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some of you know i adopted a problem dog. "harry". he is 12 years old. one year ago, for whatever reason, his owners pushed him into one of those dog drop off boxes late at night. he had to endure the entire dog pound experience, and when finally cleared for adoption he was taken to a new home. well, it didnt work out..and he was night dropped again. a note was left saying, "sorry, we cant take his barking".

now my wife and i have him. he was HELL in the beginning. but we worked through it. i say harry is 80% reformed. he slips into his dark place sometimes. we deal.

now our vet knows all this. we took him in friday to have his teeth cleaned. we were told not to feed him much the night before, and nothing that morning. he was scheduled for an early procedure, a day of observations, and we were to call at 5pm to confirm a pickup. we did as we were asked. well come 5pm, my wife called..i went mountain biking so i didnt go. i get back around 5:30 and my wife's car was gone..good! she is picking up harry. as i was cooling down in the backyard, they pull up. my wife was pissed! the vet never got to harry! he was left in a box with no water or food for 9 hours. harry was FREAKED! he wouldnt sleep in his kennel, wouldnt leave our sides. the separation anxiety came back!!

the vet graciously rescheduled us for this coming friday, automatically. we never saw the vet himself. wife wants me to call and cancel, and ask for our files. i want to release the kraken. i purposely waited until today to calm down.

harry is ok. he is almost normal again..but damn. my weekend was tough managing that little hellion again. but i am proud, he bounced back quickly. we kept him tired from constant exercise all weekend. no explanation from the vet staff.

not cool, right?