Mr Mav goes back to his homeland

Sorry - no photos, but had to share the story -

I live pretty close to the US border - and on Boxing Day I took Mr Mav back to his home country of the USA for some post Christmas shopping.
And a little background to the story - my licence plate says "SPTD DG" - I bet you can guess what that is.
So - I go pull up to the officer, he looks at my licence plate and the first thing he says to me is, "Stupid Dog?"  (I wanted to say, "No - stupid officer" - but I didn't)  I very nicely said "No - Spotted Dog - I have a Dalmatian"
After he completed his questions and checked out Mr Mav in his crate we went on our merry way.

Now - this has happened to me many times before when people have mistaken my license plate, but I am usually in a situation where I can say something back to them.  The best was when I was judging an agility trial and some guy came into the arena and yelled - "Would the person with the Stupid Dog licence plate move their car?"  and I had fun yelling back, "Oh - you mean the judge?"  That quieted him down pretty quick.  But this time was very challenging because I couldn't really say anything back to the officer for fear of not being allowed into the country...lol!

The rest of the trip went well - and Mr Mav was happy going potty on his native soil again :)

This was his first of many trips back :)

Oh - and for those hockey fans out there - Mr Mav might have been born in the US, but he's a Canadian now and that's why he's cheering for Canada during the World Jr Hockey Championship!  We watch the games and do some training during the intermissions.  Just keeping my promise that I would raise this puppy right :)

Since I don't have any photos of this trip to the US, I thought I would share a couple photos of the last time Mr Mav was in the US - it was the day I picked him up.  Seems sooooo long ago and just yesterday all at the same time :)