We had a blast with a family of our friends for Thanksgiving.... great food, fun movie, late night card games, and a trip to the water park together. The other family has 2 sons who loved my Caitey, so she was really spoiled from getting treats to getting attention.
Because we had to travel to the water park which was outside our area, I had to leave Caitey in a dog kennel overnight. I did not want to do this because I knew I would miss her from head to toe, but I had to do it because our family is scheduled to be on two back to back long trips for the holidays so Caitey would have to get used to staying with others.
To my greatest surprise, she took it every well and had no problem staying outside home at all. As a matter of fact, she seemed really happy to follow the lady working at the kennel and never looked back when she went in -- and that, left my husband and I somewhat sad. "She would still be happy even she got sold" my husband gruntled, and I added "she might even count cash for those who sold her" when I talked like a sour grape.
Needless to say she was all over my mind when I was trying to sleep that night. I missed her so much but I was worried about her even more. Is she doing OK? Hope she is not scared of those bigger dogs... they were barking so loud when we were there. Is she eating well? Did they let her out for her break?
The next morning the dog kennel called me and I almost jumped when their numbers showed up on my phone. Something wrong with Caitey? To my greatest relief, it was a call from them telling me that she was doing great.
When we picked her up the following afternoon, she was very happy (more like wild) to see us... but I think that I was the happier one. People working at the kennel told me that Caitey was really sweet and they all loved her.
Caitey my sweetheart, if only you knew how much mommy has missed you.
