Ouch.

Yesterday was the day of the vet. Also known as the day I drained my checking account.

Both dogs went in for their annual checkups and vaccine boosters. Easy peasy. Or so I thought.

The old lady has skin issues and is overweight which prompted a thyroid screening as well as a full set of blood work to "see what her liver and kidneys are doing." I assumed they were doing their job because she is a happy dog that eats, sleeps, poops and plays normally. Silly me. So now she gets special low-calorie food and doggy fish oil to regulate her "issues."

Her little sister is underweight even though she has barely lost a pound since the last three times she was weighed where they told me she was perfectly healthy. Her teeth are a little dirty and I was told to give them rawhides. Rawhides that make their mouths bleed - as was clearly demonstrated in the office after the tech handed one to each of the dogs. She gets TWICE the food she has been eating in order to fatten her up. Doc, she is part German short-hair and part black lab. I think a better solution would be some Ritalin because that dog never.sits.still. Ever. She runs in her sleep. And you think I'm kidding. We hiked for 4 hours at a good pace (Hey,I was pooped, but then again, I have half the number of legs she has...) and she looked at me like I was the worlds biggest wimp and begged for more. Oh and she also has an ear infection. I clean her ears every now and then but I can't see IN them so how would I know she has an infection? Again, all activities and functions are normal.

Those dogs are dang lucky I love them. I literally burst into tears when they gave me the bill.

I don't even want to know how much thyroid medicine and the follow up for the ear infection will be... Man, I sure am glad I like Ramen.