Me: And, finally, to help Chubby get over this gastroenteritis, he needs to be on bland food only. Plain chicken, plain rice.
Owner: Okay, no problems Doc. Chicken and rice.
Me: Excellent. Now, here are-
Owner: He loves chicken anyway, especially the skins.
Me: It's best to take the skin off. We want to give his gut something gentle to deal with, to let it completely reset before making it work hard again.
Owner: Oh. What about gravy, can it have gravy on it? He loves gravy.
Me: Nope. Plain chicken only. If it's a bit of a hassle to prepare every day, you can get a bland version of dog food in a can, we sell them here.
Owner: Oh, that's okay, we normally give him chicken flavoured dog food anyway.
Me: Actually, the supermarket dog food isn't bland enough. It has to be pure chicken meat, or a special diet from here. The chicken must have nothing added to it. Just plain, boiled chicken.
Owner: Okay, I got it doc. No worries.
Me: Great. Now, these tablets are-
Owner: Wait, what about his beef bones? He loves having those every day. He'll get upset if he doesn't have them.
Me: Here. Have this can. It's a special formulated food for him. Feed him this and only this and nothing else. No snacks no treats nothing else but this.
Owner: Oh, okay. I'll get a slab of those thanks.
With some people you just have to be assertive.
Owner: Okay, no problems Doc. Chicken and rice.
Me: Excellent. Now, here are-
Owner: He loves chicken anyway, especially the skins.
Me: It's best to take the skin off. We want to give his gut something gentle to deal with, to let it completely reset before making it work hard again.
Owner: Oh. What about gravy, can it have gravy on it? He loves gravy.
Me: Nope. Plain chicken only. If it's a bit of a hassle to prepare every day, you can get a bland version of dog food in a can, we sell them here.
Owner: Oh, that's okay, we normally give him chicken flavoured dog food anyway.
Me: Actually, the supermarket dog food isn't bland enough. It has to be pure chicken meat, or a special diet from here. The chicken must have nothing added to it. Just plain, boiled chicken.
Owner: Okay, I got it doc. No worries.
Me: Great. Now, these tablets are-
Owner: Wait, what about his beef bones? He loves having those every day. He'll get upset if he doesn't have them.
Me: Here. Have this can. It's a special formulated food for him. Feed him this and only this and nothing else. No snacks no treats nothing else but this.
Owner: Oh, okay. I'll get a slab of those thanks.
With some people you just have to be assertive.
When our cat Aston came home from the shelter he had to be put on a diet of chicken and rice... of all the things cats will eat (e.g. blow flies) cooked chicken breast was not popular... I almost gave up. >.<
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