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<DIV>First of all, Happy Happy Howlidays to all. Second of all Abraham
just finished 21 weeks of his chemo protocol and remains in
remission....YAHOO!!! keeping 16 paws crossed in this house he continues to do
well. Speaking of paws Abraham's nails can be cut every two weeks...no
lie. They grow sooooooooo quickly but the problem is he will not allow me
to cut them. Sometimes when he is sound a sleep I can maybe cut one or two
till he wakes and reacts. During one of our Chemo visits I pointed out to
the Vet Tech that maybe possibly they could cut his nails and she replied, "no
problem". Now I don't know how many of you live in New Jersey
or know what the Chemo Protocol costs in our great state but it is thousands of
dollars....less than 10 more than 5...don't you know that on that particular
visit they had the gall and I mean gall to charge me $19.00 to cut his
nails. It's just the little things that put me over the edge. Weeks
later my favorite Vet Tech brought Abe or he brought her out to me and she
said he fell fast asleep during his treatment so they took advantage and the
opportunity to cut his nails without me asking. I was so pleased. I
guess because I asked they had to charge ,....yeah right!!! In the past I
have taken Abe to Petsmart to have his nails cut and dremeled...I think they
charge $10 or $11. When I bring him in , I leave the grooming area as he
reacts more when I am in sight...I do my shopping and they page me when he is
done. One of the groomers found it much easier to leave his foot flat on
the table instead of holding it. She said he was much better doing it that
way. </DIV>
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<DIV>Shelley and Abraham Ga-linkin, etc. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>