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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Julie’s questions on leaving Guinness the night<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>before surgery…………my 2 cents is find another<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vet-person. No one knows your dog better than<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>you. If they don’t trust you to have him fast, and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>they don’t believe he would be more calm at home<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with his pack overnight ………….and that in general<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>that would be better for him going into surgery,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>then they just don’t understand who has his well-being<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>as a priority. He is YOUR dog – not theirs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once upon a time, my blind diabetic basset had <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>problems with regulating her insulin (she collapsed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>due to low levels) , so I took her to the 24 hr <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emergency Center and they let me sit <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with her all night because I knew if she <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>came around with nothing/no one familiar <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>she would panic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beth, Mommer to Truman<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>