I drove back to our vet clinic in Helena today to pick up some animals we'd left there last week, as well as to take blind Helen for her latest chemotherapy treatment. One of the dogs who came home was blind Samantha, who'd been to the clinic for a dental and to have a growth removed on her side. The growth appears to be benign, fortunately.
When the vet tech was bringing Samantha through the surgery suite in the back of the clinic, Sam heard my voice and just about jumped out of her skin with excitement. She whirled and twirled and jumped up and down, pulling the vet tech with her as she made her way towards me. Her eyes lit up and then came that famous smile of hers. I don't think I'd ever seen her as happy. But then I realized this was what happened before with blind Madison, too, and others who have been left at the vet clinic for the first time since coming here: they wonder if they'd been abandoned again. And hearing our voice is the first indication they get that they're going home.
As you can see from the photo above, Sam was just as excited when we got back to the ranch. That's her greeting Alayne after getting out of the truck. For an older girl, she's still pretty spry! (Sam, that is, not Alayne. Though Alayne is pretty spry herself. As for her age, well, I'm not saying a thing.)
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