What a turkey.
Since last Sunday, she has behaved beautifully when left alone. I did go to the vet and got a prescription for doggie Prozac, but I hadn't given her any. I had wanted to see how she does on it while I am watching, in case it freaks her out. I ran errands all day Monday and she was fine. Friday night I went to dinner with Amy and her mom, and Tawny was fine. Last night Amy and I went to see the Nutcracker. Tawny was fine. Today I ran. Tawny was a holy terror.
That was a dog bed once. That used to be in the living room, not in the spare bath. Tawny ended up locking herself in there. The toilet rug was in the hallway in front of the master bedroom door. The door that now looks like this:
And this:
The sunroom was opened and there was pee on the tatami mat. No evidence of snacking in the litterbox, which is good, but small consolation. The other dog bed is wadded up in the living room. And of course the hall rug (the poor hall rug) was crumpled up.
I say the poor hall rug because that thing takes so much abuse. Marco does strafing runs on it to bunch it up against the front door every day. As soon as I put it in position, he goes at it. Tawny scratches the heck out of it when I leave. It's a wonder that thing is intact at all. I have given up on moving it into position. As long as I can still open the front door, all is well with wherever it ends up. I've learned to pick my battles and that isn't one of them.
Needless to say, this took the wind out of my sails when I got home. I was so happy with the run, but felt so deflated upon seeing the damage. I have to run some errands tomorrow. The debate is: do I take them with me or do I drug her and leave her here. I think I should get the oil changed in the Honda so it is ready for the Orlando trip and tomorrow is the only time I have available to do it. I can't take her with for that, so I guess I have my answer. I'll drug her with enough time for me to watch and make sure she doesn't have any reactions to the medication, then I'll leave and do what I have to.
On a more positive note, this afternoon I met with a couple who are interested in buying the shop. We went over the financials and what was and wasn't included in the sale. They didn't have too many questions, but I tried to answer the ones they had to the best of my ability. I know they will have more questions after they sit down and talk about it. I said to feel free to call or email and I'd give them the best answer I could. I mentioned that my timeline was that I was closing at the end of February. I hope that lights a fire under them to make a decision soon. I have stopped ordering most items. I want to get some more needles and there's a special order that came in yesterday, but until I hear that they want to buy, I am not going to get anything else in. I don't want to take the chance and maintain full inventory and then get stuck with it if they decided that they're not ready to be entrepreneurs. It is a tough decision, not to be taken lightly. I have confidence that they'd do well, but they need to have that confidence.
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