Gotta relax a bit

Every dog is different. Sandy took a day or so to even come out of the front hallway. Bubbette has been timid in her own way. She ran away at first and has been standoffish. I got a bit concerned when I came home from a full day at work with her in the kitchen and she hadn't wet the floor but she didn't go to the bathroom when I took her out. Perhaps the heartworm thing has me a bit paranoid, so I called the shelter. They told me the vet to see and faxed over a voucher and gave me the number to call for an appointment. Jeff at the vet was great and he took my number to get the doctor to call me back. Dr. Barnett called me and talked with me and told me that it might just be her adjusting to being here and to watch her a bit more to see if she was having kidney issues or what. I said she had eaten a little and we talked a bit more and I decided to wait and see.

Bubbette has only been drinking from the pond. She hasn't touched her water bowl in the kitchen, but she gets a big drink from the pond each time I take her in the backyard. She doesn't seem to want to go into the kitchen when she isn't trapped in there, so I brought her bowl of food out this evening and added a touch of plain yogurt and she ate. I gave her the rest of her bowl of food and she had a good meal and in a bit went out to do the full compliment of potty activity and it gave me a big sigh of relief.

Like I said, every dog is different. I am used to dogs that want desperately to go out and do their business and that isn't every dog. I need to relax, learn Bubbette's ways, and keep her calm and relaxed while she awaits treatment and then after treatment. She seems to be warming up to us a bit, so that is good.

I spoke to Angie who works at my vet today. She volunteers at the shelter and was going to check to see if we could get a good price and earlier appt. for Bubbette. She told me that the office manager wanted to talk to me directly, so I will call in the morning. Here is hoping.