Now a friend, Allan, has suggested that Kin should be allowed to sit in the seats as the boot is 'un-sprung' and my car has fairly stiff suspension (there are foam mats under the boot liner to make it more comfy in there); what I didn't realise is that he has been tutoring Kin...
Whilst I'm putting the ski-box on the roof, Kin's installed and ready to go!
This he's not allowed to do, he travels in the boot... but he did look cute enough for me to take a couple of pics before removing him and finishing putting on the ski-box.
He tried out the drivers seat too, but didn't seem to get the idea that he should be looking forward (this could have something to do with him spending most of his time in the boot looking out the back window?!).
Ski-box was put on for a trip to Hovden at the weekend, on the (long but quickest) way up to Hovden we pass Røldal:
which according to the local paper (and more believably http://www.skiinfo.no/ ) has had the most snow of any ski resort in the world, in the last seven days. Sadly my friend who I was travelling with (and who's cabin we were staying at), is laid up in bed with flu. This means that Kin has had a lucky escape, as I had him booked into (his/our first experience in) a kennel from today until Sunday; skiing will be day trips closer, so no need to put him in kennel.
Lastly, dogs and cats. Most dogs and cats go fine together, when they get used to each other. I was somewhat skeptical when a friend of mine with a Rhodesian Ridgeback (at the time) puppy, said that she was going to get a kitten (bearing in mind that puppies tend to be turbo charged and RR were used to hunt lions!)... several years later:
not only is my friend pinned to the sofa by her animals, but she now has two cats (and no, the Madster hasn't eaten the other one, it's actually the two cats that fight, not the cat and the dog!).
Kin's main experience with cats is having them hiss at him, and to be honest a Newfie is more likely to lose an eye, by being curious to a cat, so I'm careful with him as I consider the cats more dangerous. Karma was friends with a number of cats, Chicken (believe it or not that's the name of the cat in the above picture), was nose to nose with Karma a few times. And he and Xo (another Newfie) used to have Pål's cats sleep on top of them, when he stayed over at Pål's. This led to an incident when arriving at Pål's house, Karma jumped out of the car, saw a cat and ran towards it. Now Karma was used to cats running away from him and chasing them is always a fun game; the cat just sat and waited for Karma (as the cat knew him, so wasn't scared of him), it's quite funny to see a grown Newfie executing an emergency stop! Front paws locked, the ground rippled in front of him and he just about managed to stop. All this time the cat just watched him. Then Karma lent down and with his tongue (that was about as long as the cat was high) give the cat a big lick, which is what knocked the cat over!
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