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“Mack” is my 13 year old, Golden Retriever. I have been preparing him for his inevitable arthritic years since he was a puppy. From the time I got him at 7 weeks old until about 8 years old my arthritis-delaying plan was to keep his weight under control. His whole adult life his weight has […]

AN EDUCATIONAL VACATION Unfortunately, I missed my deadline six weeks ago for my last article. I blame it on writer’s block brought on primarily by our vacation that we were excited to get started. Our vacation had been planned for almost a year. We were heading for Boston to go to the National Little People […]

I can’t believe 2007 is gone! At the beginning of this year, I made a mental list of things I wanted to accomplish. This list included things I already did but wanted to do better, and also a lot of things I wanted to start doing on a regular basis. In reality, I am sure […]

“Landon” came in a couple weeks ago because he vomited the night before and just wasn’t acting quite himself. As I walked into the exam room, I could tell “Landon” wasn’t quite himself. Anyone who didn’t know him would think he looked like a pretty normal, healthy dog. However, a normal “Landon” was never this […]

It had been a pretty uneventful Saturday morning of appointments and things were winding down. I noticed I had one more appointment and it was a new patient and new client. I didn’t really pay much attention to why the pet was coming in. I have been a veterinarian for 21 years, so it isn’t […]

This past week I heard a news story on the radio that made me physically ill. I am sure most of you heard the same story on the radio or read about it in the newspaper. The story reported that the Allen County Dog Warden was investigating the death of a puppy that had died […]

“Thank God it’s Friday,” was all Melanie could think. It had been a long day, a long week, and the upcoming weekend was just a car ride away. Christmas was just a few weeks away and it was so far not even close to looking like Christmas outside. All week it had been cold, wet, […]

When a client brings a puppy in for the first puppy visit, they are usually greeted by my staff saying, “What a cute puppy!” It isn’t unusual for me to reply sarcastically, “Unlike all of those ugly puppies we see all of the time!” Let’s face it, puppies are just cute. Over 16 years ago […]

I have owned my own animal hospital for almost 11 years. The easy part of owning my own practice is taking care of the patients. After all, that is what I learned to do in veterinary school. The hard part is the running of a small business. Even though I had worked previously at three […]

It seems people don’t talk that much about fat cats. For the most part, they are hidden in our homes and their daily schedule of nap after nap seems to be the ideal life of a pampered pet. Besides, “He/she really doesn’t eat that much.” That is an exact quote from over 90% of cat […]