Royal scare

When we stopped by Petsmart yesterday to pick up another bag of (insanely expensive) prescription food for the dogs, we were greeted by a sign on the shelf informing us that their chow of choice, Royal Canin Canine Early Cardiac EC 22, has been recalled. Out of all the prescription food on the shelf, it was the only product that had been pulled. I would be surprised by this stroke of bad luck if it weren't for the fact that over the past few years it's seemed like everything that COULD go wrong, has. Especially concerning Maggie, the extremely precious and tragically fragile French Bulldog.

The vet told us not to get TOO freaked out because the recall was done as a precaution—no dogs have actually turned up sick as a result of eating the food. But of course I'm still a bit worried. I mean, Maggie is already a train wreck. The dog takes FIVE prescription medications, for crying out loud—the poor thing was born with a target on her head. Anyway, Jim is going to drop off both dogs tomorrow AM for blood work, which is luckily being covered by Royal Canin (as it should be, in my opinion).

In the meantime, Maggie continues to grunt and snort in her usual manner and Banjo is, as always, a bundle of joyful energy. So I have a fair amount of hope that they'll escape this recent crisis unscathed. Fingers crossed.