Build Me Up Buttercup
I took our new puppy, Butter Cup, to the vet this morning.
My wife found something crawling in her poop. Not good for the pup, we have
only had her for a couple of weeks. A Christmas gift for my wife and our dog,
Bentley. He now has a friend to play games like chase you over there, pull this
toy, and let’s find paper to shred.
Buttercup and arrived a few minutes before the clinic
opened, like a few others did. It was a cold morning so we waited in heated
car. Buttercup did her usual thing, ok, one of her usual things, she cries when
she is cold. I made sure to have my hand and arm for her to lean. After a
couple of songs on the 80s station, she likes Men at Work, the clinic was not
open.
I made sure to wrap Buttercup in a warm blanket, like a
football. We walked into the clinic and I signed in for us. Buttercup is new to
the clinic so there was some other information to fill out. Buttercup helped me
fill in all of the blanks on the paperwork, actually, I made sure that she did
not attempt to shred this paper since it was important. So then came the
waiting.
There were other dogs with their owners, some big dogs and
some medium dogs. Buttercup is tiny compared to them, she is a chiweenie and
only three months old. Buttercup did receive compliments from other owners for
being so cute, my wife and daughter know how to pick them. Some dogs were there
for surgeries, others were there for other illnesses. Fortunately, we did not
have to say out loud the reason for our visit.
We finally get to the back and one thing that had to happen
was get her temperature. For humans we get a thermometer put in our mouth, for
dogs it goes into a different place, poor Buttercup. I held her during this
procedure and she did well. Then after more examination, they needed a sample
of her stool. This procedure was a bit more involved and I held Buttercup even
closer, poor baby. Who likes medical procedure anyway?
Well the results were negative, which was good news. She was
going to get some meds to help with deworming and be fine. My wife reminded me
to ask for Buttercups nails to be trimmed, thank you text messaging. We then
waiting in the lobby for the prescriptions. There were new owners and new dogs
waiting. This love for pets is incredible, I saw all types of people on this
visit to the clinic. There were old people, young people, professionals,
students, possible gangsters or just wannabes, all ethnic groups, etc.
All of
these people took time out of their schedule to take care of their pets. This
is a great type of Love, a Love for pets, animals. The best part of this Love
is when the pet reciprocates, this love. Kisses, sitting on my feet while I
work at home, walking on me in the morning because it is time to go outside,
barking to let me know that strangers are near, sometimes the strangers are on
television, but it is still a display of Love. Take care of your pet, if you
don’t have one, what is wrong with you? Get a pet, they are worthy of Love. Be
worthy of their Love.