There’s an old joke about someone finding the simpleton hitting himself in the head with a hammer. When asked why he would do such a thing, he replied "It feels so good when you stop." When I was a boy, we used to camp at Alley Springs State Park for our family vacation. In those […]
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The last time I threw a leg over Ol’ Red was about 10 days ago. Spring had just begun to peek out, with patches of vivid green here and there among the brown dregs of winter. Now the red-buds are in their brief and glorious flower and all the grass is green. Daffodils and tulips […]
This is Dodger. Apparently he has lots of outfits. He doesn’t have some huge "hunchback" — that’s his owner’s shirt subtly blending into Dodger’s shirt. They match today. That’s not why I took the picture, though. I took the picture because it’s the first time I’ve seen a pair of "Doggles" in person. Dodger’s dad […]
I said before I went that I was looking for the seminar that would make dentistry fun. It must have happened, at least to some degree. This afternoon a good client brought in her old cat because she thought her mouth had been injured. The cat was drooling, and wouldn’t eat well. On examination, we […]
Boy, you leave town for two days. While I was on the road Friday night, the national news broke the story about pet-food recalls. I don’t hear a thing about it until I check out Veterinary Information Network this morning… about the time the phone calls start pouring in. I put a couple of links […]
After work Friday, we made the six-hour drive to Columbia, Missouri, arriving around eleven-thirty. On Saturday, I arrived at the veterinary school for my dental seminar. It snowed a lot, and it snowed for a lot of the year back when I was in school there (1972-1978). Having snow in spring was a nice touch […]
In ancient times when I went through veterinary school, our dental training was pretty limited. In latter years I have bought textbooks, read journals and attended training courses. There are still plenty of things to learn, though, and I’m off to Columbia, Missouri for a 2-day dental training course. Saturday it’s lectures all day, while […]
This is Roxxi. She looks a little woozy because she got spayed today (a complete ovario-hysterectomy, i.e. the removal of the entire puppy works). People tend to think of this surgery as routine because it is performed so commonly. Of course, it’s never routine for the dog — for her it’s a once-in-a-lifetime major […]
We see mostly dogs and cats at good old KVC, so this is an unusual picture. Saturday afternoon we had 22 horses on the lot at one time. The trailers are scrambled around, so I couldn’t really get everybody lined up for the group picture (althought the short horses are in front). They were all […]
After learning about it at Kiwanis, I decided to become a volunteer in the CASA program that is about to get started in Dunklin County. The idea is similar to that of the medieval champion, which is one of the reasons it appeals to me, I think. Just as Wilfred of Ivanhoe could take the […]