I adopted Watson (officially, "Dogtor Watson") from the Novato Animal Shelter in the summer of 2018.  I was living out of my car, driving up and down the coast, visiting friends and family and staying in motels/hotels. It wasn't the ideal time to get a dog. But Watson, it turned out, was the ideal dog!

By day 2, Watson and I were bonding. Watson is a funny dog and he's so mellow. I sometimes had to leave him in the car for hours and he'd just nap and guard the vehicle.

A couple of days after I got Watson, we took a trip to Siskiyou County, CA. I was hoping Watson would swim across Kangaroo Lake with me. But Watson doesn't swim. He doesn't feel that he can protect me in the water so he won't let me swim either. Watson just barked his strange bark when he's in distress. A bark with no sound, just a little air.

We spent a few weeks camping  We also made trips to San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Stockton, Medford (OR), Klamath Falls (OR) and Ashland (OR).

In the spring of 2019, I rented an excavator and fix the driveway to my family's cabin property in Etna, CA so Watson and I can live on the property, rehabilitate the cabin and build a home on the property. Our criminal neighbors destroyed the road again, trapping Watson and me on our land for about two months.