this weekend we had the enjoyable experience of making the acquaintance of the emergency vet in apple valley. (don't worry, the dog is fine.) we called, and zoomed down there, and were seen relatively quickly. hurray!

it was a little panic-making, however. we had a short discussion about "should the dog be making that noise?" "hm, no, i don't think dogs usually make that noise", and then off we went. i'm used to having that discussion about cars, not dogs.

but the vet says that all is well, and that pirate, as we all know, is the cutest dog on the planet.