Sancho’s visit to San Diego

Sancho came to visit us for a weekend from Sacramento. His daddy spent the weekend with friends at a wedding so Sancho got to hang with mommy and me.  I guess he is my cousin, since he is mommy’s nephew’s dog.  I don’t know how any of that stuff works, I just know–he was a really cool dog.  He was rescued from the shelter after his first family had to give him up because they lost their house.  It is amazing that he was still there after a month when his new daddy, John, saved him. So sad for the family that had to give up their sweet boy.

He arrived after his 10 hour car trip at 6 a.m. Saturday morning and he had A LOT of built up energy!!  First, he drank 6 bowls of water within an hour.  Mommy took him for a walk and he was pulling her all over the place. She isn’t used to such a big dog, he weighs 75 more pounds than I do!  After a BIG poop, which he managed to drag his leash through and them mommy stepped in it, and lots of peeing–we went back home.  Mommy fed him and gave him a bully stick and he FINALLY laid down. I thought to myself, this is going to be a long weekend!  He slept with his dad for a few hours while mommy and I went surfing.  Then him and his daddy met mommy and I for lunch.  A man in the restaurant gave John his card and offered to take Sancho from John.  He was a doctor with a lot of money but John said No, he was going to keep him! Strange, nobody ever offers to take me from mommy. After lunch we headed back to the beach to see how Sancho liked the ocean.  He LOVED the ocean!  He was jumping through the waves, swimming in the river and chasing the ball non-stop.  He even met a few friends that he ran off with!  He got a little upset tummy and threw ALL of his food up on the beach but then he was good to go for more romping!!  After a few hours, mommy decided enough salt water was had by all and it was time for the dreaded bath!! YIKES!! She took us to Dog Beach Dog Wash and Sancho didn’t seem to mind the bath, what is wrong with him?  I, on the other hand, slipped my collar and bolted for the door.  Baths are for girls–I was out of there! That did not make mommy too happy and I had to come back and suffer through a bath with Sancho.  After that fiasco–we were wiped out for the rest of the day!

After our good nights sleep–mommy took us bright and early to the park to play with the ball! We each had our own ball and everything! Sancho sure does slobber a lot! YUK!! But he ran and ran and ran after that ball! Then, mommy took us to our Sunday Leash Your Fitness class where Sancho met all of my friends, got to go over the A-frame and the jumps.  He didn’t really get the jumps too well but he loved the A-frame! I think he had a crush on Sandy–one of the Golden Retrievers in class.

Monday morning we woke up to a little rain which was a good thing cause mommy had a plan to tire Sancho out before his long car ride home.  We all went hiking! It was a perfect morning for it since it was cool and overcast. We hiked the 2 miles to the top of Black Mountain.  Sancho and I had so much fun chasing each other.  I guess the hike worked because Sancho’s daddy reported that he slept the ENTIRE way home!!

I really liked my cousin Sancho, so much that I gave him one of my toys to remember me by.  It was a fun-filled weekend and I hope that he comes back to visit us again.