Re: Instant Review: Vet Check-up

"Melinda Shore" <shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g6s8on$f5e$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Really? I'll have to ask about that. Usually when I find a
flea on someone everybody gets toxic-ified.

I don't know if it would work with a bunch of dogs, but maybe? The theory, as I understand it, is that the fleas don't actually live on the dogs (well, that part isn't theory). They hop off and hop on and hop off and hop on. Before long--theoretically--they will have all hopped on the dog who's been treated.

It does for the first few hours, as everybody runs around
like a maniac, alternating between launching themselves at
me and inspecting the house, the yard, etc.

I wondered. It sounds a little overwhelming, but not in a bad way. More in a "sit back and be entertained by the show" sort of way.

(she types, with a lap full of Eclipse).

With a lap full of Eclipse sounds like a fine way to spend the work day.

When I first pick them up they always particularly strike me
as a group of exceedingly handsome dogs (except maybe for
Saber and Emmett, both of whom are exceptionally great dogs
in other ways). A little distance lets you look at them
with fresh eyes.

I think that's called "a sight for sore eyes."

I don't get many opportunities to experience that, but I do remember kind of falling in love all over again with Harriet after I got back from Minnesota last fall. And sitting for other people's pets has somewhat the same effect on me. I like them just fine, but it always reminds me that I prefer my own animals.

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Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

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