Puppies

A client brought a litter of golden retriever puppies to my veterinary
clinic for inoculations and worming.

As the look-alike pups squirmed over and under one another in their
box, I realized it would be difficult to tell the treated ones from the rest.
So, I turned on the water faucet,  wet my fingers, and moistened each dog's
head when I had finished.

After the fourth puppy, I noticed my talkative client had grown silent. As I
sprinkled the last pup's head, the woman leaned forward and whispered,
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"I didn't know they had to be baptized, too."