Thanks for the Doggie Ping!
Here's a cute little true dog story:
Sickroom, shaggy style -- John C. Sounders, Jr., M.D.
While making a house call, I was greeted in the yard by a large, friendly collie. He followed me to the door and, when the patient's wife opened it, pushed in ahead of me.
No sooner had we entered the sickroom than the dog jumped on the bed and began licking the patient's face. This show of affection was all right except that I had to examine the man and the dog kept getting in the way.
It wasn't long before I began to get a bit irritated. I wanted to ask the man to get his confounded pet off the bed, but I hesitated to offend such an indulgent dog lover.
After I'd completed the visit and was halfway down the front walk, I heard a sharp rapping on the window. It was the patient;s wife. "Doctor," she shouted, "you forgot your dog!"
LOL.... Cindy had the same thing happen with a visiting plumber at her house!