JUNE 24 2022

I REMEMBER.... BROWNIE... AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DOG--- HUGE... MERLE... WELL EDUCATED.. I SENT HIM TO PENNA AS A SERVICE DOG TO SOMEONE TRYING TO START UP  DANE SERVICE TRAINING.  IN THE PROCESS HE GOT A HAPPY TAIL AND SINCE IT COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED THEY DECIDED TO CROP HIS TAIL TO ABOUT 6 INCHES...  NO PROBLEM THERE... EXCEPT ......

AS IS TRUE WITH MOST VET OFFICES THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR A DOG HIS SIZE SO TO HAVE HIM COME OUT OF ANESTHESIA THEY STUFFED HIM IN  THE BIGGEST CAGE THEY HAD... AND LEFT HIM TO THRASH AND BANG HIS WAY INTO THE REAL WORLD.... THERE IS USUALLY ONLY ABOUT A 5 MINUTE SPAN WHERE THEY START TO "COME OUT"---IT IS A VERY TOUGH FEW MINUTES----

THAT 5 MINUTES ABSOLUTELY RUINED THAT DOG BECAUSE EVER SINCE----- ANY METAL NOISE-- LIKE A GARBAGE CAN LID-- WOULD SEND HIM INTO AN UNCONTROLLED PANIC. SO I VOWED TO NEVER H AVE  A DOG OF MINE HAVE TO GO THRU THAT WITHOUT A BABY SITTER  OR VET TECH SPECIALLY ASSIGNED TO HIM... AND FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS I HAVE DONE THAT--- USUALLY ME--- OR, LATELY. DONNA IS THE USUAL.

UNTIL YESTERDAY. 

POOR JIMINEY... I  FAILED HIM.

BROWNIE AND PIGGETY