My seven-year-old cocker or has been dealing with allergies and severe ear infections for the past two years . He has seen three different vets and a dermatologist, He’s been on every anabiotic steroids eardrops you name it nothing has helped. I finally made the decision to proceed with that year ablation surgery which was five days ago , i’ll be honest I didn’t expect him to recover so quickly and was very heartbroken and torn about the decision . His surgery was at PVSEC in Pittsburgh and the surgery cost $5000 per ear. Prior to his surgery he was absolutely miserable, his ears were completely swelled shut, he was in so much pain you couldn’t touch his ears without him crying. It’s now five days after surgery, with stitches still intact, he has no problem with me handling his ear to apply antibiotic ointment and it looks great. I want to give him plenty of recovery time before proceeding with his second surgery. . As far as BRUTUSES comment goes, The individual sounds like the type of person who would not hesitate to take his pet outside and end it’s life with a shotgun because it had fleas, but hey, that’s just my OPPINION. I would do anything and everything to help my furbaby because in my eyes, he IS my child, not some animal whose life isn’t worth saving. I was extremely hesitant about having this surgery, but now that I have witnessed how fast he’s bounced back and the pain he’s no longer in, with that particular ear, I’m not as upset to proceed with the second ear in a few months. We do what we can for our babies and sometimes when all other options have been exhausted, we have no other choice other than surgery.

Never use installers from big box stores. My story. To save some money, i had Lowes install a $ 2 SF vinyl floor. The 5th party installers laid the planks over a needed drain. Due to the location, I never looked at the area. After 4 months, water started coming through the planks. It turned out, with the drain blocked, the water went behind the baseboards, then under the vinyl planks. It took 4 months to start coming through the plank seams., I called Lowes, and my insurance company. The insurance company immediately sent over a restoration company. All the walls in the laundry room had hidden black mold, inside the walls. Walls and floor had to be ripped out. Surprise 1. This is considered concealed damage. Concealed damage, whether known or unknown is no longer covered by insurance companies. In other words, you have to spot it within a few weeks. Surprise 2. Lowes subcontracted to their national subcontractor. They then subcontracted to a local flooring company. This company then subcontracted it further. Lowes wanted no part of the issue, and told me to deal with the subcontractors. At one point, I was told the installers insurance expired and I was out of luck. It took a small claims court notice to get their attention and finally paid. I just signed a contract with a family owned very reputable local company, whose installers are employees of the company. That’s becoming very rare. I’m getting Karastan Luxury Vinyl Planks. Both the planks and installation are significantly more than big box stores. My few cents,

I think the Varick just came out in the late fall so there may not been too many out there?

I've spec'd Maiden Home on multiple occassions. Most often the Varick and Dune when it comes to their sofas (have experience with the their thompson bed and some of the dining tables/stools too!) Overall they consistently delivery a very high quality, well made luxury product. I've spec'd the tuscan leather a few tiems and its a very high quality leather from Moore and Giles - they dont offer any real entry/level mid-tier leathers so you can feel great about the company. Service wise on the one occasion there was a transit damge issue, they made it right (you call them and someone actually picks up the phone!) so been very happy with their service. As a designer, hard to find high quality original design, with actual high quality product (they make in north carolina). hope this helps - overall we love working with them and highly recommend.