I really appreciate everyone asking about Minnie?  She’s doing pretty good.  She made the trip like a champ.  She was a little off the third travel day, but Katie and I were pretty punchy too so I’ll give Minnie that one.

Once we arrived she was restless, there was no furniture so there was no familiarity.  Once it did come, I felt she settled in a bit.  It was clear pretty quickly that the complex dog park wasn’t really a fit, especially at night.  She is basically blind so without light to create shadows, strange dogs nosing in her butthole was not a welcomed surprise.  Well actually that’s day or night.  She is getting better with the leash, the collar and walks.  And I try to take her to the park or some kind of greenery once a week.

Now that I am home all day I am realizing how much she sleeps.  And it’s a lot!  I have also had to make some changes to her food.  She isn’t eating as well as I’d like.  I had begun mixing chicken and sweet potato with her soft food twice daily back in Richmond at the vets recommendation, still with hard food down at all times.  Now I am refilling that soft concoction as often as she’ll finish the previous bowl…which is still mostly only twice a day.  And I have switched it up with ham, turkey and bacon as well.  Sometimes I just give her a bowl of bacon, ham, turkey and chicken….don’t judge me.

This week she has started having accidents.  She can’t seem to hold her bladder for longer than 2 to 3 hours. She had been pretty consistent at 4 hours for several months now.  I reached out to our Richmond vet and he inquired about her water intake. I measured the next day and she was up to 2 cups a day.  Apparently that is way more than she should be drinking.  His advice was to have her seen.  So, we have an appointment on Monday.  I sincerely hope this is altitude adjustment and the increased water intake is a reaction to the dryer climate.  I’ll keep ya posted.

But otherwise she is the same old Minnie….pacing, and pacing, and pacing, and PACING!!!  …and sleeping.