I was thinking along the lines maire_cate suggested. I'd be concerned about a medical issue and a lot of times people don't realize there's something wrong. It'd be doing the friends and the dog harm to not say something or worse yet, lie about it. The other thing that comes to mind, and you didn't say what kind of dog it is, but if it's an outdoor dog, (outside a lot) they will often have a bad odor. Generally a good shampooing will cover it for a bit but I suspect it's something to deal with being outside more. I notice it on most all dogs that spend a lot of time outdoors. I say ask about whether the dog has been checked out by a vet and if it has then tell them it needs grooming. Seems to me you like the dog and want it there, just don't want the smell and that's not unreasonable. Good luck.

SunnyDJ - that is what bothers me the most. I know that even when made here in the US, the markup is so high. My first pair of rimless were the least expensive I could get but with the progressives and the other features I needed, not just wanted, they cost me alot more than I thought they were worth. Even hough I loved them cause they were light weight and no distracting plastic frame in the way, they were hard to keep in adjustment. I was constantly, well frequently, having to go have them adjusted cause one of my kindergarten kids would lift his/her head when I was helping them and knock them out of whack. The adjustments didn't cost me but oddly enough, I haven't had as much problems with the last few pairs I have ordered online and now I have a grandson who just turned 3 that I take care of and I've made it through the grabbing glasses stage and playing around with him. I have taken them into where I got my eyes examed and had them checked to make sure the script is correct. So far no problems. I have my eyes checked yearly and even though the chance isn't usually big - I can now afford to get new glasses. If I had to do that with expensive ones, I would have to wait or find another style of frame. They don't like to just replace the lenses with rimless or at least that is what I have been told. You do what you have to do - if I felt that my glasses weren't correct, I wouldn't order from them again. I think its worth a try - maybe for a back up pair at first like the OP was wanting sunglasses.

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SunnyDJ, It's good to see you here again. I am sorry to hear of the loss of your son. I send out about 60 cards to our family and friends each year, and organize the card exchange here. This year, I organized one for another board I am on. Between the two exchanges, I sent out an additional 40. So I am pretty close to what Steve sends each year. I don't write a letter, or most times, even a note in them. Mostly because everyone I send to has already been kept up to date on what is going on in our lives, and I am not good with words. I am doing good to sign them the way my writing is getting. I start out fairly neat, but it doesn't take long before my hand cramps and it gets progressively more squiggly. I do, however, make my own cards at Christmas. There are only two reasons why you would get a Christmas card from me that was not hand made. 1. You are a family member that I know doesn't appreciate such things, and it will very quickly hit the garbage. 2. I was unable to make any cards that year. Which is what happened in 2001 when my dad had his heart attacks, and spent a month in the hospital, coming home the Friday before Christmas. The rest of the year, if you get a card from me, it may or may not be hand made, but you are thought of with love, because not many people get cards from me the rest of the year! I enjoy getting some of the photo cards. Most that we get are from family out of state, and we don't get school photos from. Those are the ones that come as a package deal. Well, I can't exactly say those are the only ones that are package deals. Studio shots usually are package deals as well. We get the ones taken just before Christmas, usually are those that are purposely printed at places like Costco or Sam's and you specify how many you want printed, even with the ones with the message on them. I think I get like 3 each year. I have a cousin that was stationed in San Diego for years. Their DD is 7 months younger than my DD, and is married now living in Ohio, but their sons are teens. We only got to see them when they were here visiting family, once a year. We did get to spend a day with them when we went out by train, which was nice, and I still 9 years later, think of the boys at that age. So it's nice to get their picture every year. They were here for 2 years after cousin retired, so we got to see them a little more often, but they have just bought a house in Florida. Yes, social media like face book, has made it much easier to keep in contact with people. That is why I have a face book account. I can keep in contact with all of my cousins that I would only get to see at weddings, showers or funerals. Mostly funerals. But at Christmas, even tho I may wish you a Merry Christmas, or Happy New Year on face book, If I have an address for you, and I want to wish you a Merry Christmas otherwise, you will get a card from me. But don't expect it to have a note in it. I will sign it and send it. And sometimes I have been known to forget to even sign it, for which I apologize! Sometimes my holey brain gets in assembly mode and misses a step, so it's a good thing I put a return address on the envelope! And I have received that way also, so I understand. I do enjoy the letters that come with the cards, but we don't have that much to write about that isn't already known. There is one I might put a note in, but even that one not always. For me, I show how much you mean to me by sending you the hand made gift of a card. Tami ..... who is very ramblely today.