I'm gonna have to let Kait fill you in on the details because I'm a little
disturbed, she's a little disturbed and I think we may have to make a change in
location.
Kait is having a little trouble at the moment. We just met this fantastic couple
Larry and Cheryl thank you guys so much for meeting us here in Prescott it
however we decided to stay in a downtown area after lunch and get some work done
we parked in another spot and Kate and Leo went for a walk I'm gonna have to
like Kate fill you in on in details because I'm a little disturbed she's a
little disturbed and I think we may have to make a change in location so Leo
Knight are going for a walk in the main area around historic downtown and well
first of all I had a gentleman talk to me about Leo because Leo's been walking
with a bit of a limp he's getting old and unfortunately he has cancer so we're
giving him pain medication to help him and he's enjoying life his quality of
life is still really good the gentleman looked at me who I've
never met before and said have you thought about euthanizing your dog I
have no idea how to respond to a comment like that nor would I ever walk up to a
stranger and ask them that question it was very disturbing to me to have
another human being that I've never met before asked me if I want asked me if I
thought about euthanizing my dog simply because he has a limp
he has no information about Leo so that was incident number one then I'm walking
with Leo slowly and another gentleman looks at me and starts questioning me
about Leo's limp and he's following me trying to have this conversation with me
about Leo and I don't want to have this topic or discussion with strangers so
I'm trying to walk away from him then a couple is chasing me down and they're
saying excuse me miss excuse me miss and I stopped to talk to them and the woman
tells me that she and her husband had just pulled up in a parking spot they
saw a guy in a black Honda stop and take pictures of me and then he proceeded to
drive up the street take more pictures of me turn around come back and take
more pictures they found his behavior so disturbing
that they got out of their car to let me know and as I'm hearing this my heart is
pounding and it's very disturbing to have somebody relay that news to me and
I just I felt so uncomfortable and uneasy at that moment standing on a
public sidewalk which I've never felt before so Leo and I start to make our
way back I'm just I guess today of all of these events that happened I am
feeling very uncomfortable and uneasy being in this city I've never had so
many I would call like distressful or disturbing things happen to me within
such a short amount of time even if this gentleman had recognized me and leo from
our youtube channel he could have stopped to say hi but to have him stop
take photos drive up the street take more photos is very disturbing and it's
not just me who finds it disturbing clearly the couple that saw him do this
found it disturb me enough to come find me and let me know and I just I don't
know I people might say this comes with the territory of putting your life on
the internet but it does not justify strange and disturbing behavior I just
well I think I think we have a few things that need to be answered the
first thing I think I need to address is Leo Kate just mentioned Leo has cancer
and that is true he has a large tumor on his shoulder it's causing him to limp
we've been giving him some pain meds and he's been doing pretty well were at this
stage right now where he's about 13 years old maybe a little bit older and
it's about quality of life for him he still has all this spunk his attitude is
still there and everything else his appetite is stronger than it ever has
been and he's still a stubborn husky so we're gonna keep this guy around
as long as possible he's still really happy he's enjoying life he just isn't
able to take the walks that he used to so I know everyone is worried and
freaking out right now he's getting to that age but let me assure you he's
having a fantastic life at the moment right bud oh look at that so happy
okay the second thing I should address press kit walking around and just
touring we've met some great people and it seems like a great town however a lot
of people have asked us about safety on the road and I have no idea who this guy
is that's following kake I suggested we go back outside have her walk and see if
we could find him and take a picture of his license report it to the police just
figure out something you know the person by all likelihood it might be harmless
but if we don't feel safe or comfortable in the area and no matter how nice it is
we've made it a rule that we'll leave there has only been one other time
that's happened but I think this is certainly a justification for us saying
hey you know one of us doesn't feel comfortable here I don't know if this
person is a stalker or they just thought that leo was so stunning they had to
take pictures which has happened quite a few times before but I don't want to
stick around to find out so I think I agree with Kate in that we should pack
up get going go somewhere else because why should we have to be looking over
our shoulder every time we go outside to see if this guy is following us plus you
know there have been a few other people that have made some comments about Leo
and Leos old he's limping and I understand if someone's concerned he has
you know a sticker in his paw or just wants to know what's wrong but we have
people or a gentleman suggest that we euthanize our dog because he has a limp
I don't know I'm just I'm I'm getting the same vibe that Kate is and when she
came back and she said something I said you know I've been getting a strange
feeling here - I agree let's take off so it's it's strange because I know a lot
of people are asking all these questions right now and we're probably gonna get a
lot of comments but you know it's just you have to go with your gut and if
you're not feeling comfortable for whatever reason it is move on and I
think that's the wonderful thing about this lifestyle we don't have to stay
and we had a fantastic lunch met some great people but I think we move on now
so when we look at the map and we'll figure out a spot to go okay guys just
impromptu video that we put together once Kate got back she had some feelings
she had to share we really appreciate all your comments and concerns about Leo
it's not something we really want to discuss further than this video it's you
know obviously it's a very emotional thing for us because he's getting to
that age and you know all your comments concerns we really appreciate those
we're doing everything possible to make his life as enjoyable and comfortable as
possible so rest assured Leo is in very good hands and I just want to add to
that because you know when things like this happened to humans to dogs as they
get to the end of their life it's easy to get caught up on you know the sad
aspect of what's happening to Leo but think about the amazing travels he's had
since we've hit the road and even before we hit the road you know Leo was living
in a little cage at an animal shelter when we adopted him eight years ago and
he has probably seen more of the United States than most of my friends and I
mean he's been to this other most point in the country maybe we'll get him to
Alaska before he leaves us but he's having such a great time and he loves
meeting people and other dogs and he still has that spunk in him he just has
a bad limp because of the cancer and we can't do anything about that but you
know let's all focus on the positive which is Leo gets to travel the country
in a van with us and we get to enjoy his company and I know he puts a smile on
many of your faces so you know just keep that in mind and let's focus on the good
things after that whole incident we sat down talked and we were trying to figure
out where we wanted to go when Kate reminded me that we ordered our mail
yesterday to be delivered to press kit so it's not going to come for another
four or five days at the most so we kind of have to stay in the area to get our
mail we could drive out but there's nowhere really that close so we figured
we'll stay just keep an eye out get a lot of work done but a lot of you have
asked how do we get our mail on the road well this is how we do it
we figure out where we're gonna be we call up our mail service they send
everything out to us and then we pick it up at the post office
pretty
I'm gonna go grab our packages and you have the envelope Camille do this is
going out to Kathy there's a patron and she's getting a signed copy of our book
Kathy you'll get this in a few days
John who has facing West coffee made me a pound of Ethiopian I believe and I can
smell it when the guy at the counter put this across all I could smell is this
delicious coffee so John I'm very excited to give your coffee a try
mmm thank you John smells amazing next time after going through a rough
patch we get some well needed family time and Leo gets excited over a special
visitor
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