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Tyler was in his dog den
when Rusty
told him they would take a long trip the next morning.
"
Tyler, we are going to take a long car journey to the Bay Area"
Rusty said.
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While Tyler chewed a stick in his
dog den, brave Bobcat tiptoed across the cat bridge to observe the
dog safely from his cat shelf.
Rusty had built a barricade door to keep 1/2 the house safe for cats
while Tyler lived in the other part.
But the cats missed their shelves. They asked Rusty to build a cat
bridge from the sink over the dog door to their cat shelves. So he
made it for them.
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What Bobcat saw alarmed him.
He
knew Rusty had lied when he said they were getting a big cat called
a dog. This dog thing was a huge animal!
A dog was not a cat
Bobcat thought to himself. It was a horse
of a different color.
He would remain very cautious and cat careful until this Tyler thing
settled down.
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Sloooowwwwly.... Bobcat was warming up
to Tyler and the dog was less and less focused on eating Bobcat.
Rusty hoped the cats and dog would all be friends.
One day.
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The next morning
Rusty and Tyler drove and drove and drove. It was over 100 miles to
the Bay Area to visit the doctor.
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Finally they were there. They waited
for the doctor.
Tyler's red leather leash matched the waiting room decor. He felt
very color coordinated.
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Rusty was so old he had worn out his
other doctor. She retired.
Now this new doctor was his doctor.
He had computers and was all digital.
Very cool
thought Rusty.
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The doctor liked Tyler so much he
asked Rusty who would get him if Rusty died.
"I'd like to have this dog for my children"
he said.
"But I have to be dead first"
Rusty reminded him.
Tyler was not only a babe magnet he was a doctor magnet, too.
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The ride home was long and tedious as
the afternoon commute traffic thickened. It became stop, go, stop,
go, stop...well you get the idea.
But Tyler enjoyed the sweet, cool Honda air conditioning that
slipped over him and out the pop-out side windows.
He was a cool dog.
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Altamont Pass
When they made it to the pass through to the Central Valley Tyler
eyed the spinning windmills. He wasn't sure if they were something
to chase & eat or not.
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Rusty could drive and hold the digital
camera out over the passenger side with one hand to take pictures
backward. He was an experienced photographer.
Tyler was tired of all the stop and go traffic. So was Rusty.
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The traffic went on and on.
The miles wore on.
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Rusty was tired.
Tyler was tired.
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Suddenly Rusty spotted the Central
Valley through the pass.
"Tyler!" he yelled "I think we'll make it."
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Tyler only saw more and more of the
spinning things that peppered the Altamont Pass hills...as the miles
wore on.
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In all the stop and go commute traffic
Tyler fell asleep.
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Rusty was excited when the traffic was
gone and they were racing down the road lined with fruit and nut
orchards.
This was more like it.
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They passed the corn field just a
couple of miles from home.
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Tyler lit up when Rusty said
"We're
home Tyler!"
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"Arf! Arf!"
shouted the young
puppy.
"Good boy, Tyler! We're home at last."
said Rusty.
What a long trip. What terrible traffic.
But they had done it and everybody was OK.
More adventures of
Tyler the Wonder Dog...
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