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<DIV>Good morning to everyone on the Drool and a Happy Mothers Day ,
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<DIV>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 ???????</DIV>
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