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I hate keeping , even if it was just sixteen h

"How is Daisy?" I ask as I walk into roo in at almost two hundred pounds, hurries over to say hello to ain," her owner, Alec, says with a sigh "And she obliterated my carpet and subfloor the other day"

"Did you leave her alone all day again?" I ask as I feel around on her abdomen

"I have to work," he insists, "so I can pay for all the da to my house"

"She needs chew toys that are safe for her," I re here"

"Shit," he ery?"

"Let ht obstruct her intestines, yes, she’ll need surgery again"

"Fuck," he whispers "I don’t know if I can keep her"

"I warned you when you adopted her that she would grow to be the size of a small horse and that she would be difficult for the first few years until she mellowed out"

"I know"

"And you didn’t believe ht the kids would help with her more," he adht his kids a dog "Not sure why, considering they only see o back and forth with the kids?" I suggest, but he shakes his head

"My ex is allergic," he says "She’s already pissed that the kids co hair on their stuff"

"If you decide to rehome her, please don’t surrender her to the ani adopted there are slim, due to her size"

"I’ll let you know first," he says with a nod "But let’s find out what the da to take her back for an X-ray real quick, and then I’ll bring her back to you"

He nods, and I take Daisy’s leash, leading her through the back door of the exam room to our work area This is where we do X-rays, blood draws, and kennel the patients that have to stay with us longer than a few hours

"Daisy needs an abdominal X-ray," I inform Susan "Can you helpaside what she was doing and walking with me to the X-ray machine As usual, she talks while ork "I have a question"

"Shoot"

"Why do we have to change the e store the surgical instruments?"

I frown at her over Daisy’s back as I adjust the ca to Dr Crawford, we do"

I blink, confused "Did he tell you that?"

She nods as we take the photo and then adjust Daisy and theat the instruments and told us to switch it up because it would be ery I’ it has been a proble procedures"

I take a deep breath and then blow it out, trying to keepI like it exactly the way it is Hell, I trained you all to do it that way because it’s the way I prefer it"

She nods, clearly not happy that Jace ree with her

Once Daisy is finished with the X-ray, I turn to Susan "Will you please take her back into rooo over the X-ray with Alec I’ to have a quick chat with Jace"

"You bet," she says, leading a happy Daisy away fro roo under the sink

"It’s really clean under here," he says without looking at ery requires cleanliness," I reht you were Susan"

"No" I prop , Jace?"