Yeah, no kidding when I was a kid if we’d you know, we’d stay in little hotel motels along the way. And at one point, I was like, Why did they have closets? Why do they have drawers? I couldn’t figure it out.
Lisa:
Who’s actually staying that long?
Julie Jackson:
We would if we were there 12 hours. That was you know, because and yes.
Lisa:
My dad was that kind of traveler. Yes. He was like he was it wasn’t a journey. For him. It was a like, point A to point B like, like I’m on let’s get up. Now I want to say I have ticket Have you taken on though some of your dad’s like travel tendencies. Like, I’m like,people will be like, Okay, well,what time are we getting on the road tomorrow? I’m like, set your alarm for 430 in the morning. And they’re like,what?!
Julie Jackson:
This is vacation and we’re like, yeah, that’s vacation.
Lisa:
Gotta get there. That’s why I’m not spending the entire day in the car. Okay, but at the same amount of time, and I’m like, No, we’re gonna get there and get up before everybody else gets moving. You will thank me when we get there.
Julie Jackson:
Exactly! Well,and then to you know, like,Well, okay, so And we’ve had this discussion, too, but like,every time I see the Grand Tetons the first time I see the Grand Tetons, I cry. I mean,every It’s so incredible. And yeah, of course love Yellowstone too. And they’re right there together. Yeah. But I always kind of joke because I say Yellowstone, Yellowstone so great, because I can get my nerd on. Because there’s all the wildlife and the geothermal and you know, everything.
Lisa:
But a geothermal are so cool.
Julie Jackson:
Amazing. But I’m like, I don’t want to be rolling into Yellowstone at two o’clock in the afternoon, you know,getting into Yellowstone as soon as those gates open because there’s so much to see.
Lisa:
yeah. It’s so funny, too.Because, like, I one thing I also found out, you know, I, I did the whole thing because I was traveling, I you know, I got the park pass and, you know, all the things and, and, and then,you know, I was like asking one of the park rangers, okay, like,when when’s the best time to come? He’s like, Well, you know,like, we’re open 24 hours. And I was like, what? And he was like,Yeah, and I was like,Yellowstone, they said, they were like, We’re open 24 hours.And I was like, why are people in line then? And he’s like,it’s just they want to get up and get their breakfast and everything else. And I was like,oh, no, that will not be me.I’ll be here at four in the morning.
Julie Jackson:
I did not know that. You just taught me something. Now we would get up early every day and get through.The last time we were there we stayed in West Yellowstone. So we were just like right outside.
Lisa:
I did too, yeah, yeah, and I love West Yellowstone. I do
Julie Jackson:
too. Did you happen to see right there outside to the I’m gonna I’m forgetting the word but you It’s like the bear and Wolf. Yes. I love.
Lisa:
It’s like a little like encounter like, well, it’s like educational or whatnot.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah. But did you go in and see it? Were you able to go in?
Lisa:
I didn’t go in.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, if you ever get to do it, it’s really cool.Because basically, they take on,I’m not sure the story of the wolves, but like the bears, the bears are all bears the like kept going into neighborhoods and communities and stuff that would otherwise be euthanized.And so it’s kind of a rescue for the animals.
Lisa:
but it’s numbered. Yeah, I follow the Yellowstone, like Facebook page. And so they’re always like, you know, posting,and it’s so fun. It’s a good follow to, for anyone who’s interested, because if you follow it throughout the year,you get to see it in the different seasons. And so it also is a really good indicator as to like, what, when you might want to go because you’ll see people post all about, like,what they do while they’re there during the different seasons,and all of that good stuff. And what they see. And so you know,it’s a really, I definitely recommend doing stuff like that if you’re going to be heading out there. But yeah, I’ll have to go in and check it out next time. I did do a lot of kind of research just through like that page, and then like Google and stuff like that beforehand, but we just don’t know what to do.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, crazy. Yes.And we stumbled upon the bear wolf thing because we our hotel was right across the street. Oh,yeah. I know exactly where you were! Where, yes, we can hear the wolves. And we were like,What the heck? And of course,I’m like, Yeah, you know, it’s like big dogs. And yeah, you’re like coming. It was funny,because I’m so easily entertained, too. But when we were there, one of the bears,they would give them well, they have one whole exhibit that was fascinating to me, where they turned the bears loose with every different kind of trash can imaginable to see like,which ones they would want to and how long it took. And they showed they had them all out where you could see like, this is what a bathtime Yes, but one of the things they would do is they gave one of them an igloo,and he had the igloo cooler, and they had it all strapped up and everything. And, and he was out there. And they were watching to see what he would do with it and so crazy, but they had filled it with like fish or something. And it was strapped and he couldn’t get the straps off. But he figured out to pop the little drain hole. And then he would drink the Yes. And then he would submerge it and fill it up to rinse and drink more. And then he would submerge again.
Unknown:
That is so crazy. What a smart bear!
Julie Jackson:
Yes! It was nuts.And so they do all those things.And they watch them, you know,and they kind of learn. Yeah.But like he had the and they said that that one guy. They were like, Oh yeah, he’s our cooler guy. Anytime we have anything like this. We give it to him because he’s relentless.And the other bears were kind of like, okay, whatever. And he was like rolling around in the water that cooler.
Lisa:
And he’s like, I know something’s coming out of it.
Julie Jackson:
Yes! Yeah. And I could have sat there all afternoon and just watched him do that. It was fast. Oh my gosh, just to watch so cool.
Lisa:
Yeah, it’s really animals are are incredible. I mean, they really are like people. Like, I mean, I know this is like blasphemous. But the people who are like, I mean, it’s just a dog or like whatnot. And, and like, they’ll say, like, Malbec won’t remember his sister. And I’m like, Are you out of your mind? Like, yes, he will. And they I’m just like, how sad for you. They say you did not grow up with some lack of something that you that doesn’t give you that like perspective of animals, because they’re just so incredibly smart. I actually was even just talking about like,dogs aside. I’m telling some of my friends, which they couldn’t believe we had a rat when we were growing up. Oh, they’re in California. They’re so smart. I was telling them a story about how we had had a parakeet before it either flew away or something. Who knows? Yes, um,we were told it flew away. But we still had its cage and we used that as the rat cage. And so you know, a bird. Cage has at least ours did the the door like lifted up. And the birds couldn’t figure it out, right.But this rat would open that door and get out. Well, we figured out he was opening the door and getting out. And so we would put a twisty tie on it. He would undo the twisty tie and get out. I mean, you would just call him and you would like come back, but like he would get out.You think eventually he actually did leave. But yeah, he was so smart. I mean, he’s so smart.I’m like, they can. How can you just think these are just like things that don’t have a month?I’m sort of mind activity, you know?
Julie Jackson:
Yeah. Well, and likewise to when they say that,you know, they don’t have feelings, are they right? And now yeah, now,
Unknown:
I was crying over some stupid show the other day and Malbec came over I was so upset and he was just like, Mom,what’s wrong? And I was like the dog died on the show or went back isn’t that so sad?
Julie Jackson:
I need a hug.
Lisa:
Come snuggle with Mama.
Julie Jackson:
Well, we are so Chuck and Barney the the two wolf mixes the floofs.
Lisa:
I saw one walk by in the background. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Julie Jackson:
Every now and then you’ll see like one of them go over the back of the chair.
Lisa:
He’s like just the ear and like the tail walk.
Julie Jackson:
That’s why I leave the door open because sometimes they’ll come and put their heads right like Chuck likes to get my devil there.They do they come in. Hey,buddy. Hey. Buddy, I came this way. Hear it? Can you want to come up? You can come up. Oh,he’s going around. But it’s funny because our little Roscoe,that was our tiny little heeler.Barney was hilarious. Because Barney, do you remember the old Looney Tunes? Oh my gosh, the cartoon with a yeti where the Yeti would have him. Yeah. And he’d be like, Oh, I’m gonna do it. Remember that. That was totally Barney with Roscoe. And Roscoe would just be like, help me out here. But I’d come in.And I mean, Roscoe was older.But Barney was so much bigger and I’d come in, and Barney would like have his arm around Roscoe and just speak and then and Chuck would spoon him sometimes to Roscoe would lay on the floor of the corner of the bed and I come in and Chuck would come and just wrap right around him. But But Barney, like we used to joke we were like, I think Barney thinks Roscoe is his dog. You know,
Unknown:
it was it like his stuffed animal. Yes. And
Lisa:
know, he knows they even say that. That if one if,
Julie Jackson:
Barney was like the Yeti with him. Well, back in November, Roscoe got very suddenly sick. And we lost him and like Barney, that that night? Well, we lost Roscoe on Friday, and on Saturday night and Barney’s nonstop. Like there you can see that that was Barney. He was they’re nonstop all the time. And Barney was just sitting at the back door,just sitting looking out in the backyard. And then Roscoe, he used to always perched at the top of the stairs that was kind of surveying his kingdom. And yeah, and he could kind of get a especially if they’re bonded like that, that if you’re able little rest, you know, a little respite up there, it was a little bit more peaceful. And around the corner. And Barney was perched on the bottom step,all four feet, like lined up,you know, like, all balanced.And just like looking like he was ready to spring. And it’s like, he was just looking at that spot. Because he just knew any minute Roscoe was going around that corner and be there,he’s gonna go up, you know, but it’s so but you know, people think, oh, yeah, they don’t whatever. But no, they to have them, see after the other passes away, so that they understand because they will just like, Wait, like, look for them, you know? And so? Yeah, I mean, I mean, you could never ever convince me that that’s not the case. Because I mean, while back used to after my friend adopted his sister. They would be in the parking lot and mall back. And I would either be like out at a brewery or like at that dog bar. And I wouldn’t have even seen them yet. And Mobic start, I could tell he’s like,go, I was like, somebody must be here. Like, I would tell my friends. I’m like, somebody’s here that he knows. And sure enough, she would come running in and then he like just knew and like, there’s I was like,There’s no way he could have seen her before that. Like it’s like he could he either has a very good sense of smell, or,well, I don’t know, they just have that like intuition or something. And I don’t know, but like he it was like, weird,because like, I’m not kidding.He just started pulling me one day when we were at this one brewery in Charlotte. And all of my friends were like, What is he doing? Because he’s usually just like, lays under the table. Like it’s pretty chill. And I mean,he was like pulling, pulling,pulling. And then we get to the corner. And their car goes by in parks and she gets out of the car and I was like, No, I’m like, how? I’m like, did you guys like drive by with her?head out the window or she was like no. And I was like mama was like pulling me over here. I was like, it’s just wild. I’m like,he knows. It’s indoor.It’s amazing.It’s amazing. Yeah. And when Landry was born, I had four dogs then. And one of them was Murphy and Murphy was a little. He was blond, we think maybe like a border collie lab mix. And Murphy Bless his heart. Someone had not been kind to him before,or we rescued him. And so he always worried a lot of people,right? Yes. And so Murphy had always been a little bit he had a little bit of a timidity, you know, he’d be kind of timid, a little bit. Yeah. And so it was really funny. And it was interesting to see how when we brought Landry home from the hospital when she was born, how all four of them had different responses to her. Sure. Like we had a yellow lab, Daisy and Daisy was funny because she would like stick her head and Landry swing and run forward and then run backward and run forward, backward, you know,with this week, what a big help.Right? Right. You know, but just like, I’ve watched her, I’m watching her, you know, and then we had a black lab Kindel. That was the sweetest thing that Kindel was very, like don’t know what to do. And I yeah, I don’t think Kindel even notice Landry was there for I know for a while. But Murphy was so funny because Murphy was always really serious. And it took us so he didn’t, he didn’t show any interest in being like, like he wasn’t up sniffing on her. He wasn’t like Daisy, he didn’t have his head in the swing or anything. But then one day, I noticed that from the day we brought her home, he laid across the threshold of the door of whatever room she was in. Yeah,he was
Lisa:
like, I have a job and it is to protect this little thing.Yes.
Julie Jackson:
Yes. And and if you didn’t know any better, you would think he had no interest in her whatsoever. You know,someone would think he was just totally and and at first I kind of thought that he you know, I guess maybe like Kindel just kind of hasn’t noticed she’s here yet, or whatever. And then all of a sudden, we realized one day that because he had never done that before. And he positioned himself across the threshold. And wait, no one got Yeah, she was in without yeah,getting past him coming through him. Yeah, that’s
Lisa:
so sweet. Yeah, Malbec does a similar I mean, he usually, when it’s just us at home, he’s like, super chill, he usually will come in at night.And like, lay with me until we’re really like, settled, and then he like, moves to the end of the bed. And then eventually,he just gets down. And then he’s usually off the bed for a while.And then in the morning, he comes first thing comes back in and Snuggles. But if I am somewhere where there’s multiple people, or like if I’m over at my parents or something like that, he is he has to be in a location where he can see where everyone would be coming from.And so hill at my parents house,for instance, they had that,like most of their rooms are on like you’re looking at the house, the left side of the house. So he sleeps in the living room so that he can see the front door and where everyone’s houses or houses.Yeah, everyone’s rooms are. And like if I go on vacation with my friends, like sometimes I go with a friend and our dogs to Oak Island. And it’s a four,it’s a quad. And so it’s set up with two in two rooms, and then all the living spaces in the middle. And he’ll fully with me at first and then he goes out into the main area so that he can see where everyone is he doesn’t like and he doesn’t even like it. If we’re out on the beach and somebody else walks away. He’ll stare at them, like the whole time like crazy person. Because he’s like, Wait,somebody has left the circle of trust. Or they go away. Talking to you back here, like he never went back need you to return to the circle. You don’t have your buddy, you do not have your buddy with you right now. Don’t talk to strangers.
Julie Jackson:
What are you doing? What do you do?
Lisa:
Exactly? And save if someone tries to like enter the circle before I tell him that they’re okay. He’ll bark at them. So and he won’t like he’ll run up and bark at them. And I’m like, Oh, great. And I’m like Malbec, you know, and I’ll have to like get him and introduce them and then he’ll chill. But like he’ll let them know like, I don’t know who you are.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, he’s serious about his job.
Unknown:
Like I’m the sheriff in these parts. Okay.
Julie Jackson:
You said that’s your nickname for him in it?
Lisa:
Yes. Yeah. So actually someone thought his name was Sheriff at one point, because at that at the end have dog bar we used to go to? He would they had those uses plastic like, I, they haven’t met like dog parks and stuff now but they’re like the plastic like one side is stairs one sides like a ramp, you know,like whatever. And so he would go get up on top of it and just stand on the top of it and like look around. And like if dogs were like playing too hard, he would bark at them. And if they didn’t stop, he would go to them and bark at them. And I’d be like, Oh, here we go Sheriff again. And so and my friends would be like, Oh, sheriffs on duty or whatever. And so then one day, I don’t even remember what it was why? Why I was I called him by his actual name.And I was like, Malbec come here. And somebody was like,wait a minute, I thought your dog’s name was Sheriff. Oh, no.Like, he just acts like the sheriff.
Julie Jackson:
Job Title.
Lisa:
His job he’s on duty. So you know. Right? It’s just like when you take off a service dog,that’s he can actually be himself, you know, small back enters into like the dog park and he is on duty.
Julie Jackson:
Got his little badge. Oh my gosh, that’s the best. Well, thank you so much. I love this. I love him. I love y’all, your whole setup, your rig and your lifestyle and everything so
Lisa:
Well, we love it. We actually were just out in the rig last night we went over to a local park here. Because I don’t know about you guys, but it is spring break this week for the kids and my niece and my nephew just lived down the street. And so my sister and her husband are taking them to universal tomorrow through Friday. And so I’m taking the rig down to go to Universal with them on Wednesday, and which is so great. It’s a big tip, if ever,so my sister and her husband are staying on it in at the resort.And um, you know, most places you can find like a state park or something or a county park and I found a county park for that has a camp spot that’s four miles away from Universal Studios for $20 Absolutely cannot beat that. I was like,Hey, I’m just gonna book it. If I can go I can go if I can’t I need to work then that’s fine.So I booked it. So anyway, while back and I were at in the rig last night just cleaning it and making sure that everything was good to go. So we’ll be back in the rig. Again. So it’s been it’s been fun to have and be able to just kind of randomly use it and take advantage of these locations that have amazing opportunities for inexpensive and you have all your stuff with you. Yes, and most importantly your dog.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah. Well, and whenever the article comes out you’re gonna post
Lisa:
No, yeah, yeah, yeah, I did recently get one so mobile I can I are in a it just start picture. It’s in it right now.Actually, yeah, just one of our pictures is in it right now.It’s a magazine, but we have another photo that’s going to be an upcoming edition and then an article that will be at an end and a future edition. So when it comes out I will let you know.
Julie Jackson:
Yes, I’d love to share him with this too. So and I’ll let you know when it’s when it drops. So good on will have a great day. Thank you. Girls for me.
Lisa:
Yeah, Becky boy say goodbye. Maybe one of these days when you guys come to another Disney. I’ll bring him back and oh my god, you guys will have to come we’ll probably stay at Fort wilderness or something. And you guys will have to come over for dinner or something. And
Julie Jackson:
well then you’ll just be able to get me out of the rig. I’ll just be like I live here now. You know as much as I love Disney, we did the big trip in January. And it’s funny because I came home and I said I found out the one thing that I do not like about Disney and it was like oh my gosh, Disney is full of service dogs. I can’t pet service dogs. I love service dogs. But I can’t pet service dogs.
Lisa:
as like, not only that,but it makes me like I mean I just especially in like the heat of summer. I worried so much about them and their feet and I just you know I know that they have have a job and I’m sure that they take precautions and all the things but like, I don’t know, I’ve seen a few that I’m just like that no need to have fall protection. Yeah, that needs water. Like Did you mean to take it to the shade? For follow you around and be your service dog? Yeah. Your service human for your service dog.
Julie Jackson:
I’ll be your service dog Sherpa. I’ll do exactly, yeah, I’ll be happy.Well, fortunately, we were there in January. So the weather and everything bad. Yeah, it was it was.
Lisa:
Yeah, yeah. So well. Good.Well, I hope to see you all again soon.
Julie Jackson:
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