Last Saturday evening, the Sons of the Western Bootheel travelled to Trail of Tears state park for a concert. We were really surprised to find that it was much more hot and humid in the hills than it had been at home in the swamp. By the time we hauled our equipment about a half […]
Monthly Archives: June 2007
It was a beautiul day in the Missouri Bootheel on Saturday. It could not have been more perfect for a motorcycle ride, and I finally managed to shake loose and take one about 5:30. Just couldn’t seem to get squared away much before that, even though we closed at noon and it was my birthday. […]
He just seems to get better by the hour. I’m not ready to say we’re out of the woods, but he’s on his third can of dog food (prescription diet I/D). No more vomiting, but he’s still got some loose feces, still doing a little straining. He trotted all over the back yard and marked […]
Yesterday we had a rather unusual case of the dog who "can’t go". The "take-home message" is that we always take this complaint seriously. "Acting constipated" is a not uncommon description of a pet’s situation. Upon receiving this complaint, the thoughtful veterinarian’s next step is to ask the owner what the pet is actually doing. […]
This is pretty much out of my "local listening area". Some bags of Ol’ Roy have been recalled out east due to some Salmonella contamination at the factory. Salmonella is the bacteria most often associated with "food poisoning". The big dogs say you can get infected with it from just handling the contaminated food. This […]
Okay, now I am running low on titles. This is still pretty shaky stuff, but since it appeared on Veterinary Information Network, I’m passing it on. Some pet food samples are believed to be contaminated with acetaminophen (Tylenol). This would have small consequence for most dogs, but it doesn’t take much to put a cat […]
Of course, I really should say "Cystic Calculi", but does that communicate as well as "bladder stones"? These babies weigh 8 grams apiece and they’re bigger than a pair of dice. Too bad they only have 5 sides each. Of course, even if you painted numbers on them, it would take a while before they […]
Hardly a day goes by that I don't ruminate on the difficulty of the long-haired pet. If nothing else, I want them to roll up their sleeves when I draw blood. Those long, silky coats are mutations. They can be beautiful when well cared for, but the pet cannot care for that upholstery by himself. […]
The Sons of the Western Bootheel will be singing cowboy songs and telling stupid jokes this weekend in two performances that are free and open to the public. Saturday evening at 7:00 PM we’ll be at Trail of Tears State Park north of Jackson, Missouri. On Sunday, we’ll be at Bollinger Mill State Park at […]
Nutritional wisdom is the concept that an animal somehow innately knows what nutrients its body needs, and also where to obtain them. For example, if your body were low on potassium, you would instinctively know to eat a banana. And you thought those banana cravings were just evidence in support of the "Man-from-monkeys" evolution theory. […]
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