[nagdu] attachment or anxiety separation

[Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire]

Hi, all,
Have any of you felt that big attachment toward your retired guide dog and 
experienced anxiety separation?
It seems like I've been experiencing that lately and was hoping I wouldn't 
be the only one.
I've found myself feeling all of that, especially when Odie is left at home.
On Saturday, Dale and I went to see a Cinderrella play live that my step 
sister Sarah was in.
It was held in the theater inside the King Center on Auraria campus and 
total amount of people was probably four hundred.
There was no way that Odie was probably going to handle it, so the hard 
decision was to leave him at home for me at least.
While Dale and I were out with family, that's when it all hit me.
Yesterday was a different story however.
Odie was in his medical alert service dog vest walking with my husband.
I was using my support cane and walking ahead of the two men slowly and 
carefully.
Odie began to move faster upon trying to bolt out in front of me.
I think he still felt that he needed to be my eyes and was concerned that I 
was going to get hurt.
I'm in the process of getting a new fold up white cane through Ambutech.
unfortunately I had lost my current one, especially after the convulsive 
grandmal seizures I dealt with two months in a row.
Thankfully, my husband told me he'd happily be my eyes until I can get my 
replacement folding cane and be matched with a successor partner.
Bibi