DVM Newsmagazine news editor Rachael Whitcomb reports in the September, 2010, edition that short-nosed breeds of dogs are more likely to die in flight than dogs with longer snouts. Anatomically termed brachycephalic, meaning “short head,” these dogs have all of the structures of longer-nosed or dolichocephalic dogs, yet all of those structures are compressed and [...]
Today, as America celebrates the workforce of people who made our country great, we take a day off for Labor Day. May you, your family and your pets enjoy this unofficial last day of summer prior to returning to work on Tuesday. And, many thanks to the people who work on Labor Day so that [...]
It was a good working theory, even if it didn’t work out. On June 18, 2010, we ran a story about Annie and two other pets in her household who were itchy. That day we could find nothing on Annie’s physical examination to indicate a cause for her itchiness. She exhibited no hair loss or [...]
One of our clients sent me this picture of Harley, left, and Sandy, right, taking it easy. The only thing missing is a bubble above their heads saying, TGIF!
We are happy to report that our Pearl’s latest laboratory report is improved. We first diagnosed her in kidney failure in February, 2010. On that chemistry profile she had elevated kidney numbers, as well as one number relating to the liver. The occasion of that set of tests was brought on by weight loss and [...]
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