G2:Find a solution that will work for me and both my dogs. (read all 133 entries…)
Big challenge coming up 3 months ago

on saturday.
I haven`t been able to find anyone to watch the dogs while I go to pianolesson, and I really don`t want to miss out on that. So, I`ve decided to bring them and leave them in the car. They are used to waiting in the car while I go grocery shopping, but that usually takes something like 10-15 minutes, half an hour at the very most. Pianolesson is closer to an hour. I have tried it before, and it lead to Agatha having a pain episode. At that time, the vet thought it was because sitting still in the car, waiting for me and feeling tense for an hour caused inflamation in her back. Now it seems it was probably an anxiety attack though.
So I`m thinking that since I now know that, and I know that exercise helps, I can do it differently. The plan is to stop by the forest on the way, and walk the dogs off leash for at least an hour. The go right back to the forest after pianolesson for another walk, to help Agatha release the tension.
It might work, but it could also cause a step back, she is extremely clingy these days. Sigh. But Agathas problems are really controlling my life, and I need my pianolessons, it is one of the things I do for me and only me, just for fun, and I need it.



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Cloudberry dares you to bust me for wearing jeans to work 2 (3?) days in a row.

hmm...

It is a dilemma.

I don’t suppose they are welcome to come to the lesson?

I don`t think so

I have told the piano teacher about the dogsitter thing many times, and even cancelled a lesson or two and told him it was because I couldn`t find a dogsitter, and he has never said I could bring them to the lesson.

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Thank you!

I hope you`re right!
Actually, having faith in her is a big part of the process. My faith in her abilities to be independent won`t change anything in itself of course. But she is incredibly sensitive, and notices it in a split second if I am worried or stressed or anxious about something. So if I worry about leaving her, it is quite likely that she will sense that I`m worried, and take that to mean that I share her opinion that being alone is scary. Which makes it worse of course. So I will try to go with your faith in her and try to convince myself it is no big deal at all. :)

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Good luck...

.... this sounds like a wonderful plan. I hope it works out well :)


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