Today was our day for annual shots. If we drive past Home Depot, he knows our destination is the vet’s, and he starts going crazy. He, like Hershey, loves visiting the vet’s office. He cannot wait to get inside. After we entered the exterior door, I paused in the entryway to reassemble myself, put the car keys away, and adjust the leash before opening the interior door. Guinness couldn’t wait! He pushed it open himself, bounding to the front desk where he bounced repeatedly on his hind legs to greet the staff on the other side. Katie, who looks after billing and dispenses treats at the end of a visit, was in her office – his next place to invade.
We were ushered into an exam room and a new vet introduced himself, though I could not absorb what he was saying as my attention was diverted by a dynamo dog. I explained to him that the goofball is too excited to settle for being weighed unless I am alone in the room with him. He exited, and Guinness sat on the scale: 75.6 pounds. He has lost three pounds, but the vet explained that he still does not have a defined waist, so we need to cut back on his food by another quarter of a cup per serving or do more exercising. It is unfortunate that he does not enjoy fetching like Hershey did. Hershey would retrieve until our arms were sore from throwing. Guinness might fetch a toy eight times, at most.
The new doctor chuckled at our comic. Guinness put on quite an exuberant show including nibbling the doctor’s ear. Keep in mind that these snapshots are just that – a snap of a second in time. Guinness was in constant motion!
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