Maintaining Macy

Everyone is high maintenance in his or her own way. The trick to a great relationship is finding someone who wants to 'maintain' you (as Chandler told Monica!). This same philosophy applies to great human-canine relationships.

Macy appears to be high maintenance in one way: she is blind.

Macy is actually high maintenance in an entirely different way: she likes to be with her people.

She likes to know what is happening, not in an effort to control the situation, but just to be a part of the day with you. She likes to trundle along, enjoying whatever you are doing. She finds a soft spot on the floor to curl up, and keeps track of the happenings around her by listening for and feeling them. She is happy to follow your schedule and routine, she just wants to be at your side.

I thought that taking care of Macy would be defined by her blindness, by a need to ensure that she did not get hurt, but I was completely wrong. Taking care of Macy is defined by her sweetness and her desire to have a relationship.

Macy navigates the world extremely well. She is charming and inquisitive in all the right ways, and her pleasant demeanor is infectious. Yes, we are all high maintenance, but Macy's version is very simple: she does not want to run the house, she just wants to love whoever is in it.