OP Here.
Two weekends ago we too Claire and Rocky to
Four Paws Kingdom. If you ever get the oportunity to go there, you should. We had a very good weekend. We have been there several times before.
Saturday afternoon we walked the furcampers down the the swimming hole. I dont know if she could see it, smell it, or hear it, but Claire knew and remembered where she was at. She cut loose with her "I want to play" bark - something we had not heard in some time. I had brought along a 25 foot training lead, so we hitched her up and cut her loose. I had the lead so that if she had problems in the water - getting lost or having a seizure, I could pull her out fast.
She spent over a half an hour swimmming and running around in such a fashion we have not seen in weeks.
She finally got worn out (she gets tired easily as of late) so we started heading back to the camper. The entire way back she held her little stub tail high in the air.
She now spends time like she is absent - wanders aimlessly into things, then running in circles, does not respond to her name. Sometimes you can snap her out of it by calling her or touching her, but those times that she is lucid are becoming shorter and less often.
We are afraid that Claire has made her last camping outing.
