It's a dog's life.

What seems to come around as often as a flea infestation but a trip to the Vets. The one thing I can say about our veterinarian practices is at least when you phone them up, you are usually guaranteed to be seen within 24 hours. If you phone up early enough within the same day.
I recall a time when you could turn up at the doctors and could be expected to get an appointment. What actually went wrong.