Meu Melhor Amigo: Companheiros de Viagem

Benji e Andrew são melhores amigos e fazem tudo juntos, literalmente.

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00:00So the first special thing that I noticed was his sense of excitement when

00:10he came to adventure. And that matched my personality so well.

00:13My name is Andrew Lasky and this is my boy Benji. I think he's better looking than I am too.

00:32I don't hold that against him or anything. Well, it's been kind of a wild ride. You know,

00:38I started out as a mechanical engineering student that went into sales for a big corporate company.

00:43But as of last January, I actually quit my job so I could pursue traveling full time with my pup.

00:48At the end of the day, we're able to spend as much time together, able to go on all these crazy

00:52adventures and living the life that we, you know, I had always dreamed of.

01:03So I think one of Benji's superpowers is his ability to adapt to different environments.

01:08You know, I started out on a treadmill at the age of six months because I didn't want to go out

01:13and take him in a walk in the rain out in Seattle. And then we kind of progressed from there where

01:17we did like rollerblading. I would rollerblade and he'd run next to me. And then we even progressed

01:21to the point where I got a backpack, put him in it, and I would rollerblade with him.

01:25And we've also done that with all kinds of different things.

01:31He plays basketball with me. He plays football with me. I also, you know, riding the bike in

01:36the sidecar. And then I also have a trailer that I push him for when I go rollerblading and all of

01:40that. I just think it's so cool how I've gotten him to be so good with these activities.

01:51You know, I've always been against this whole idea that, okay, a dog is just a dog.

01:55I've always thought Benji is my son. He's been on well over a hundred flights, I'd say,

02:00but most recently we've just been road tripping all over. Last year alone, we did over 40,000 miles.

02:06We did a trip from LA to Cabo, LA to Key West, and another one from LA to New York. And this year

02:12we have a lot of travel ahead. In my opinion, he's better at being a human than he is a dog.