Dog Sitting

As soon as we returned from our trip to Slovakia, Hungary, and La Rioja, we had a visitor for four nights. Fortunately, this visitor only weighs about nine pounds. Unfortunately, she is a bundle of energy (despite the impression from the first picture below).

Oliva belongs to a friend of our friend Maje; and, while her owner was in Brazil over Semana Santa, Maje was dog-sitting. But, she also had plans to travel during that time, so she outsourced four nights to us. 

As most of our readers know, we are huge dog fans, so we thought this would be no problem and loads of fun. Unfortunately, several factors made this more difficult than we expected. First, we had not had a dog in 8 years, and we hadn't had a young, active dog (Oliva is not yet two) in even more years. Second, having a dog in an apartment, especially one on the fifth floor, is much more complicated than in a house with a yard. Third, it rained a good amount and Oliva doesn't like the rain much.

Fortunately, Oliva is extremely sweet, and is so cute that when we walked her, we could see people on the street notice her. She was particularly adorable when we took her to the beach, which she loves, although she is not a dog that will go in the ocean (which is a good thing because we did not want to have to give her a bath).

So, we learned that we will not be getting another dog anytime soon, if ever. Frankly, we're not even sure  we would take Oliva overnight again, although we would gladly watch her during the day.

Hasta pronto.

Jeff and Shana