<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Considering the volume of business through a surgery there is a good chance that the Vet really looks only at the dog in front of him and is not thinking about other dogs that you may have. In other words, he doesn't remember Clara at that moment (And besides you want him to concentrate on one dog at a time).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I do not know why he doesn't think Clara needs a dental. Does one dog have an underlying problem that the other does not-- a heart murmur or history of some illness?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Before you have Rolph done, ask your Vet about Clara just right out front. Tell him her breath is nasty and her teeth covered with green slime and is there a reason she has not yet had a Dental suggested. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Sometimes it is necessary to bring things up to the Vet rather than wait for the Vet to address the issue. This is even true of treatment. If your Vet is offended when you say </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">"How about Clara: shouldn't she have a dental? Is she too old or something?" then you need a new Vet no matter what accolades this one has.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good Luck</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">MomPerson to Conley, MertaLou & Doc</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="mailto:bgszap2@gmail.com">bgszap2@gmail.com</a><br clear="all"></div><br><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div></div>
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