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Guess My Vet Bill. And the Winner Is...
By David DiBenedetto
At long last, the answer to the much-debated cost of Pritchard’s recent Vet bill. To quickly recap, she was gnawing on her front leg like Brittney Spears on a chicken wing. The Vet ruled out food allergies given the location of the area Pritch was chewing (apparently food allergies don’t often manifest themselves on the front legs). The vet decided to shave her leg to look for a bite or some sort. No bite, but plenty of infected pustules from the constant chewing. We left with an antibiotic, an antihistamine (which we were cut a break on since we had some leftovers from a previous visit), and a leg shave (during which Pritch peed the floor in protest—no extra charge for cleanup).
I carped about the bill being high, as it was an unexpected visit, but given the majority of the guesses I am either a poor, starving writer or just a skinflint. Bluecollarkid suggested a cost of $1,500, and MPN tossed out $1,200.75. Those weren’t even in the ballpark. Many of you guessed in the $500 range. Glad those weren’t close either. And bigbassfisher simply said “too doggone much.”
In the end, I agree with many of you: No price is too high to keep our best friends healthy. Just ask Douglas, who from the sound of it is going through some rough times with his “beloved Brit, Jennie.” She was just diagnosed with a malignant tumor. Douglas, our thoughts are with you and Jennie. And with jg8881, who recently lost two dogs in a very short period. As he put it, “You can never do too much for your dogs. The memories are great and the future is hard to look at, but I was as blessed as God can be to a dog owner.”
Thankfully, Pritch recovered nicely from her malady. And now for the answer: the cost of Pritch’s visit to the Vet was $161.42, making ARBlack45 the winner with his guess of $160. ARBlack45, send me an email (mbfcontest@gmail.com) with your address and I’ll ship out the training dummies. Congrats. And thanks for playing along, all. More free stuff to come in the future.
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Comments (15)
Congrats ARBlack45 and When is the Next Contest Again David??? I enjoy playing and Enjoy your new training Dummies ARBlack45!!!
This training dummy is it a life size replica of yourself?
I'm sorry just had to toss that one in there!
But seriously
Parasites and bacteria is always a concern!
Now it's your turn to pick back David
73's!
I hardly ever leave the vet for less than $200. But, yes, it's worth it for a healthy pup. Fun contest!
Congrats!!ARBlack45.and you have a fairly decent vet mr Dibenedetto.
PS
When I mow my grass, it's just as easy to hit the neighbor next door with the rider lawnmower just to help the single Lady out because She is busy at work allot.
Did I mention She was my Vet also, LOL!
congats, I have one question though, Why would anyone want a training dummy? Wouldn't you want a training smart?
rudyglove--Glad you enjoy the games. Next contest will launch in the next two weeks. Trying to drum up a sweet prize.
Clay Cooper--Okay, I tossed you a lob ball on that one...glad you could hit it.
woodsmanj35-- Funny. But I think I'd rather a training smarty.
Dave, got thinking about these bacteria in the ground. If you knew what was in the ground, it would scare the poo out of you! Everything including flesh eating bacteria and let's not to forget parasites especially Raccoon Roundworm and such! Raccoon Roundworm can also be found on chicken eggs in the nest after a raccoon raid
Hey there DDiB, glad to hear your family member Pritch is on the mend. And kudos to you, ARBlack45, enjoy the dummies and the whole fetch thing...I do!
And I gotta agree with you DDiB...you are a skinflint...
Dave,
So, what was the problem? My dog has been chewing on her feet a lot (1 year old yellow lab) for apparently no reason and it's not like we can shave a pad to see what's going on.
Thanks,
Sean
s-kfry,
No real answer to the problem. Vet thought it could possibly be a jelly fish sting, since Pritch had been at the beach. But whatever it was caused some skin irritation and her chewing made it worse. I'm no Vet but I have heard one reason a dog chews on its feet is a food allergy. -D
Don't have a dog now; so my Vet guessing skills might be a bit rusty but...
My last visit to the Vet for my Labrador (before she died) for a similar malady (albeit maybe more serious don't know) would've cost me $1400. I say "would've" because after the vet told me the cost, I told her she could keep her treatment and took my dog home. The dog died a month later but it was more of old age (13 yrs at that point) than anything else (everything else was most likely the result of old age). Good dog, sorry to see her go.
At any rate, glad to hear your bill was low and your dog is doing fine.
Who knows, maybe vets are more expensive here around WDC.
Dave and others,
We have been feeding her Canidae which we fed our last black lab/chow mix. He did very well with it and she seems to do just fine other than the potential alergy. We do put a garlic pill, fish oil pill, and scoop of yogurt in her morning meal.
Any thoughts on our feeding or Canidae?
Sean
Congrats to the winner. And much thanks for the kind thoughts on my dog. Jennie will have no more than a week left with us, she just can't breath anymore.
Hope theres lots of woodcock where shes going. I told her don't educate all the birds till I get there.
Atta boy AR! I was thinking alot of those guesses were a little? high. Mine was just a shade low.....enjoy!!
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This training dummy is it a life size replica of yourself?
I'm sorry just had to toss that one in there!
But seriously
Parasites and bacteria is always a concern!
Now it's your turn to pick back David
73's!
Dave, got thinking about these bacteria in the ground. If you knew what was in the ground, it would scare the poo out of you! Everything including flesh eating bacteria and let's not to forget parasites especially Raccoon Roundworm and such! Raccoon Roundworm can also be found on chicken eggs in the nest after a raccoon raid
Congrats ARBlack45 and When is the Next Contest Again David??? I enjoy playing and Enjoy your new training Dummies ARBlack45!!!
I hardly ever leave the vet for less than $200. But, yes, it's worth it for a healthy pup. Fun contest!
Congrats!!ARBlack45.and you have a fairly decent vet mr Dibenedetto.
PS
When I mow my grass, it's just as easy to hit the neighbor next door with the rider lawnmower just to help the single Lady out because She is busy at work allot.
Did I mention She was my Vet also, LOL!
congats, I have one question though, Why would anyone want a training dummy? Wouldn't you want a training smart?
rudyglove--Glad you enjoy the games. Next contest will launch in the next two weeks. Trying to drum up a sweet prize.
Clay Cooper--Okay, I tossed you a lob ball on that one...glad you could hit it.
woodsmanj35-- Funny. But I think I'd rather a training smarty.
Hey there DDiB, glad to hear your family member Pritch is on the mend. And kudos to you, ARBlack45, enjoy the dummies and the whole fetch thing...I do!
And I gotta agree with you DDiB...you are a skinflint...
Dave,
So, what was the problem? My dog has been chewing on her feet a lot (1 year old yellow lab) for apparently no reason and it's not like we can shave a pad to see what's going on.
Thanks,
Sean
s-kfry,
No real answer to the problem. Vet thought it could possibly be a jelly fish sting, since Pritch had been at the beach. But whatever it was caused some skin irritation and her chewing made it worse. I'm no Vet but I have heard one reason a dog chews on its feet is a food allergy. -D
Don't have a dog now; so my Vet guessing skills might be a bit rusty but...
My last visit to the Vet for my Labrador (before she died) for a similar malady (albeit maybe more serious don't know) would've cost me $1400. I say "would've" because after the vet told me the cost, I told her she could keep her treatment and took my dog home. The dog died a month later but it was more of old age (13 yrs at that point) than anything else (everything else was most likely the result of old age). Good dog, sorry to see her go.
At any rate, glad to hear your bill was low and your dog is doing fine.
Who knows, maybe vets are more expensive here around WDC.
Dave and others,
We have been feeding her Canidae which we fed our last black lab/chow mix. He did very well with it and she seems to do just fine other than the potential alergy. We do put a garlic pill, fish oil pill, and scoop of yogurt in her morning meal.
Any thoughts on our feeding or Canidae?
Sean
Congrats to the winner. And much thanks for the kind thoughts on my dog. Jennie will have no more than a week left with us, she just can't breath anymore.
Hope theres lots of woodcock where shes going. I told her don't educate all the birds till I get there.
Atta boy AR! I was thinking alot of those guesses were a little? high. Mine was just a shade low.....enjoy!!
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