screaming for help. The vet rushes him back to an
examination room and has him put his dog down on the
examination table.
The vet examines the still, limp body and after a
few moments, tells the man that his dog,regrettably,
is dead. The man, clearly agitated and not willing to
accept this, demands a second opinion.
The vet goes into the back room and comes out with a
cat and puts the cat down next to the dog's body. The
cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, poking
and sniffing the dog's body and finally looks at the
vet and meows. The vet looks at the man and says,
"I'm sorry, but the cat thinks that your dog is dead, too,"
The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead.
So the vet brings in a black Labrador retriever. The lab
sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks
at the vet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says,
"I'm sorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead too."
The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet
and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, "$650."
"$650 to tell me my dog is dead?" exclaims the man.
"Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you $50
for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 was for the
cat scan and lab tests."