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|Articles|October 7, 2015
Get happy @ work: A doggone good lunch
This veterinary team member says her lunch has gone to the dogsand thats just the way she likes it.
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At lunch break I sit with the dogs who are stressed out. They actually nap on my lap and are better after lunch for the rest of the stay. Here's a little Jack Russell named Chester who came in with a temperature. He wasn't able to settle down, so I sat with him until he was more calm. I actually crawled into his cage, and he crawled into my lap.
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Gail Jackson
Dixie Veterinary Clinic
Dayton, Ohio
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