He flew in 
Butch
arrived on my lap from a flight cage at Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Airport in 1995.
He jumped directly from the cage to
my arms, and it was like we were old friends who had been through
a short separation.
Within 48 hours of his arrival, a pet
supply vendor remarked that we were obviously old friends and
then expressed real surprise when I told her I'd had him only
two days.
Since he's such a good traveler, Butch
accompanies me most of the time. On car trips, he sits
in my lap, sleeps in the seat next to me, or reclines in the
back seat.
Checks for crumbs
I attribute Butch's easy traveling to
the fact that Brussels Griffons were riders of horse-drawn cabs
in Belgium in the last century.
Unlike many dogs, he goes into the car
and lays down for a nap, after checking the seats for crumbs. He's hardly ever
a window-hanger -- only once in a while will he stick his head
out the window for a sniff.
However, he always seems to know where
we are. Within a few blocks of home, he's up and ready to get
out.
Cute human tricks
When he first arrived, I tried to create
a good dog trick he could do to impress people. It was my shortcoming
that I was never able to find the suitable trick.
We've had to settle for cute human tricks
he's trained me to do. He doesn't use hand signals to communicate
what he wants me to do, but merely sends a psychic message with
those cute intense eyes as you can see from these photos.
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