In the old days, the UPS man would sometimes leave packages on our doorstep. Sometimes clients drop off stool specimens on the doorstep before we open. And then there are days like today, when we find abandoned pets on our doorstep. They might be tossed over the fence in our exercise yard, or tied to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Here’s "Kirby". He came in as a rescue operation yesterday. One of my really good clients met Kirby and noticed him dragging his right front paw. His people said he had fallen out of a pickup truck about a month ago and injured it. They had been told the leg should be amputated, but just […]
With two more recall notices today, I thought this would be a good time to pass on the Veterinary Information Network safe feeding guidelines. The new sites are on the KVC webpage. Q: What should pet owners feed their pets?A: In light of all the gaps in our understanding of this problem, there is no […]
"He smells like a dog", the client says. Being as he is a dog, this doesn’t seem to me to be a problem, technically. If, being a dog, he smelled like, say, a camel — now that would be a problem. Of course, this is not the truly stinky dog. Every dog has a tendency […]
Man, am I sick of this stuff. News reports tell us that dog biscuits made by Sunshine Mills and marketed under many names, including Ol’ Roy, are recalled. No reports of illness yet, but they bought their wheat gluten from one of the sources labelled as suspected of contamination. Throw out the rest of the […]
The expanded recall by Menu Foods today essentially moves back the manufacturing dates that they feel may have been contaminated. Since they already recalled all of their products in the stores, this expanded recall would only affect someone who had been hoarding the stuff from last fall. As you may recall, the only dry food […]
It’s 6:30 PM and I’m waiting for someone from Monette, Arkansas (who didn’t even call until after 5:30, and yes, we close at 5:00 today, thank you). They think their puppy may have Parvovirus. I think so, too. It was "just fine yesterday", meaning a sudden onset of illness. It’s a puppy less than one […]
Some time ago, I posted on demodectic mange and mentioned that the treatment when I graduated in 1978 consisted of daily dipping with a stinky, poisonous insecticide. Today I found some in a cabinet. I guess I hadn’t really forgotten it was there (though the expiration date is 1986). It’s one of those things that […]
You may have noticed the logo on the masthead of our KVC website. This week we’ll be adding that to a lighted sign out front. Brooks Signs in Kennett is doing that for us, and he’s also getting into the T-shirt business. He’s got a giant ink-jet printer that prints textile ink directly on the […]
Sometime today I’m going to post on something more elevating, but I’ve added these links to the KVC webpage on Pet Food Recall. Purina‘s homepage lists a product that’s been recalled. Del Monte has issued a "precautionary recall". More to come, I fear.
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