Miles the Stowaway

Last week I had a client come with her horse and trailer for her weekly training session.  When we were done with her lesson I headed to the house to do some paperwork, she loaded up her horse in the trailer, and climbed into her truck to leave.  She noticed that there were some tissues on the seat and thought that was awfully messy of her husband and she wondered why she didn't see them when she drove to my place earlier.  Then she pulled out of the driveway and headed south down the road.  A little ways away she started sniffing and wondered aloud, "what is that SMELL?!"  Then she was startled as something nudged her arm and she realized Miles was in the truck with her!  He had rummaged through her trash bag to access the used kleenex, then tucked himself away in the back seat of the cab to await departure.  When she noticed his distinct "swamp dog" perfume and asked aloud what was so malodorous he happily put his head on the console and nudged her arm so she could rejoice that he had accompanied her on her trip to town.  She found a place to turn her rig around and brought him back home, where he happily hopped out of the truck, thanked her for the field trip, and went to the garage to wait in his crate for me to come out again to work.  That dog sure loves a car ride.