You may recall that I mentioned chew bones and such in relation to basic dental care in a previous posting. One thing that I didn’t address was the ways in which some chew-toys can be hazardous to your pet’s health. Dogs generally enjoy chewing on things. It keeps their mouths and their minds occupied. It […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Last fall I had the privilege of serving on the instructor staff of Wood Badge Course 37-06. You can see from this chorus line that it’s a fun group, though it involves a lot of work and time. When new boys enter the Scouting program, they bring new parents with them. These new leaders […]
The Cherokee District scouters held their annual recognition dinner tonight. It was a lovely banquet. I have been the District Commissioner for three (and a half) years. Tonight I got my walking papers (okay, it’s a wooden plaque). Of course, our district’s volunteers are a great bunch, but they’re not a big bunch. That means […]
The common, garden-variety spay is one of the most frequently performed surgeries in veterinary medicine. Spay refers to a complete ovario-hysterectomy, the removal of both ovaries and the entire uterus, down to the cervix. The puppy factory (or kitty factory) is completely removed. Cats and dogs have a bi-cornual uterus, meaning it has two long […]
Today I had one of my more rewarding moments in practice. BUT FIRST… the back-story. The carnassial tooth is the dog’s fourth pre-molar tooth. It’s pretty much the biggest tooth they’ve got. Sure, the canine tooth (the big fang) may look more impressive, and it’s got a root that’s bigger than the fang you can […]
Old Yeller Alert Yes, that’s an empty dog-bed. It will be staying that way. I got the call at 6:30 AM. "Fuzzy has been crying all night. I gave her one of my pain pills, and it didn’t help. Do you think it’s time?" I first met Fuzzy in 1999. She was eight years old […]
I had lots of paperwork that needed doing Saturday afternoon after we finished seeing our regular patients. It still needs doing. The temp was 53 and "partly cloudy", which means that a motorcyclist is hoping for partly sunny. I bundled up and saddled Ol’ Red. I had worked through most of the New Year’s holiday […]
Last night the Pfizer company broke the news about their amazing weight-loss drug for dogs. They have put nothing out in the veterinary journals, no teasers from their representatives who call on us, no nothing. Then it’s suddenly on CNN. Generally speaking, drug news that hits the fan in this manner has been less than […]
Steve Mays is my blogging guru, and is also a dog-lover. Today he features his thoughts on the Doggie Poop Catcher. Sure, I love dogs and things doggish. From my apparent obsession with asking clients to bring in stool specimens, you would think that I also love dog feces (I don’t). Really, I don’t find […]
This morning at 5:00AM the telephone rang. "This is Billy. Roxxi just ate some rat poison. What should I do?" My usual answer when awakened in what passes for the middle of the night is: "..Unnhh?!" In other words, I do not awaken rapidly, in full possession of my faculties. In one of Edgar Rice […]