VET Appointment...

Well today was Daisy's 1st control appointment after having been on the anti anxiety meds for 1 month. Since the VET is about 40 miles away and I no longer have a car it was time for another railroad trip. Got up at 6 am took the dog out and had breakfast. After that we headed over to train station. Got the tickets and boarded the train. Boy, I wish I only paid as little as my dog does. 3 bucks for the entire day. We had a great trip, met a couple of fun students and of course the dog was immediate conversation starter. Got off the train and took the bus to the VET.
At the Vet we had to wait about 30 minutes. And Daisy did something she's usually doesn't do at the Vet. She actually socialized with a couple of dogs. The we got called in and had a little chat with the Vet. He's very happy how well the treatment is progressing and that Daisy is doing as well as she does. She will have to stay 1 month longer on the anti-anxiety meds. After that she will have to get off the meds completely and hopefully she's adjusted good enough and it won't be any problem without the meds.
Another thing is Daisy's failing eyesight. I've been noticing that she definitely doesn't see certain things. For example an empty plastic bottle placed somewhere in the room and she's gonna to run into it. I thought the might be due to the cloudiness of her lens. But the Vet did a more detailed inspection of her eye and he thinks that her retina is getting weaker and weaker. Since that is a slow process she can get used to that. So I started to talk to her way more than I usually do. With a dogs failing eyesight the owner has to be partially the dogs eyes. It's just part of having a senior dog. But besides from that she is completely healthy!!
Coming back to her anti-anxiety treatment. This being her second week of being all by herself in the new place, it turns out that she must have gotten used to the schedule that I come home. Usually this is around 6 pm. When I open the door an very excited Daisy is waiting for me. Yesterday  got off work earlier and got home by 4.30 pm. When I opened the door there was no dog waiting for me. I had almost closed the door, when she finally walked out of the bedroom. Apparently she has figured out the schedule and that's very good news. As I think that she will be able to handle being all be herself, when she's being taken off the meds in 1 month.
After the Vet appointment it was time to visit my Mom. We got to catch up a little and I also got to use the washer since mine has not arrived yet. As long as my alleged DNA contributer wasn't there it was fine. He walks in the door and a wave of negative energy hits the place and right away the dog goes into hiding. The thing with the negative energy does remind me of  certain TNG episode. And that episode is so much more fun than dealing with the useless douche! Well after 30 minutes I just had it and went over the the local gastro pub to catach up with my friend Sandra. And by 2 pm it was time to leave again since I had to catch a train to be in time back in Vienna again to go shopping for the weekend since that was something I hadn't done.
Besides the 30 minutes with the douche it was a quite eventful and for most parts a fun day...and Daisy is really become an avid passenger in public transportation. And it seems that she is enjoying it.