Dog Tricks!

I was tricked this week friends. Fooled by my favorite hooman. It’s true! She started by using her sweet talk and saying fun words like “going bye bye” and “go for a ride”. She loaded the car with all my favorite clues – my leash, water, and extra treats. By the time she was ready to leave, I was bouncing all over the yard in anticipation. My ears flapped out the window all the way down the road. When we passed the dog park, I knew something was amiss. So I began to shake. My deepest fears were beginning to take hold. This is not the fun trip I was dreaming of – we were going to the VET!

Most of the rational canines I run with recognize the veterinarian’s office as the last place on earth they would like to spend ANY time at ALL – EVER. I consider myself one of those kinda canines. So when we pulled into the vet’s office and the car stopped, I lost all my senses – including my ability to understand English as my second language. My hooman was saying things to me that I did not understand because all I could think was RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

I won’t go into details (mostly because I blacked out a little and don’t remember everything), but I know we had to go into a small room with other hoomans who held me down and poked me. They stuck me with sharp things and pushed me with cold things. As my loose hair flew around the room, I gave my hooman my meanest, angriest death stare. I could not believe she betrayed me in this way! Finally I did what most canines want to do in this situation and I just SNAPPED! (I do not advise this behavior). 

After I snapped, I had to be muzzled. It was slightly humiliating, but eventually it calmed me down. The vet checked my ears and then my heart. She gave me some medicine to keep diseases away and keep me healthy. She said that I was a handsome boy but could stand to shed a few pounds, and told me to cut back on the hooman food (whatever).

All in all, it ended up being a good trick my hooman played on me. Turns out she did it out of love. Ya see, I am really important to my hoomans. They love me a lot and my whole family is gonna change when it’s time for me to go to that big dog park in the sky. So I gotta stay as healthy as I can –  even though going to the vet is VERY scary for me. I go for my family. I stay healthy – so they stay happy. That is how I show them how much I love them back (that and my puppy eyes I give them sometimes).

So friends, if you haven’t been to your vet in awhile, it’s time to go. It can be confusing and scary. It will probably not be fun, but remember, you are not going for yourself. You are going to make sure you stay healthy for those that love you. I am just guessing, but I bet you are pretty important to your hoomans too. So if you have a lump or bump you should get it checked out, and if you haven’t been to the vet in awhile – just go for a check-up – cuz you’re pretty important to me too. 

Stay healthy friends and I will bark at ya next week – your friend,