(Melanie L Chang) wrote in news:d43i6v$1c7s$1
@netnews.upenn.edu:

Solo's currently at the dental school getting his second root canal

Yipes! Hope his recovery is swift and that you're not broke for too long!

--
Catherine
& Zoe & Queenie

on 2005-04-19 at 18:21 wrote:

I was glad to see that he didn't have the look of sheer
terror that he'd had when they used Ace.

i expect that was a relief to both of you.

It's an important chewing tooth so I hope that doesn't
happen.

you could get him a spiffy stainless steel tooth!

Ah well, there goes the money I had saved up for moving!

damn.

i sympathize with the PITA of unexpected vet bills. every
time i start feeling grumpy about it (it couldn't have come at
a worse time), i remind myself that at least i was able to pay
for harriet's vet visit. it occurred to me that (duh) lots of
people truly cannot scrounge up the cash. the sudden thought
of being in that position made me sick.

--
shelly
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/
http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 4/3/05)

in thread :
(Melanie L Chang) whittled the following
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I'm beginning to think Solo just has really weak teeth. Maybe he had
suboptimal nutrition while growing up. His coat was so poor when I
first got him that I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been fed nothing
but Ol' Roy and sawdust (oh wait, I forgot, Ol' Roy IS sawdust).
Actually, it's King of Sports that used sawdust. They are now out of
business.

Goos luck to Solo

"shelly" wrote in message
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on 2005-04-19 at 18:21 wrote:
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damn.

i sympathize with the PITA of unexpected vet bills. every
time i start feeling grumpy about it (it couldn't have come at
a worse time), i remind myself that at least i was able to pay
for harriet's vet visit. it occurred to me that (duh) lots of
people truly cannot scrounge up the cash. the sudden thought
of being in that position made me sick.

Me too. One thing that always makes me real sad is when I go downtown and run
across some guy sitting on a grate with his mangy, devoted dog. Of course he's
no example of a responsible dog owner but I always imagine that that dog is his
best friend in the world and that if anything ever happened to it, he'd lose
that best friend.

I can afford regular visits to the vet with my dog but if it ever came to some
mega lifesaving procedure that cost thousands, I think I'd be ****ed. It upsets
me to even think about things like this.

Jean

--
shelly
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/
http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 4/3/05)

Melanie wrote:

Solo's currently at the dental school getting his second root canal,
this
time on his right maxillary P4 (the tooth dogs usually break, other
than
the maxillary canine, which is the first tooth he broke). That dog's
got
one expensive head, is all I have to say


Solo has my sympathy. I've had three root canals so far, one
apicoectomy and one extraction. The apico and extraction were on two
of the teeth that have had root canals in the past. At least he
shouldn't have to worry about that. Usually happens 20 + years after a
root canal.

Beth

Luna said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

One thing that always makes me real sad is when I go
downtown and run across some guy sitting on a grate with
his mangy, devoted dog.

Yup, but you lost me he

Of course he's no example of a
responsible dog owner but I always imagine that that dog is
his best friend in the world and that if anything ever
happened to it, he'd lose that best friend.

IMO, that's the embodiment of a responsible dog owner.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
Luna said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

One thing that always makes me real sad is when I go
downtown and run across some guy sitting on a grate with
his mangy, devoted dog.

Yup, but you lost me he

Of course he's no example of a
responsible dog owner but I always imagine that that dog is
his best friend in the world and that if anything ever
happened to it, he'd lose that best friend.

IMO, that's the embodiment of a responsible dog owner.

Aww. I pretty much agree, though the characterization of 'responsible dog owner'
seems to be the one who can afford the best food (OMG there is so much snobbery
regarding dogfood, it's nuts!), the best obedience trainng and the best vet
care.

Poverty and dogs go together like love and marriage, dogs don't seem to care
about fiscal stuff much. Even though I have a job and can take my dog in to the
vet regularly, i hesitate to judge the dog owner who can't. I think, maybe, if
it's even possible, that they love their dogs even more than I do. Or at least
as much. Yeah, at least as much.

Jean





--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Luna said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Of course he's no example of a
responsible dog owner but I always imagine that that dog
is his best friend in the world and that if anything ever
happened to it, he'd lose that best friend.

IMO, that's the embodiment of a responsible dog owner.

Aww. I pretty much agree, though the characterization of
'responsible dog owner' seems to be the one who can afford
the best food (OMG there is so much snobbery regarding
dogfood, it's nuts!), the best obedience trainng and the
best vet care.

You've lost me again, though I suspect you're being purposefully
disingenuous.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
Luna said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Of course he's no example of a
responsible dog owner but I always imagine that that dog
is his best friend in the world and that if anything ever
happened to it, he'd lose that best friend.

IMO, that's the embodiment of a responsible dog owner.

Aww. I pretty much agree, though the characterization of
'responsible dog owner' seems to be the one who can afford
the best food (OMG there is so much snobbery regarding
dogfood, it's nuts!), the best obedience trainng and the
best vet care.

You've lost me again, though I suspect you're being purposefully
disingenuous.

Nope.

Jean

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

on 2005-04-20 at 18:26 wrote:

No marrow bones are allowed anywhere in my house anymore.

aw!

i'm glad to hear that everything went well.

--
shelly
http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette
http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/
http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 4/3/05)