Just a couple days before we leave for our long awaited and anticipated vacation in Menorca, the sunny Spanish isle, for an Irish setter convention. The sight of Irish Setters running all over the Ciutedella and all over the lobbies of the hotels Menorca has that sparkle like jewels in the Mediterranean air and water and sand is enough to make to me want to giggle in my paella. Tracey carefully brushed our Irish Setter Champagne and put her in the dog travel crate along with a favorite blue chewy toy and instructions to “Be a good dog,” and Champagne looked out at us with her dewy doleful eyes and we could tell she wanted me to sing. Even though we were in the staging area of Heath-row airport in London (I preferredGatwick for such things) Tracey elbowed me and i began to sing in my best Tom Jones, singing the song “What’s New Pussycat?” without trying to attract too much attention. This song Tracey and I trained Champagne to relax to, and it always worked for the four years we had the dog , getting her as a little red puff of hair and snout from a breeder in Albany, New York. People started t look at us, and a few stopped and a little crowd of what looked like pensioners gathered round while Tracey just said to them that the song helped the dog relax and slowly Champagne nodded off to sleep, taking a big doggy breath and dreaming of the sand and surf of Menorca. We never used sedatives when traveling with our dogs, and always trusted they would have a good flight. We always got to our destination few days earlier than needed a to let our dogs get used to the air and recover from the flight. plus we always like to feed our dog the seafood of the region if they had any as this helped the coat to shine and was good for their joints.
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