Genia,
I was so in hopes that our Christmas would be better because I was allowed the opportunity to take Honey and Lilly with me to my parent's house. What I didn't anticipate was that Honey would fall into a worse version of herself. She was frantic for 48 hours. She is a nervous, suspicious, but loving Golden Retriever, but taking her to a new place just set her off. She hadn't been there in probably a year and a half and of course didn't remember anything. She didn't eat or sleep for two days. We had a terrible time getting her to come inside and when we needed her to go outside, we went through the same thing. I felt so guilty about boarding her in the kennel and now I feel guilty about having taken her to Christmas with the family. I learned a great lesson. Next year, Christmas needs to be at my house! I can not wait to get started with the one on one obedience classes with her in January. I'm hoping her confidence will improve tremendously. She is such a sweet wonderful dog, but as my dad said, "she has an odd personality". I would add that she especially has an odd personality for a Golden Retriever! Lilly on the otherhand reverted back to her childhood (she's only 1 1/2 now), but she didn't want me out of her sight and cried like a baby if I walked out of the door. My daughter and I left to go visit a friend for about an hour on Christmas Eve and even took Lilly for a walk before that, but my mom said she "pined" for us the whole time we were gone, just moaned and cried until we got back. I'm exhausted and so are they. They laid down and went to sleep in the car as soon as I put them in and are now happily sleeping on the floor in my living room, having just eaten their first full meal in two days!!!!
I'll bet you're sorry you asked!