Many years ago when the family was planning to go on vacation our parents decided to leave the family dog in a kennel down the street.  The car was packed and the dog was with my sister in the back seat.  We drove off for Lassen County.   My father drove passed the kennel and we of course said absolutely nothing. About half way up to Lassen Matilda got restless and crawled between the seats.  My father having forgotten about the dog got the surprise of his life when the dog crawled onto his lap while he was driving.  Matilda being a lapdog apparently wanted a little attention.  Needless to say Matilda wound up going on vacation with us.

     We went to a ranch near MT. Lassen, where there was a lot of open land and ranch dogs for Matilda to play with.