Marfa and West Texas
I took a road trip with my dog, Jake, to Marfa, TX a few weekends ago. It was a much needed recharge/self-care retreat and good bonding time with my #1 buddy. Jake is 13 years old, which is getting up there as far as lab mixes go. I adopted him from the Austin Humane Society when I was in undergraduate and volunteering as a dog walker and dog trainer there. He was so smart and picked up commands so quickly, I easily fell in love with him. Jake moved with me to College Station and endured the tortures of being a vet student's pet (helping me with anatomy by letting me palpate his bones; allowing me to practice surgery when I volunteered him for a stomach tacking surgery called a gastropexy). He was my first buddy before I met Reid. In fact, I always have to remind Reid that if it hadn't been for Jake, we would never have started dated. We had Jake in our wedding. He has welcomed a cat in our household. Well, not so much as welc...