Well, Hannah had me in tears last night, both from worry and frustration. I think my husband thought I was ready to be committed. She did not want to pee. She went at 12:30 p.m. at my parents' house and then did not go again until 9:00 last night. I finally tried the front yard where the snow was not so icy and after SEVERAL trips out and me finally bursting into tears, she went. I was planning to take her to the vet this morning to just get blood work done (we were going to check again in a week or so anyway) and then see a vet if we needed to. I go back to work tomorrow and won't be able to let her out every hour until she finally goes, and I don't know if she would eventually go in the house or not.

Anyway, I got up about 7:00 this morning and put her out in the front yard and she went without much issue at all. At this point I was wondering if it was just the really cold weather, high winds, and icy snow. My dogs also take some time to adjust to the snow, and then back to the grass in the spring, but I've never seen Hannah do this.

She hadn't pooped since Sat., so about 11:30 I decided a trip to the pet store would probably prompt a BM. We went and wandered around the store, which both Hannah and Izzy love, and she happily trotted along sniffing everything and everyone, and she pooped AND peed again...with no trouble. Just squatted in the middle of an aisle.

So, I now am pretty convinced that there is nothing wrong with her, but that she does not like the cold weather and snow. In most of our trips outside, she was getting lots of little frozen snowballs on her feet, which I'm sure is not comfortable, and her feet would freeze up and she would hold one up and I would have to pick her up. We didn't go to the vet today since she seems fine. She is eating normally, drinking water, chewing on her bones, toys, following me around, etc. It's supposed to warm up in a couple of days, so I hope that will help thaw out some of the ice covering my deck and the grass in the back yard.

I'm really hoping I can get her to go out tonight and tomorrow morning because I cannot afford to go back to my 3rd graders stressed out and upset tomorrow. Man, she can sure drive me crazy. If only they could talk I keep thinking...

Julie & Hannah