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Pay Me Now, Pay Me Later
By Scott Harrup | June 26, 2008
I thought I had a great idea. I had been buying high-end dog food for our pooch, Suki, for the past year or so. The kind that promises abundant nutrition and advertises benefits like “a healthy coat.”
Then, during a grocery run a couple months ago, I spotted a ginormous bag of really cheap dog food. (In the interest of avoiding an aggressive legal response, I’ll decline to name the brand.) It was four or five times as big as the little bags of the super-nutritious brand, and it cost half as much as one of those little bags. Huge savings.
I thought.
Jodie brought Suki home from the vet Tuesday. Verdict? Food allergies.
It all started last week when I was laboriously clipping her (Suki, not Jodie) and discovered several ulcerating sores on her neck. There’s something about a nasty sore that gets me thinking “Ebola virus” or “bubonic plague.” These sores made me want to hold Suki at arm’s length.
So now we’re back to the super-nutritious dog food in an attempt to transition Suki’s diet (and skin) back to normal. Any savings I realized over the past months were wiped out — several times over — by the vet’s exam fee, the skin cream and the two varieties of antibiotics.
Just another reminder to me that there are no shortcuts in life. And that holds true for things much more important that my dog.
Topics: Bizarre, Family Life |
