Bubbles Pees on The Vet's Floor, and the Table, and in the Vet's Hand.

"Today we will go to the vet.  We're going in the car.  Not the groomer, but the vet."

Bubbles looks at me, understands a couple of the words I just spoke, and her legs begin to shake.  There is no comforting her now.  Even with my arms around her, she resists my efforts to calm her.  She is an anxiety-ridden mess of a cockapoo.  

Bubbles is now 20 pounds, has a lump on her face, and tarter build-up on her teeth.  A surgery will follow in a couple of months to remove the lump and brush her teefers.  My puppy is an adult dog now with adult issues.  But one thing has stayed.  Through the puppy years and into the adult years:  ANXIETY and FEAR.  

Finally, home.

Peaceful.