Monday, August 25, 2025

Official paperwork

Bailey is now, for all intents, constructions, and purposes, a French citizen. Or at least a permanent resident. She has a national registration card, and today she got a French passport. Clay and I are more than a little envious. 


The week that we arrived we had a vet visit. That vet reviewed her U.S. documentation and submitted the information to the French government. Just a few days ago I received an email with her registration card.


Today we had a follow up vet visit for the second lepto vaccine. We repeated another vaccine that wasn't yet due in order to have the proper documentation for the passport. The vet filled that out and issued it on the spot. With this we can take her anywhere in the E.U. 



Today's vet visit was fairly early in the morning. When it was over Bailey and I headed directly to the park for our morning walk and dog park visit. There were three setters in the dog park when we arrived although two of them left soon after. The third was a puppy who really wanted to play with Bailey. After they figured out how to make it work they had a great time. The pup's owners were a young couple in grad school, both of whom spoke English, so we had a nice visit. They really appreciated the fact that Bailey wanted to play with their pup. 

Some other dogs arrived and soon there was a nice play group of five or six other dogs. Bailey played well with everyone and all of the owners had at least some English so I was able to participate as well. We all had a good time.






I didn't get a picture of it, but after seeing Bailey jump up and walk across the log, the puppy found a way to scramble up there with her. It was a first for him and his owners were very pleased.

Later, Bailey at my feet while I had a cup of coffee in the cafe at the park.