Raymond Lee Wins the 'Guess Darwins Weight' Contest

Darwin is the handsome dude on the right. Raymond won with his estimate of 132 lbs.

We had a contest at the Huron Valley Business Expo a week ago Sunday and visitors to our booth were encouraged to guess Darwin's weight. Raymond won one of our famous VCS T-shirts and a 25.00 gift card.

Darwin has had a sedentary winter and looks forward to lots of outdoor activities that will help him slim down to 120-125 lbs. In all fairness, Darwin did have his official blood donor coat on and it may have made him look a little heavier, red is not slimming!

For those of you that asked, indeed there are different blood types among dogs and there are donors that are more 'universal' than others, like a person with type 0 blood. This is also true among cats.

Blood transfusions may be needed in case of trauma, immune mediated disease (where the patient destroys his own red blood cells) or blood loss from a bleeding tumor or after having eaten a toxin (like mouse poison). Regardless of the cause we have the blood product necessary. Hopefully, you'll never need us for that!