DOGS...DOGS...DOGS...

WELL I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT DOGS COULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO RAISE THAN KIDS. OK....SO YESTERDAY I SENT RICHIE TO THE VET WITH AUDREY (THE IRISH SETTER) BECAUSE SHE HAS REALLY BAD ALLERGIES AND WAS GOING CRAZY SCRATCHING AND BITTING HERSELF NON STOP. I JUST FIGURED THAT SHE WOULD GET HER USUAL ALLERGY SHOT THAT SHE USUALLY GETS. WELL, OF COURSE NOT. IT COULDNT BE THAT EASY. COME TO FIND OUT AUDREY IS HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO FLEAS AND SHE HAD FLEAS. A LITTLE FYI....FRONTLINE IS NO GOOD ANY MORE. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT ON AUDREY AND IT DOES NOT KILL THE FLEAS. SO THE FLEAS WERE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE WAS ITCHING SO BAD. THE VET GAVE US SOME NEW FLEA MEDICINE TO TRY. IT IS CALLED COMFORTIS...IT IS A PILL THAT THEY TAKE ONCE A MONTH. SO FAR IT IS A MIRACLE DRUG. WELL THE VET SAID THAT IF WE DID NOT TREAT ALL THE DOGS THEN WE WOULD NEVER BREAK THE CYCLE OF THE FLEAS AND IF ONE DOG HAD FLEAS THEN THEY ALL HAD FLEAS...HOW GREAT IS THAT. OH AND WE DONT JUST HAVE ONE DOG WITH HAVE 5 DOGS....SO RICHIE COMES HOME WITH AUDREY AND I SAID SO WHAT IS THE VERDICT......HE SAID OH IT WAS ONLY 300 DOLLARS...I COULD HAVE PASSED OUT....SO THIS IS HOW I CAME TO THE CONCULSION THAT IT COULD QUIT POSSIBLY BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO RAISE DOGS THAN KIDS.....I MEAN IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WITH THESE DOGS.....