I am sad. Tao, my daughter's bichon, left this week. He had been with me since last December, when she moved to the EAU and needed time to process all the papers for him to be able to travel. 
I also kept Tao for the first year she lived in Ithaca - dogs are not allowed in university housing! She had him with her the second year and Tao adapted well to the coldness of New York State winters! 
Tao has also lived in Los Cabos Mexico, where his mistress worked for two years. In Los Cabos he was "Taocito", and adapted to the heat of Baja California!
But, to go to all those places, Tao had to be pushed into a kennel - that he learned to hate - to travel as accompanied luggage.
Living in Amsterdam was much easier, the Thalys train between Paris and Amsterdam was really cool! Tao had a nice back terrace and mostly, mostly, beloved Tatiana who came everyday to walk him at lunchtime. 
The above picture was taken by Tatiana who kindly sent it to me when she read this post!Tao cherishes the toy Tatiana gave him, a blue soft ball. Taking the tram to go places was fun - and his hair in winter really really looong!
Tao has always a passport ready. But my faugter couldn't take him with her as acompanied luggae as in the past. He has to travel to Dubai as "manifest cargo" which means he has to be gandeled by a forwarding company specilizing in living animas. He had his passport attached to his kennel. We took him - or rather my hsuband did - to Charles de Gaulle Airpot last Monday. I did not have the guts to push him in the kennel once again.
Tao arrived safely in Dubai after a rather long trip, and met his beloved Mistress and his new home.
Dear little Tao, I miss you .. enjoy your stay!
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