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Time is precious to people whose pets are fighting serious illness. But driving hours to and from Columbia to meet the need of an ailing pet can add more stress to an already difficult time. The option of spending the night while a pet recovers from a medical procedure can be nearly impossible if there is a football game or a convention filling hotel rooms. And many hotels do not permit pets at all. But pet owners may have another option if an idea from veterinarian/oncologist Carolyn Henry becomes a reality. Barkley House is envisioned as a homey place located within steps of the veterinary school, where pets and their owners could stay during treatments. "If owners could stay with their pets throughout the process, both the pets and the owners would do better in the treatments," she said. "If there was a place for owners to stay with their animals, they'd be around others who are also going through the same grief of helping a terminally ill pet. They'd be around people who understand and who don't judge." "I know there
are people who view this as extravagant. I tell people if you go down
to the lake and spend $20,000 on a boat because if makes you happy, why
couldn't someone else spend money on a pet that makes them happy everyday?" The Kansas
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