Ellie's Amazing Story by Arthur & Frances Gosline
CAPTAIN ELLIE (May 2018)
Ellie is getting more comfortable in the car/truck but does not look forward to the ride. We frequently take her for a short car ride to the Potomac to go swimming. She loves the water and does not want to leave. We took her to the boat to see if that was similar to the car rides. She sniffed around and once she got her 4 sea legs under her, she was loving being surrounded by water! Sit up front and let the ears flop in the breeze. Life if good!
We tried our luck with the tennis ball while anchored and at first she slithered in from the swim platform. But within a couple tosses of the ball she was diving in before the ball was thrown. She is very relaxed and loves going for a boat ride and go swimming.
Ellie is getting more comfortable in the car/truck but does not look forward to the ride. We frequently take her for a short car ride to the Potomac to go swimming. She loves the water and does not want to leave. We took her to the boat to see if that was similar to the car rides. She sniffed around and once she got her 4 sea legs under her, she was loving being surrounded by water! Sit up front and let the ears flop in the breeze. Life if good!
We tried our luck with the tennis ball while anchored and at first she slithered in from the swim platform. But within a couple tosses of the ball she was diving in before the ball was thrown. She is very relaxed and loves going for a boat ride and go swimming.
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Champagne and Biscuits (April 2018)
We were locked-in for 8 days-7 nights in the 1,700 square foot Admiral's Suite at a luxury hotel. A room on the top floor with private hot tub, 2 bathrooms, and 3 balconies (1 overlooking the golf course, 1 overlooking the water, 1 overlooking the resort pool.) And the room did not cost any more than the base room because we were holding our conference at this hotel.
As we got closer my wife asked, "do they allow dogs in the Admiral's Suite?" I replied, "sorry but they do not allow dogs in the Suite, but they have regular rooms on the ground level that accommodate dogs."
Frances said, "we need a room for Ellie with a king bed so all 3 of us can be together." Guess where we stayed?... Ground floor with the other dogs!
We arrived at the hotel and Ellie was the life of the lobby. Everyone came out and said what a beautiful dog she is. "Love those golden eyes." "Her coat is so beautiful." But the most common question, "what breed is she?" Everywhere we went that week she was making new friends. It was actually a very good test for us as we had only adopted her 6 weeks prior to that. When we adopted Ellie her foster parents were just socializing her after her rescue.
When we arrived to our room there was champagne and dog biscuits, on the ground level. Ellie sniffed around then made herself at home, on the bed. For the rest of the week that was, "home" for Ellie. Don't mistaken this for her becoming lazy. No... She was up at her regular 5:30am for a long walk and Frisbee toss then a swim. How could life get any better?!
I am not surprised we went to the dog room rather than the Admiral's Suite as we have done that the past 11 years for this event for our prior Boykin Rescues, Hershey and Bella. I can say, given the choice of the Admiral's Suite without our Boykin or ground floor with Boykin, we will make the same decision again.
We were locked-in for 8 days-7 nights in the 1,700 square foot Admiral's Suite at a luxury hotel. A room on the top floor with private hot tub, 2 bathrooms, and 3 balconies (1 overlooking the golf course, 1 overlooking the water, 1 overlooking the resort pool.) And the room did not cost any more than the base room because we were holding our conference at this hotel.
As we got closer my wife asked, "do they allow dogs in the Admiral's Suite?" I replied, "sorry but they do not allow dogs in the Suite, but they have regular rooms on the ground level that accommodate dogs."
Frances said, "we need a room for Ellie with a king bed so all 3 of us can be together." Guess where we stayed?... Ground floor with the other dogs!
We arrived at the hotel and Ellie was the life of the lobby. Everyone came out and said what a beautiful dog she is. "Love those golden eyes." "Her coat is so beautiful." But the most common question, "what breed is she?" Everywhere we went that week she was making new friends. It was actually a very good test for us as we had only adopted her 6 weeks prior to that. When we adopted Ellie her foster parents were just socializing her after her rescue.
When we arrived to our room there was champagne and dog biscuits, on the ground level. Ellie sniffed around then made herself at home, on the bed. For the rest of the week that was, "home" for Ellie. Don't mistaken this for her becoming lazy. No... She was up at her regular 5:30am for a long walk and Frisbee toss then a swim. How could life get any better?!
I am not surprised we went to the dog room rather than the Admiral's Suite as we have done that the past 11 years for this event for our prior Boykin Rescues, Hershey and Bella. I can say, given the choice of the Admiral's Suite without our Boykin or ground floor with Boykin, we will make the same decision again.