Sometimes it’s great to have a “preacher” in your waiting room. As we were waiting for X-rays to process on the little Yorkie with back problems we asked his owner to have a seat in the waiting room so we…
My dear friends Gene and Joye came in with their kitty, Tiger Lilly today. Lilly was sneezing, but otherwise seemed fine. We examined Lilly and she had no fever, no congestion and no abnormal heart sounds. Indeed, she seemed like…
In an ongoing series on how different kinds of cases are worked up, today we will look at pet dermatology patients. Dermatology, the study of skin and its diseases, is one of the most challenging areas of practice. And I…
I had lunch at the Waffle House today (I know, I said these were going to be stories about what happens at our hospital, but bear with me…you’ll like it). In the hustle and bustle of a very busy lunch…
Today we have a really short but really touching story to tell. It’s stories like this that keep us going back to work for our patients and their pet-loving owners. Rascal came in for an appointment for an ear problem.…
A BOOK REVIEW The subtitle of this classic book is “A Training Manual for Humans and Their Canine Counterparts”. Any instructional text in dog training must train the owner first. It is up to us to learn how a dog’s…
What is daily life in our veterinary hospital really like? On a typical day we start out taking in our surgery patients and preparing for surgery that will be performed after we see a few outpatients. Modern surgery is pretty…
Anesthesia in old dogs and cats. If you want to scare a pet lover, tell him or her that you are going to need to perform surgery on their pet who is in his teens. For lay people, it’s still…
“Awwww, Doc, can’t you just give him a shot?” Usually that question comes from a pet lover in the form of an objection to having to give oral medications for a two week or longer time period. Up until now…
Arthritis. Glucosamine. Chondroitin. Dasuquin and Cosequin. Seems simple enough to some of us, doesn’t it? As much as I dislike bursting bubbles, I’ll have to. There is very little in the practice of medicine that is simple. The good news…
