HI DOTD FRIENDS, I'M BACK FROM WN.DC & STILL FEELING THE PANGS OF GRIEF AND THE ANXIETY OF AN IMPENDING WAR. MY HUBBY & I LEFT ON THE 17TH IN A PLANE 1/2 FULL OF SOMBER PEOPLE. WE LEFT OUR BEST FRIENDS BEHIND, MY MOM IN A WHEELCHAIR & OUR DOG "MOLLY" WHO NEEDS 2 EYE DROPS A DAY FOR GLAUCOMA. WE CALLED MY RETIRED, MARINE BROTHER BACK INTO ACTIVE DUTY TO TAKE CARE OF THE " THE SPECIAL NEEDS" AT HOME. ALL WENT WELL UNTIL NIGHT FELL. MOLLY G. FOLLOWED HER CUSTOMARY ROUTINE DURING THE DAY; THAT IS LOUNGING ON THE DECK, MUNCHING ON HER FOOD, AND PERIODICALLY PATROLLING THE BACKYARD IN HOPES OF CAPTURING "RUNT" THE LITTLIEST GRAY SQUIRREL. THEN ORDINARIALLY WHEN THE MOON RISES MOLLY SETTLES AT THE FOOT OF OUR BED. HER EARS TUNED INTO OUR SNORING. POOR MOLLY, TRY AS SHE MAY SHE COULDN'T FIND A BED WITH HER ALPHA OR BETA LEADERS. SHE MOVED FROM ONE BED TO ANOTHER WHIMPERING AND WHINING "OH WHERE, OH WHERE IS MY PACK?"
THIS BEHAVIOR "SEPARATION ANXIETY" WENT ON FOR THREE NIGHTS KEEPING GRANDMA & THE MARINE AWAKE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT! AT LAST THE MARINE HIT UPON A TACTICAL PLAN. :roll eyes: LEAVE THE SLIDER SCREEN OPEN IN HOPES THAT MOLLY WELL TAKE HER WHIMPERS & WHINNING OUTSIDE. IT WORKED! BUT NOW THE HOUSE IS FULL OF FLIES! MOLLY WANDERED IN & OUT UNTIL THE SUN ROSE & LIFE WENT BACK TO NORMAL. NOW DEAR DOTD FRIENDS: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP MOLLY G. OVERCOME HER ANXIETY & FEAR OF ABANDONMENT?
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