(Boring) Are we there yet?
A note from the Mommy: It took 9 1/2 hours to drive from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The pups got a potty break halfway.
(Scary) I'm coming Mommy! Wait! These stairs are slippery...I'm sliding....I'll fall...I'll die...carry me!
Another note from the Mom: From the moment we entered the Air B&B, Xena refused to move off the entry rug onto the hardwood floors. We have hardwood floors at home, but these "just aren't the same." She jumped from one rug to the other and back. It took about an hour - and supper served in the kitchen where she had to walk across those scary floors to get to. Nothing keeps a schnauzer from her food.
Then came the wooden stairs. Xena skittered and cried and then, when I picked her up to carry her up/down the stairs, she threw her front legs around my neck and shook. Last night she managed to get down the stairs by herself, slipping and shaking the whole way. This morning she went down, and I heard her crying to come back up. Then I heard the skittering and crying and the next thing I knew she was peeking around the landing with the top two stairs. Even though she made it, she once again hung onto me and shook in my arms. It breaks my heart to see her so scared. I tried to help her to get over her fear, but will now carry her, as she gave it her best shot.
Xena: I am Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess! I am not afraid!
Mommy: I know, my sweet, precious girl. But I love to hold you and carry you. Will you let me do that?
Xena: Well...OK!
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