My Dog, Snickers, just turned 14 years old. This is not major news although not many dogs reach that age. No the issue here is what I received from his veterinarian. Let me state that the Vet we go to are saints. They are truly nice people who obviously care vastly about animals – apparently a little too much at times. In my email box this morning was an email from our Vet wishing Snickers a happy birthday, but it didn’t stop there. No, they felt sending an email to my dog through me wasn’t enough to make the point that they wanted to make. No, it just wasn’t enough to show they care so what did they do? They sent an E-Card. I suggest you look at that e-card as it shows you something that borders on crazy.

What is that? Text. Thats right, text, lots of it. Apparently this e-card, meant for my dog, the very dog the Vet looks at on a semi regular basis for us, is filled with text meant for reading. Apparently my Vet knows something about my dog that I do not – apparently he can read. Not only can he read but he can use a computer and has figured out my email account information to access my email account to read this email. Furthermore, given the timing, apparently my dog knew that the email, meant for him, would be in my inbox. Who knew he was capable of this? Here I just thought he was a really cool dog.

I think he should get a job and bring home the bacon. Graaaa…. bacon.