My husband and I are going to a friend's wedding out of town on Saturday and it will be the first night I will be away from my little Bella since we adopted her 2.5 months ago. The wedding is 4 hrs away in Birmingham AL and we will be traveling through Atlanta 2 hrs away where my parents live on our way to the wedding. We decided to take Bella with us to Atlanta tomorrow evening and all spend the night there, then leave Bella with my parents while we travel the rest of the way to Birmingham where my DH and I will stay overnight and then return to pick up our Bella on our way home Sunday.
I'm just so worried that Bella will think we are abandoning her somewhere else with someone else. I don't know all her history but I do know she was left at a shelter and then went to a rescue and then was picked up by me and brought to live with us. She is so comfortable and well adjusted here at our house finally and I just don't want her to think we are "dropping her off" like has been done by previous owners. That's why we decided to stay the first night there with her.
We don't have anyone near us who would come and stay with her and it seemed like too much to ask my mom to drive 4 hrs to stay with her in our house for 1 night... I definitely didn't want to leave her in a kennel and I know my parents will give her lots of attention and take the very best care of her, but I am still nervous about it. Maybe- I'm worried how
I will handle the night away from her?
I welcome any advice on how to make the separation easier on her (and me). I'm planning to bring her bed, (even though at night she sleeps in the bed with me and my DH), favorite toys, and a shirt I slept in to leave behind with my smell.
Thanks for reading/listening