BENTLEY HAS BEEN FLAGGED..

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." ~Roger Caras


OKAY SO TODAY I VENTURED OFF TO THE VET WITH MY LITTLE "BENTLEY BOO." IT WAS THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT BOTH D.J. AND I BOTH DREAD....THE YEARLY EXAM. FOR BENTLEY THIS MEANS SHOTS, SHOTS, AND MORE SHOTS, AND FOR ME IT MEANS LITERALLY DRAGGING A LITTLE BEAGLE DOG INTO THE VETS OFFICE WHILE SHE SITS SHAKING LIKE A LEAF WAITING TO SEE THE DOCTOR. AS BENTLEY AND SAT WAITING PATIENTLY ON THE DOCTOR (BENTLEY SHAKING, ME COMFORTING) I COULD NOT HELP BUT TO THINK THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS. RIGHT ABOUT THAT TIME DR. YOUNG COMES IN SAYS HELLO AND TAKES BENTLEY TO ANOTHER ROOM????? "WHAT" I THOUGHT?? "HE NEVER TAKES MY LITTLE BENTLEY TO ANOTHER ROOM TO GIVE HER, HER SHOTS?? WE JUST ALWAYS STAY IN HERE." ABOUT THAT TIME I HEAR A CRYING YELP..WHICH I KNOW IS MY LITTLE BENTLEY BOOS DISTINCTIVE CRY. A EMPLOYEE WALKS IN AND I QUESTION WHY THEY TOOK MY DOG TO ANOTHER ROOM?? I STATE, "YOU HAVE NEVER TAKEN HER TO ANOTHER ROOM BEFORE?? WHY NOW?" AT THIS POINT THE SWEET LITTLE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP BENTLEY'S CHART AND SAID, "MS. YOUR DOG HAS BEEN FLAGGED," "FLAGGED." I SAID?? "BY WHO?" VERY REASSURINGLY HE TELLS ME THAT SOME DOGS ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER AND THE ONES WHO ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO A SEPARATE ROOM TO RECEIVE THERE SHOTS. GREAT I THOUGHT, NOW MY DOG CAN ADD "FLAGGED CHART" TO HER LONG LIST OF ALREADY A ROTTEN HISTORY... POOR BENTLEY BOO-BOO....