Another trip and payment to the vet today inspired this poem:

Priceless Pup 

The dog we own,
Didn’t cost a cent.
You wonder years later,
Where the money went?

Sitters and daycare,
Shots and grooming.
Collars and toys,
Halloween costuming.

Meds and beds,
Treats and eats.
Tags and bags,
Meet and Greets.

With every trip,
To see the Vet.
I tend to break,
Out in a sweat.

Leashes and exams,
Pills for ills
Samples to test,
More clinic bills.

Fancy biscuits.
Bags of crunchies.
Chews and kibbles,
Gourmet munchies.

Special diet needs?
Clippings and cleanings.
Surgery expenses?
X-Rays and screenings

Vet.Pet.Debt.
Spend and Repeat.
I should have just,
Gotten a parakeet.

Add it all up,
It must be a million.
Spent on a dog,
Now worth a zillion.

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