Drove the beasties up to VA today. The drive was a bit over 3 hours each way; we left about 12:30 and I got home right around 7. It was a beautiful drive. A straight shot up route 15, past tobacco farms and through small towns. Very scenic.
The woman who's taking them up to Ohio has a really nice place: a horse farm, a pond, and the house itself is a log cabin. I wish they could stay there permanently! But she's into Brittany spaniels. She told me she has 15 of her own and 10 rescues. She's taking the beasties up with 5 of her dogs for a competition in Ohio. They're going in a big camper so the beasties will have lots of room.
She put the beasties in a nice outdoor run to stretch their legs while she took me back out (the place has a motorized gate so she had to go with me and open the gate for me). The beasties stood up against the door of the run and whined when they realized I was leaving them, and I confess I got a little weepy as we drove away. Not that I wanted to keep them: with the tension between them and Jane, and the sheer amount of attention they needed, having them here was just too disruptive. But still, in the ten days they were here I did get a little attached.
The best part is that it looks like they already have a forever home! I can hardly believe it might work out for them so quickly. They will be great dogs for someone. I hope the rescue folks in Ohio will send me photos of them in their new home.
I hope the beasties get a very happy home. Jane may not agree, but I think they are very sweet, good-natured dogs.