Reunited and it Feels So Good

We are so excited to report that after 3 long months of separation, Boo has finally made her way "home" to us in Malaysia! It was certainly a team effort, made possible by a one pet relocation company, my loving and loyal family for all of Boo's temporary housing arrangements and EVERYTHING her 3-month room and board entailed, the support and understanding of my wonderful husband that ever agreed to this in the first place, and one....no, make that two, steep credit card statements that might have just catapulted us into Elite Status and Very, Very Important Customers of American Airlines....Very Important. This dog has certainly racked up the miles over the last couple of weeks (hopefully earning us some serious points along the way):  Midland to Dallas, Dallas to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to KL. I can't even imagine how long that flight must have been in dog hours! Once she arrived in KL, she was taken through customs and then sent straight to quarantine to spend the next 7 days serving time for a crime she didn't commit. Poor thing was all caged up like an animal or something. But we drove the hour out there and back each day to see her and make sure she was surviving the culture shock ok. The sweet man that was hired by the pet relocation company to check on her was kind enough to hook up a fan in the cage for her and made every effort to keep her as comfortable as "humanly" possible. We were originally concerned about the possibility of her getting fleas, ticks, and heat stroke, but the only thing she seems to have picked up at the "puppy pen" was a bad case of separation anxiety because she is not letting us out of her sights even for a second. Every step we take, she takes. As soon as we get up, she gets up. There's no way she's going to let us do that to her again! Yes, it was a rather long, tiring, and expensive journey, but she's worth every penny of it. She is home sweet home with us once again, and now our transition into crazy expat life seems complete. We have the house, the car, and the dog...life is good.

Boo's time in the pen.

Playing it Cool.

Boo....international dog of leisure