At The Vet

A man runs into the vet's office carrying his dog,screaming for help. The vet rushes him back to anexamination room and has him put his dog down onthe examination table. The vet examines the still,limp body and after a few moments tells the manthat his dog, regrettable, is dead.The man, clearly agitated and not willing to acceptthis, demands a second opinion.The vet goes into the back room and comes out witha cat and puts the cat down next to the dog's body.The cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail pokingand sniffing the dog's body and finally looks at the vetand 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.The vet brings in a black labrador. The lab sniffs thebody, walks from head to tail, and finally looks at thevet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says, "I'msorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead too."The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks thevet and asks how much he owes.The vet answers, "$650."$650 to tell me my dog is dead?" exclaimed the man...."Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you$50 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 wasfor the cat scan and lab tests."