We took Willow to the vet today for her checkup. Ye Gods. It cost nearly $400.

For one thing, they are pushing these new three-year vaccinations, which cost more, but in the end you do save. So from now on she will be getting her rabies and distemper/whatever else shot every three years. The bordatella (kennel cough) shot and deworming and heartworm tests are still yearly. The flea/heartworm/parasite meds (Revolution) alone cost nearly $100.

Plus last year she had a reaction to the shots and got a big lump where the needle went in. Since we have a friend whose dog died from an antibiotic given at the vet, I was very careful to mention this had happened. So they gave her an antihistamine before they gave her the shot. $40 worth!

When she got to the office they kept trying to take a good picture of her (yes, camera-type picture) and I wondered why. Well, when we got back to pick her up (she had to stay because of the antihistamine) they handed us a packet with her photo in it. We got an 8x10, nine smaller pics, and a tenth small pic in a keychain. It was like Photo Day at school.

(Darn, now I wish I'd been feeling good enough to take her last Saturday; we could have stuck two of the small pics in the Mother's Day cards.)

She moped about limping a little this evening, from about four until we left for supper at six, but seems better now.

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