{"id":13,"date":"2009-01-21T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T01:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2009-01-21T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T02:19:30","slug":"west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bandit relaxing in the bathroom in Morgantown, WV<\/p><\/div>\n

The dogs and I made the trek out to Morgantown, WV. I have been traveling here for work basically all of 2008. I told my company that I was willing to travel….but I had to take my dogs! So, they rented me an apartment! It has really been a great experience, and having the dogs with me has made it even better!<\/p>\n

This trip took a little longer than most…I got caught in a snowstorm in Indiana, and another one in PA, so 12 hours later we were there.<\/p>\n

I had to keep Mia in a little crate which I strapped in the passenger’s seat so she wouldn’t move around after her operation….I haven’t told you about Mia’s operation yet…o.k. that will be tomorrow.<\/p>\n

There is about 8 inches of light fluffy snow on the ground…the boys just love it! This a.m. there were deer tracks all around – right next to the apartment…of course, Bandit found some deer droppings…<\/p>\n

I have been taking each dog out by themselves, as they each have different needs…I can only let Mia take a few steps so she is quick, Bandit has to walk and sniff and still won’t go until he finds just the right spot, and Shelby is quick to do his business…but he needs more of a walk to work off his energy.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, after coming home from work and taking care of Mia and Bandit, I took Shelby for an extended walk around the apartment complex.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We ran into Boyce and Guiness, so while Boyce and I discussed how much we loved the snow, Shelby and Guiness ran around, played, chased, and made their own little dog park!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Then, later, I took Shelby for round 2 at about 9:00.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 As we made our way around the the complex and turned to walk on the gravel road next to the complex, Shelby stopped and pricked up his ears.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 He could see or sense something ahead, so when I stopped and looked carefully, I saw what he saw…three deer had come up from the wooded valley.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 They come for the birdseed and whatever else the apartment dwellers leave for them.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We stopped and watched them for a few seconds, before they silently headed back down the hill, only, I am sure,\u00c2\u00a0to come back up once we had passed.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Shelby did not make a sound, and once the deer had gone, he happily continued his walk.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Between the silence and the snow and now the deer, it sure made for\u00c2\u00a0a beautiful evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The dogs and I made the trek out to Morgantown, WV. I have been traveling here for work basically all of 2008. I told my company that I was willing to travel….but I had to take my dogs! So, they rented me an apartment! It has really been a great experience, and having the dogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-west-virginia","tag-west-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mylifewithdogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}