So, today was annual health check and vaccinations and flea and tick preventive day at the vet.

Two dogs, all told, $760.00.

I wish I could get a clear-cut answer on the long-term effects of these preventives on a dog's health. Their lives are short enough as it is. But the flip side is the risk of heartworm or Lyme disease. 

On the plus side, the dogs and the vet are seriously in love with one another, and they had a very happy reunion. He gets right down on the floor and they climb all over him.

And I got to listen to Soleil's heart beat through the stethoscope.

'Cause that's what it's really all about...