Benny's 1 year With us.

Posted by Melissa at 1:06 PM

It was exactly one year ago I was on my way to Granby, MA to meet a dog whose face I had only seen in an email on my phone. My mother didn't want a dog anyways and looked at the picture and said "he's ugly". Well it was my mom who ended up driving to Granby with me. We had a good time talking with his owner at the time, Maryanne, and hiked into the woods to help better get to know each other and for Maryanne to decide if we would be a good match for Benny. After an hour or so, she said her goodbye's to Benny and we took this dog back to Northfield. I texted Melissa on the ride home "we got him!" She was eagerly awaiting the news on how everything went.

Well, we got him home. He pooped in the house, on my dads bed, on the floor. All over! He peed on the carpet and jumped on the couch. HE> WAS>CRAZY! He ran up stairs and down so fast and so clumsily it sounded like a hundred people at a bowling alley. (He is not the most coordinated dog.) I'm convinced that it was nerves and just him adjusting because it was not long after that he settled down and became the dog that the glorifying craigslist ad says he was. (although he never seemed to be "good" with cats.)

In this past year Benny has become one of the best dogs I've ever had the pleasure to be around. Maybe I'm biased but you can ask a number of our friends and they'll tell you the same. He's made 5 or 6 trips between Massachusetts and Wisconsin and enjoys every minute of it. A great companion on the road. We love him dearly and thank him for his loyalty and we will continue to give him love and the same loyalty he gives to us.

We look forward to many more years of wrestling on the bed, walks at the dog park and the numerous compliments we get about him every time we stop at a travel plaza along I-90.

Happy one year to Benny!

We also recently took our new dog Nismo under our care just a month ago. We love him an equal amount and he will get his happy 1 year in 11 months! Till then, enjoy the pictures we have of the both of them.