Trying to leave Canada aye?

So, I have a little catching-up to do… but the night of book-reading was well worth it.

Let me start with, what is going on with the guards at the US side of the Canadian / USA border? When we were trying to make our way back into our good-ole home country, Rich was manning the wheel why I was in the back codling “the destructo-team” (a.k.a. the pup-itos) because I do NOT do well being put on the spot in question / answer situations. If anyone is going to be suspicious, it is yours truly. Not to mention, my two lovely snuggle-kins just ADORE strange men looking in the windows – so this was going to be a treat. Oh yeah, and nothing irks them more than when we stop, and proceed to go through what looks like a drive-through, but with the rude awakening that there is absolutely NO food exchanged whatsoever. They learned their lesson from entering Canada, and they weren’t going to be fooled twice.

So, while Rich was running through the usual questions of: where are you going? Where were you just at? How long? Why? Who is with you?, it became apparent that they were becoming suspicious as to where I was (made very apparent by the questions: Well, where is your wife? And where are your dogs?) I tried to be as chipper as ever as I popped myself into the front passenger seat and tried to explain my absence (and pleading with Santa Claus that all I wanted for Christmas was for my dogs to be good and not try to rip the face off of the guy in the toll-booth… moving on…) So, then he came to the question:

What kind of dog food do you have in there?

Okay people, there is no straight-forward answer of kibble or wet food in my profession, and I quickly blurted out “Lamb and Rice by California Natural” {pretty thorough no?} Well, if THAT didn’t send out the troops! Lamb?! How can you be transporting LAMB?! (Really, I must have looked dumbfounded at this point because… I was) and then the question that about made me pee my draws…

Have you ever been arrested for a felony?

WHAT?! NO! WHAT?! Where was he going with this? I was waiting for the “Well, now you WILL be” before I started blurting out, “It’s just kibble!! I swear!” For those of you who know me are well aware of my test-taking abilities – and this was not pretty. All I got was a “oh – well you should’ve told me that sooner. Okay, have a good day”

All of that?! For what? No ‘A’ or gold star on my license? Did I pass the test better than other people? This competitive side really needs to get under control.

It goes to show, Canada is more than happy to take us in -- the US, not so much. {I kid, I kid}

All I needed was a good dose of Canadian chocolate.


Useless exchange of the day between Titan and I: “Stop trying to penetrate my brain with your stare. I am not going to give you people food. I don’t want to.”

And, scene.