Magic is usually camera shy, so I don’t get many good shots of him.  Here he is licking his chops — maybe he’s planning to eat the laundry that’s sitting behind him on the couch.

Fulltiming with a dog has been interesting.  I was worried about the cross-country trip, but the crew cab really saved the day here.  With the seats folded up, there was plenty of room for his bed and a few toys, and after some initial complaints, he just went to sleep.  He’s almost 8 (supposedly), so sleeping is basically his favorite activity anyway.  No issues with carsickness or anything like that either.

I’ve had no trouble with him an RV parks, which worried me on the way out here — would people scrutinize him and check for pitbullness?  Apparently not, not so far at least.  Even in Malibu, which supposedly has a very low tolerance pit policy, my brother noticed someone obviously walking two purebred pits.

I’ve had good luck with work too — most of our offices have a pretty liberal pet policy, and it’s nice being able to take him along to work rather than having him cooped up in the Airstream.  This is also a bit difficult in Malibu, as the temperature varies so much from afternoon to evening, it’s tough to set the AC or furnace to keep things comfortable.  (this will be even more interesting when I get back to Malibu for most of May)

Magic is used to living in small apartments, so the small spaces of the airstream aren’t a big deal for him.  In fact, they’re not a big deal for me, either.  It was tight when Tim was still here, but for just the two of us, it’s perfectly comfortable.  

Really, the only downside of all this is that I’m missing out on any evening goings-on with friends or coworkers.  It’s just too much trouble to do a 35+ minute evening commute out to the mountains, and then another half hour or so to get to anywhere people would be hanging out.  Then another half hour to get home at the end of the day?  Not worth it.  Though, this isn’t really a fulltiming limitation, it’s just a limitation of pet ownership.  But, life is better with a dog than without — I’ll deal with the minor annoyances.

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