In April, Husband and I headed to San Diego for an entire week - an entire week without Minnie! Husband's sister watched her for the week, and let me tell you, I was so nervous about leaving her for the first time! Not nervous about Sis-in-law watching Minnie (she and her husband are major dog lovers, and in fact they have a golden of their own, Jack!) I was just nervous that Minnie would miss us too much! However, I had no idea that I would miss Minnie as much as I did! I'm pretty sure that at least 3 times a day, Husband and I would whip out our phones to look at pictures of Minnie and saw, awwww remember this one?
Minnie, on the other hand, had the time of her life! We got numerous texts from my SIL throughout the day (we called them Pupdates, ha!) so we were always updated on Minnie's adventures. I'm pretty sure she missed us for about 10 minutes total. She went on hikes, played/wrestled with Jack, raced up and down steps, protected the yard from the neighbor dog, and basically had a blast. In summary, WE missed Minnie...SHE did not care. Ha!
When we returned from our trip, Minnie actually seemed a little down for a couple days! She moped around the house (I think she was looking for her playmate!) and put herself in her crate promptly at 10 pm! Poor girlfriend. After awhile she got used to us again...I think she was afraid we were going to leave her again!
After a glorious week with Minnie, I left for another week long trip, so I was Minnie-less again! Husband stayed home this time, so luckily our furball wasn't ditched once again! I missed her a ton! Now I'm back for a LONG time, so I won't have to go on missing my girlfriend!
A couple of other things...Minnie went swimming for the first time on Sunday! That was a hilarious situation. We have a video which I will have to post on here. She was scared at first, but she got the hang of it right away! Next she'll have to learn how to not drink the water while swimming!
We also decided to invest in a choker collar - seems mean but it was a GREAT choice. Minnie has a tendency to pull HARD at the leash, jump on every person she sees, and take off running after stuff. It was getting to the point that she was too strong for me to walk her! The choker collar made a difference right away, and hopefully she'll get the hang of it so that we won't have to use it anymore! You go girl!
Here is a picture of me holding Minnie on Mother's Day (she's almost 8 months here)...and as a reminder, the first time I ever held her! Man has she grown!
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