[Dailydrool] some advise

[Marsdoxy2 at aol.com]

Good morning  to everyone on the Drool and a Happy Mothers Day , 
I need some good advise here, I am thinking of going to the Michigan  Waddle  
this next weekend, it is only two hours away and it is something I  have 
always wanted to see. here is the problem,  Maggie my 17 month old  basset is very 
 shy and timid,  or should I say and introvert.   She is  afraid of every 
thing  !!!!!   My husband and I  tried to take her last year to  the Weiner dog 
races in Findlay Oh.   We thought she would be fine and have a good time !!!!  
NOT !  she was  so scared from the minute we got out of the truck,  she was 
not afraid of  the other dogs, just all the confusion of so many people, 
electric wheelchairs,  baby strollers and a couple thousand people and spectators . 
she pulled so hard  on her leash that her brake  a way collar let loose and she 
bolted with her  tail between her legs, good thing it was at a fair grounds 
and all fenced in.  she has always been real nervous about every thing, we have 
an awning over our  patio and when the wind blows, of course the awning will 
move and she is  constantly looking up and walking clear around the awning to 
get to the back  door. Annie on the other hand is    YEA   bring it on  ,  I 
was really looking forward to going to the Waddle, but  I'm  thinking it is a 
bad idea to take Maggie ??????  I guess I will just  stay home.  with my 
degenerating disc disease and MS there isn't a whole  lot that I get to do,  or look 
forward too,  but the waddle is just a  two hour ride, which I can handle.   
Does anyone have any suggestions  about Maggie ????    I hate to leave her 
home, but I know she  will have a hard time handling the confusion of all the 
people and noise. She is  even afraid of the two little kids next door, they are  
two and four and  they just love Maggie and Annie, but Maggie will run for 
the house when they  come over. I swear she is afraid of  her own shadow.  I 
don't know  what to do ???????
 
Marlene



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