I just dropped off Suzy at the vet to be spayed and I cried as soon as I got back in the car! This will be the first time that she will be away from me and the first time I've boarded her at the vet. I feel so guilty for leaving her, but I am going on a family vacation this weekend and she wouldn't have been able to go with me. I felt like this would be good timing for getting her spayed (she turns 6 months next week) since the vet's policy is to board her overnight after surgery anyway. I just hope the whole experience isn't too traumatic for her! She was wiggly and excited as usual and didn't act like me leaving was any big deal (which made me even more sad!), so hopefully she'll be ok. I'm also trying to tell myself that boarding her after surgery is good, because if something goes wrong at least she'll already be in the right place for getting help. Plus, she won't be able to run and jump around as much as she would at home, so her stitches won't get messed up. Can you tell I'm trying pretty hard to convince myself that boarding her after surgery was the right thing to do? I'm already missing her and she's only been gone an hour...