Hey Guys... It's Me... Bailey!

Seeing as I am one of the big reasons you stay with us here at Hill House Bed & Breakfast in Asheville, North Carolina, I thought I’d give you an update on how things are going here at the Inn.

This is the 7^th winter we’ve been here and this has been the most memorable with all the snow we got last month. We still do our 3 or 4 walks a day, but they tend to be a little shorter and faster with the cold weather. It’ll sure be nice when spring arrives, especially since that means there will be more people staying with us at the Inn and needless to say, more people to visit with me.

I have never missed a day of work visiting with guests – in fact, I’ve never had a vacation! That’s OK as I love meeting ya’ll.

Now that I’m 8 years old, I may be a little slower getting up to greet you – but don’t worry I will eventually make my way over to say hi, sniff your shoes to see where you’re from and wait for those big pats and pets.

Between meeting guests after breakfast and late afternoon, I spend a lot of time napping in our house as well as being taken care of by Terry & Bill. Since I have developed some medical issues over time (skin allergies, high cholesterol and now some kidney issues), I get to eat really well! Each day they prepare a home cooked meal of P3 (Peas/Pork/Potatoes with egg whites, fish oils and supplements) – I get to eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a couple of snacks during the day. Not only does this stuff taste great, but it has helped a lot – my cholesterol went down from over 1000 to where it is now in the low 100’s.

While that’s the yummy part – I have to take a bunch of pills each day to help take care of some of my health concerns. Interestingly enough, these are some of the same pills that people take each day. Now, both me and Bill get our blood pressure medicine from Sam’s Club (quite a savings by the way) – they had to sign in as Bailey Erickson’s ‘Guardian’ in order to pick up my medication.

I’ll be heading back to the vet this week to get my blood pressure taken as well as a little blood to see if some my kidney functions are improving. The last time I went to the vet, they shaved a racing stripe on my side so they could do that ultrasound thing. Well, at least I went to the groomer a few days later and it’s hardly noticeable now.

Anyway, for now I’m quite content with my belly full of pork, peas, potato... and egg whites. I enjoy the life I have, meeting guests, play time and walks with Terry & Bill. Even though I’m graying a bit I think I still have IT! Everyone tells me I’m the best dog ever!

Hope to get to meet you soon!

Bailey