An inaugural issue of a magazine asked me to write 50 words to recommend a pet product and suggested an image of me and the product. The images will not be of educational interest to readers. However, an X-ray of a bladder stone will have greater interest to readers (I presume).

I used Microsoft Word, "Tools" - Word Count and got the number of words as 50. Then I clicked "Spelling and Grammar. The advice was to revise the following long fragment:
I recommend Hill's® Prescription Diet® s/d® Canine pet food to dissolve struvite bladder stones in dogs that have difficulty in peeing.

Since I have a limit of 50 words, I did not revise the fragment and copied the paragraph onto the e-mail, attach the X-ray picture and sent my e-mail on Feb 10, 2011. The 50 words are as follows:

I recommend Hill's® Prescription Diet® s/d® Canine pet food to dissolve struvite bladder stones in dogs that have difficulty in peeing. Veterinary tests are required. However, large bladder stones (X-ray) require surgical removal so that your dog does not suffer painful urination of smelly bloody urine daily for several months.

The 50 words' limit forces me to be concise and yet be able to educate pet owners.

Advice to youths.
A person must write daily to be able to write better just as exercising the muscles make one better built. There is no other way to improve one's writing.

P.S
The Golden Retriever was operated by Dr Vanessa Lin at Toa Payoh Vets and lives happily without smelly urine nowadays.