Wednesdays are always mothers' procedure days. This morning was no exception. We had two dogs that had to get pinch medicine to get their black and white pictures taken, on the humming table. One dog got pictures of the front half, and one got pictures of the back half. I wonder how they decide which part to take the pictures of. I'm pretty sure that my right side is my best side.

There was also a sweet dumpling of a dog named Porscha that had to get her deformed thumbs removed. Porscha is a bull terrier, almost full grown, that plays as seriously as she eats, and got her thumbs caught one too many times, and now had to get them permanently removed.

But the biggest thing that happened today was the arrival of the Jennifer. The Jennifer was what mother referred to as a “shadow student”. Bea told me that students are people, or dogs for that matter, that are trying to learn new tricks. I was a student once when I was little. Mother would take me to the puppy party and I learned to sit perfectly to get treats, or a click, or a click and a treat. Actually, I think click means treat doesn't it?

So the Jennifer was a young person, who was apparently learning how to follow my mother around. She actually got pretty good at it by the end of the day. She seemed to be happy enough (well, who wouldn't be getting to follow mother around) but other than the following trick, she didn't seem learn much. Come to think of it, I don't think I saw her get even one treat! I hope the Jennifer comes back, I have a thing or two I could teach her. Especially how to scratch that itchy spot on my back that I can't quite reach.....