Shine and his human, Jeff.

Meet Shine. He's from Humbolt county. He was down and out, not getting walked, fed, watered or loved until he found Jeff.


After meeting Jeff, he made his way across the country. Since he didn't have any opposable thumbs, Jeff had to do all the grunt work to get them a ride across the United States. Shine took three weeks to get across the lower 48, and three whole days alone just to cross New York, sleeping among pine trees behind restaurants, whereever. Shine says that there is a science to hitchhiking like that; Jeff is his lab assistant apparently. I picked up Shine on the way out of New Hampshire, from a speaking/teaching engagement this Sabbath. Shine doesn't seem interested but he's following Jeff to a Grateful Dead concert in Oxford, Maine. That's where I left Shine to watch over his human after having he posed for me, while Jeff watched in the background.

Hmmm, meandering from place to place, job to job. Not really settling down, finding any place to sleep. Enjoying the trip. Sounds like a TravelDog to me!