Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:00:10 -0400
Reply-To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: SDM-East, bad dog, door panel needed.
In-Reply-To: <200705111357.l4BDvAFi002303@pan.gwi.net>
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Ask Chris Turner -- he's Jordanvw@aol.com --- he's in PA and he's got more
vanagon parts than you can imagine --- I stopped to pick up a few things
when I was in PA last year and I know he's got a vanagon full of various
door panels.
As for the dog, we have a now 3 year old lab that we also 'rescued'. Same
deal, severe separation anxiety. We bought one of these:
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/104441_canine-camper-soft-sided-pet-home.htm
It's his bed when we're at home and we carry it in the Westy when we travel.
It rides behind the rear seat and if we want to leave Bayley in the van it
takes me about 15 seconds to setup. Because he sleeps in it, he loves it. He
actually struggles to get in it as I'm putting it together. We still
sometimes leave him in the van without the crate --- but it's nice to know
it's there if we want it.
Now that I've solved all your problems :-)
Cheers,
Doug
On 5/11/07, Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@suscom-maine.net> wrote:
>
> Syncro de Mayo "East" is next weekend in PA - see
> http://www.syncrodemayoeast.com - just a reminder in case you missed the
> announcements.
>
> So... my wife & I adopted a very sweet 3-year old Akita about a month
> ago...
> really nice dog, but he's got a severe case of separation anxiety: he
> doesn't like to be left alone. We've been working with him pretty
> diligently, slowly lengthening the time we leave him. We were up to just
> over an hour.
>
> Yesterday I left him in the van for not more than 15 minutes. When I
> returned, I could see him up on the front seat furiously tugging at
> something. It was the upper window seal - completely destroyed. He also
> ripped the top off the passenger door panel, tore the curtains off the
> rear
> side window, severed both rear shoulder belts, peed on the rear seat and
> chewed-off the passenger window crank.
>
> Basically, he lost his f%*#ing mind.
>
> I can find replacements for everything but the door panel. Does anyone
> local
> or coming to SDME happen to have access to one? It's the
> base-model/transporter style: gray, all-vinyl - no chrome, no fabric, no
> power windows. I might have a part you need if you'd like to swap.
>
> Not sure if the dog will be coming to SDME, by the way - might need a
> little
> more work before he's road-ready. :)
>
> Doug Fitz-Randolph
> Freeport, ME
>
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