<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I have said this before and it is not a slam against Vets. God knows I would be the last person on the Drool to pick on Veterinarians.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">That said.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I think--no, I know-- that there is often an unintentional gap between the information about care and the actual care-giving, of which many Veterinarians seem blithely unaware.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I know the Vet's and techs where I worked had the option of having their pets neutered, spayed, various surgeries done, and leaving the pet at the clinic. They Vet is there every day, has keys, can visit whenever, but the scut work belongs to the kennel staff and the techs. </font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">"Keep him quiet for the next week"</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">How many of us have heard that as we hold our struggling, licking, wiggling, LETSGOLETSGOLETSGO LOOK A SQUIRRELABIRD ABUNNYATREAT!!! puppy in our arms as we pay the bill for neutering, setting the broken leg, and trying to avoid the sharp edges of the E-collar at the same time.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Oh yeah. Why don't YOU come to my house and keep him quiet?</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">"Don't let him exercise at all. You know-- on a leash, in and out to potty, that's it." they tell you of the 5 yrs old foster who has never been crated in his life and howls without stopping, spins in the crate, shits, pees, and barks incessantly.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">"Keep the e-collar on." And my absolute, 100% percent favorite:</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana">"Now we wrapped that foot. Keep the wrap dry. If she goes out in the rain put a plastic baggie over it. If it gets wet change it right away or bring her back in and we will change it. Don't let her take it off and lick that foot!"</font></div>
<div>I have sometimes not even made it home. And the worst one was Llewis who not only removed his belly wrap but, I thought, ate about half the gauze which would probably have required surgery had I been right. I was wrong. </div>
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<div>MomPerson, been there, done that on both sides.</div>
<div>And Llewis, Nigel, Conley and Cooper, at the spa, getting beautiful again.</div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Uh hunh. That's a great one.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">"Give her these three times a day, this once a day, and the drops go in her food" they tell you of the Basset with the huge black nose who entire life is tied up in scent and being able to catch the slightest whiff of change...spit spit spit.</font></font></div>
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