Let me share a fun "pup" story. Some folks might thing it is inappropriate for an "adventure vehicle" forum, but it did happen in Mexico.
For many years we did our 2~3 month to Baja in Casa with 2 of our Bouv's. Everybody who travels up or down the peninsula by road are stopped, vehicles searched, and questioned by the military and occasionally by the "Judies" (pronounced whodies) aka: The GNARLY "big dogs"( the Mexican version of FBI/ DEA). I've been going through this "monkey business" since my first trip to Central America when i was 17 and don't don' think much of it... Let the guys do their work, then move on!
So at one check point, we pull in and start going through our inspection and out of the office walks a "Judie" and I'm thinking... OK, this is going to start being unpleasant really quick! So the officer walks up to me and really pleasantly says... "Can I meet your Bouv's?, I have one at home in Mexico" ( when you are in Mexico and someone says that, it means that they are from the ELITE in Mexico city) . So I let the pups out of the truck and the "big dog" had a wonderful time with my big dogs! Then off we went.
So the next winter we are heading down south and we stop at one of the major check points and after waiting in line for a few minutes i pull up to the inspection point and hear someone of authority in the office scream.... EVERYBODY SEARCH THAT VEHICLE NOW! I start to FREAK and run for the back door and warn the dozen or so young soldiers... Don't open that door!
Well one soldier did and got lunged at by about 260 lbs of viscous dog meat! The poor kids were climbing over each other to get away from attacking dogs! So I hear then look over toward the office and saw our Judie/ Bouv owner "friend" crying in laughter! He then walks up to me and gives me a big hug and laughs... Dood! I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this moment! Welcome back to Mexico.
So after he spent time with our dogs then said we were free to go and we will not have to worry about the checkpoints up and down MX1 for the foreseeable future because he has given us a "hall pass"! I came to find out the year later he was the head of the Judie enforcement program for the whole Baja peninsula!
Adventure travel can be soooooo EXHAUSTING!
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