Can you see all the bruises on this cat? What, you can’t? I guarantee you that they are there. This cat was rescued from a situation where a big dog was chewing it and a person (I use the term loosely) was hitting it with a stick. There are no broken bones, no obvious wounds, […]
Category Archives: Trauma
Not that any kind of buckshot is that good for a dog. This has been a heavy week for trauma. We had a guy who was horribly lacerated by large dogs. After removal of dead tissue, partial closure of wounds, surgical drains, four days on I.V. antibiotics and fluids, hot compresses, hand-feeding and general heavy-duty […]
I took Old Red out for a spin this afternoon and there were an exceptional number of dogs running loose. It was a beautiful fall day with a little nip in the air, the kind of day that makes the horses "feel their oats". These dogs were loping happily along the roadside, in and out […]
Does he look a little brighter here? He sure acts that way. After being totally hand-fed, hand-watered with a syringe, and receiving lots of oxygen, this guy is back on track today. He’s eating well and running and playing. I had a terrible time getting a picture of him because he’d keep running up to […]
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." You know, I think that’s generally true. Of course, I also believe that the older they are (or the older I am, anyway), the harder they fall. When I was a little kid and made accidental dismounts from the horse, it seemed like a longer distance to […]
There are several reasons for that, but the main thing is that your new puppy wants to be right with you. It’s pretty easy to step on him. When we picked Anna (our first family dog together), her breeders said, "Remember to do the Puppy Shuffle". Is that some kind of dance? No, it means […]
I’ve previously offered my thoughts on pets being hit by cars. "Oh, I can’t stand to see them penned up." Well, as Charlie Alnutt (Humphrey Bogart) says in "The African Queen", "You pays your money and you takes your choice." [Our high school English and Drama teacher, Mr. Joe Newman was fond of that saying, […]
Buddy went home under his own power today. He’s still got a headache, and a little congestion in his left lung, but it looks like he’s going to be okay. As often happens, when we make a mistake, we look for somebody else to blame. [I spilled my hot coffee, so I’ll sue McDonald’s.] Buddy’s […]
Here’s "Buddy". He’s a house dog… most of the time. Tonight he went out with Mama and no leash. He decided to play that super fun game: "You can’t catch me". Like most dogs, he failed to check the playing field for cars. So, I’ve been here for about three hours. His biggest problem is […]
One of the difficulties in being a solo practitioner is that you can really only do one thing at a time. Sure, you can "multi-task", working on multiple patients in the same time period: some patients will be in a holding pattern while waiting for lab results, or their initial ear cleansing can be done […]