Never a dull moment at our clinic!  Sweet Sally was off today learning about large animals; and when I say large animals I don't just mean the large furry ones that come in here with heads as big as my whole body.  Sally is off learning how to take red syrup and trim nails on horses and cows.  Vocal Vonnie has been off for a few days too.  Patient Pam was to be in charge of everything and she got into a car accident!.  Luckily, she was ok, and worked like a trooper despite the drama.
Mother and father say they really like having technicians around to take care of things.  They always think that their job is hard, but when they have to do the technicians' job too, I think they realize how good they usually have it.  We didn't have any sick visitors today, which was good.  In fact, we sort of had a family reunion.  We had two different Brussels Griffon dogs visit, both the type that look like Bea.  I absolutely love when they visit. It's not just that I feel like I'm surrounded by my genetic heritage, but there's just so much facial hair to pull.  One thing about those hairy Brussels is that there's more to love -- more facial hair that is.

I have yet to meet one that really looks like me.  Mother was looking on the computer the other day and found a picture of what she says is my dog father.  Sadly, he was in the top ten ugliest dog categories.  Mother says "one persons' ugly, is another ones cute" which I guess is supposed to make me feel better.

We also had an unquestionably cute visitor today.  Her name was Sambuca and she was a black Springer spaniel puppy.  Sambuca came from a pet store. Mother says  "If you looked up the word 'cute' in a book, Sambuca's picture would be there".  I think she just says stuff like that because she knows I don't read!
Anyway, Sambuca was here for her first puppy visit, and although she was cute on the outside, mother found that the puppy had problem knees and an infection in her marking liquid.  It just made me realize that how you look on the outside is not always an indication of what's inside.  After thinking about that, I don't mind being related to one of the ugliest dogs, especially because it goes without barking how cute I am on the inside!