Sunday, February 22, 2004
Operation "Insaneo Drop" Successfully Complete
Operation "Insaneo Drop" involved breaking a Springer ("Captain Insaneo") out of the CACC in NYC and transporting him to his new home in Albany. I had received a call from ESSR about helping this dog get to his new home, and after some initial hesitation, centered around the fact that Sparky hates all other dogs except Winnie, I thought "hey, how bad can it be" and agreed to get this fella home.
I arrived at the CACC on Saturday afternoon to bust Insaneo out and after signing some paper work, a wirey field Springer was presented to me. As with all dogs on their way out of the CACC, he didn't look back. (At this point, I should point out, he wasn't known as Captain Insaneo.) I took him for a short walk before loading him in the car and after a few minutes he settled down.
I didn't have anything else planned for the afternoon, so I took him for a drive around the city to find out what I was in for with respect to the trip to Albany (he rode very well in the car) and then on to Riverside park for a walk. Walk! Ha! That was a good one! This poor little guy had been at CACC for almost a month, and undoubtedly spent most of his time in a cage. Well, he was ready for a run now - and could he run.
Back in the car, and off to get Kira at Columbia where she had been working all day in the library to show her this handsome boy that was on his way to Albany tomorrow. She remarked how beautiful his face was and we were off to drop Kira off at her apartment.
Sparky was hanging out at Kira's for the night as there would be no way to have the bunch of them all meet because Sparky doesn't like other dogs and frankly I didn't want to deal with a sulking Springer after he saw me leading Insaneo around, so after walking up to say hello to Sparky and give him a quick walk, I was back down to the car for the trip over to my apartment.
I got him upstairs and let him into my apartment.
....
Wow.
That's the only way to describe it. On the bed, off the bed, on the bed, off the bed, round and round and round he went.
Shortly after we arrived I named him Captain Insaneo.
We came to a tacit understanding that it was time for bed by allowing him to sleep on the bed with me. (Sparky doesn't even get to do that). At one point he was lying beside me, on his back, feet flailing in the air, in puppy lying position with his head on my shoulder. The problem with this arrangement is that if I moved, and I mean even shifted a toe, Insaneo was up and ready for action. This happened at, among other earlier times, about 5:45.
I finally gave up trying to sleep at 6AM and got up to take a shower. After peeing in the corner - Insaneo, not me - (he just didn't have a clue that he shouldn't be doing it) and standing outside the door of the bathroom wagging his tail (I know this because every time that he wagged his tail banged on the door), I took him out for a walk. A really long walk. We hung out for a couple of hours walking the city and then got into the car for the trip over to Kira's for some breakfast with the Spannies. I picked Kira up and we drove over to Via Quadranno for coffee and pastry, but they weren't open yet, so we went to La Pastisserie Margo on Lex instead. Once we had our coffees we drove some more as Insaneo snored, (and I mean really snored), in the back. (Afterall, he had a rough night of bed jumping and the guy he was sleeping with kept moving.)
Since Insaneo quite enjoyed the car and the temperature was quite warm I left him sleeping on "his" blanket in the back of the car and went up stairs to see Kira and the Spannies.
On the way up we stopped to talk to Cathy (the owner of a very adorable Westie named Bently), who lives in Kira's building and told her about Captain Insaneo. Her mother has a field Springer and when I told her that he was sleeping out in the car she said, "He's in your car - are you nuts? Get ready for it to be destroyed." To which I replied - "Destroyed, no way - he loves his blanket in the back - I don't even think he can jump over the back partition." (I was trading on the fact that he wouldn't try to jump up as he was such an inexperienced puppy.)
HA!
You'd think I was new or something.
Field Springer not able to get out of the back.
Yeah, right....
When I finally was ready to drive up to Albany, I went down to the car and was greeted with this.
What a face, he was so proud of himself! You will notice the shoe that was discarded on the front seat. (That came out of a bag of Salvation Army give-aways that was in the back seat.) Actually no damage was done, and actually all he did was fling the shoe around and then promptly fall asleep on the front seat. (This seems to be the preferred Spaniel position as both Winnie and Sparky love it up there.)
Since he had a defacto upgrade to backseat privleges, that's where he rode for the rest of the trip. Captain Insaneo and I made the trip up to Exit 23 on the throughway where I delivered him to his new home - what a satisfying feeling!
I arrived at the CACC on Saturday afternoon to bust Insaneo out and after signing some paper work, a wirey field Springer was presented to me. As with all dogs on their way out of the CACC, he didn't look back. (At this point, I should point out, he wasn't known as Captain Insaneo.) I took him for a short walk before loading him in the car and after a few minutes he settled down.
I didn't have anything else planned for the afternoon, so I took him for a drive around the city to find out what I was in for with respect to the trip to Albany (he rode very well in the car) and then on to Riverside park for a walk. Walk! Ha! That was a good one! This poor little guy had been at CACC for almost a month, and undoubtedly spent most of his time in a cage. Well, he was ready for a run now - and could he run.
Back in the car, and off to get Kira at Columbia where she had been working all day in the library to show her this handsome boy that was on his way to Albany tomorrow. She remarked how beautiful his face was and we were off to drop Kira off at her apartment.
Sparky was hanging out at Kira's for the night as there would be no way to have the bunch of them all meet because Sparky doesn't like other dogs and frankly I didn't want to deal with a sulking Springer after he saw me leading Insaneo around, so after walking up to say hello to Sparky and give him a quick walk, I was back down to the car for the trip over to my apartment.
I got him upstairs and let him into my apartment.
....
Wow.
That's the only way to describe it. On the bed, off the bed, on the bed, off the bed, round and round and round he went.
Shortly after we arrived I named him Captain Insaneo.
We came to a tacit understanding that it was time for bed by allowing him to sleep on the bed with me. (Sparky doesn't even get to do that). At one point he was lying beside me, on his back, feet flailing in the air, in puppy lying position with his head on my shoulder. The problem with this arrangement is that if I moved, and I mean even shifted a toe, Insaneo was up and ready for action. This happened at, among other earlier times, about 5:45.
I finally gave up trying to sleep at 6AM and got up to take a shower. After peeing in the corner - Insaneo, not me - (he just didn't have a clue that he shouldn't be doing it) and standing outside the door of the bathroom wagging his tail (I know this because every time that he wagged his tail banged on the door), I took him out for a walk. A really long walk. We hung out for a couple of hours walking the city and then got into the car for the trip over to Kira's for some breakfast with the Spannies. I picked Kira up and we drove over to Via Quadranno for coffee and pastry, but they weren't open yet, so we went to La Pastisserie Margo on Lex instead. Once we had our coffees we drove some more as Insaneo snored, (and I mean really snored), in the back. (Afterall, he had a rough night of bed jumping and the guy he was sleeping with kept moving.)
Since Insaneo quite enjoyed the car and the temperature was quite warm I left him sleeping on "his" blanket in the back of the car and went up stairs to see Kira and the Spannies.
On the way up we stopped to talk to Cathy (the owner of a very adorable Westie named Bently), who lives in Kira's building and told her about Captain Insaneo. Her mother has a field Springer and when I told her that he was sleeping out in the car she said, "He's in your car - are you nuts? Get ready for it to be destroyed." To which I replied - "Destroyed, no way - he loves his blanket in the back - I don't even think he can jump over the back partition." (I was trading on the fact that he wouldn't try to jump up as he was such an inexperienced puppy.)
HA!
You'd think I was new or something.
Field Springer not able to get out of the back.
Yeah, right....
When I finally was ready to drive up to Albany, I went down to the car and was greeted with this.
What a face, he was so proud of himself! You will notice the shoe that was discarded on the front seat. (That came out of a bag of Salvation Army give-aways that was in the back seat.) Actually no damage was done, and actually all he did was fling the shoe around and then promptly fall asleep on the front seat. (This seems to be the preferred Spaniel position as both Winnie and Sparky love it up there.)
Since he had a defacto upgrade to backseat privleges, that's where he rode for the rest of the trip. Captain Insaneo and I made the trip up to Exit 23 on the throughway where I delivered him to his new home - what a satisfying feeling!
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