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- Category: A day in the life
- A Saint: Roberta Baker
- The most amazing orthopedic surgery, and the most amazing cookies
- Like father, like son… sort of
- “Letter to the Editor”? Did not see that coming.
- Balancing finding homes for needy pets, and providing good animal control service.
- Pet care and the language barrier
- Microchip Identification in Dogs
- Taking the Doctor’s Advice
- Following Directions
- Sometimes the very best care is not enough.
- Consulting a Specialist
- Veterinary Medicine at the Career Fair
- Phone lines are out of order
- Flood waters cause abandonment of animals – ASPCA to the rescue… and me.
- Menagerie Fire – Day 10 – Going Home
- Menagerie Fire – Day 5
- Menagerie Fire – Day 4
- Menagerie Fire – Day 3
- Menagerie Fire – Day 2
- Menagerie Fire
- When the problem changes, re-evaluate the diagnosis.
- Pain is Nature’s Way of saying “Don’t do that.”
- Are you still there?
- Hill’s Science Diet – great nutrition, lousy merchandising
- We’re sorry to keep you waiting. Your visit is important to us.
- My Far-flung Readers
- Quicksand: struggle, and you just get in deeper.
- Getting really hot, really fast.
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Happy ending to a long day
- We’re BACK!!!
- We are “out of order” due to the ice storm.
- Continuing Education takes me away.
- Ancillary services at the veterinary clinic
- Prodigal Great Dane, a new chapter
- Venting, ranting and raving? No, not so much.
- Hummingbird repair…not
- A visit from the DDAC
- More Prodigal Great Dane
- More goat stuff.
- The prodigal Great Dane returns.
- Sometimes you have to stay late.
- There’s no business like snow business.
- Goats are not our specialty
- Helping other veterinarians
- Bug-eyed Dog follow-up
- Success story… sort of.
- Tiny pets need extra care
- Back in harness
- Just not feeling “bloggy”
- Sometimes you can be right, even when you’re wrong.
- Should have used the muzzle
- You look like Barney
- Kitty Success Story
- When the Circus comes to town
- Any day you can sing is a good day.
- What makes a “Real” Veterinarian
- Labor Day thoughts
- Calm before the storm.
- Ups and downs
- Things I shouldn’t say.
- I’ve recovered my ability to feel dirty.
- Too many 12-hour days.
- Back in the gym.
- Happy Birthday to me.
- Cowboy Songs on the road.
- Fun and Adventure
- Cowboy Concert coming up
- Annual Check-up Surprise
- A Tale of Two Graduations
- I need to catch up
- Graduation Day
- Parvo survivor passes tests.
- Hey, Chickie-Baby!
- More Parvovirus
- Pet Food Recall starts a long day.
- Writing my biography.
- Looking at the whole picture… again
- How we get behind schedule.
- One of the dogs ate my diamond earring.
- Full days
- Schedules are made to be changed.
- 80% of New Veterinarians are Women
- Continuing Education Hiatus
- Routine Spay? Not always.
- R.I.P. Fuzzy
- Boarding BIG dogs.
- I might give meat a hiatus.
- Best Christmas Pageant ever.
- In Memoriam: Nell Jones Mobley
- Warm enough to ride.
- Nemo’s last swim.
- Family Band
- Empathy makes better care.
- Ambassador from Pomerania
- String Bass Exchange
- Seven Days a Week
- Yes, I’m happy to visit your school.
- Healing takes more than medicine.
- Glad to be Back Home
- Short Hiatus
- Man, do I hate Karma
- …Is that normal?
- The hardest thing I do
- Live and learn
- Back in Harness
- Irony-poor blood
- Schedule? What schedule?
- Category: Allergy
- Category: Back-story
- Earl Russell, An Older Gentleman
- My Friend Alvin Toombs
- Custom Artwork from the past
- Butch the Lion at the Hayti Zoo
- Veterans’ Day – remembering Tom B. Mobley
- Snakes…why did it have to be snakes?
- Riding the Elephant
- The trebuchet’s maiden voyage.
- Never wear a neck-tie around a monkey.
- The Boy-Wonder Equine Surgeon
- Bodily Functions are Disgusting
- Everything you know is wrong.
- Opening Day
- Category: Bad Veterinary Care
- Category: Behavior
- What to name the cat?
- The Invisible, Underground, Electric Dog Fence
- Dogs Jumping Up On You – Natural, but annoying
- Cats Hate Restraint – Episode 2
- Cats Hate Restraint
- Dogs Need Something to Do
- National Dog-Bite Prevention Week
- Sally the cat needs a special home.
- News Flash: Dogs may be empathic.
- Super Puppy: How to raise the best dog you’ll ever have!
- Ban Pit Bull Dogs? Maybe Not.
- Category: Books
- Category: Cancer
- Category: Communication
- The Story of Jude, KHD’s Famous Gunshot-wound Case
- Communication is more than just words.
- Internet Sources for Veterinary Advice
- This wound looks worse than it is.
- Pain after Heartworm Treatment
- Offer everyone your best.
- Grief upon grief
- Pet Guardianship
- What ELSE can we do?
- Nobody likes being stuck with a needle.
- Don’t You Wish Dogs Could Talk?
- People who think Vets like animals more than they like people
- Spin Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Understanding your Doctor
- Category: Current Affairs
- Category: Dental Care
- Resorptive Lesions in Cat Teeth – FORLs
- Broken Teeth
- Bad breath is not always bad teeth.
- Abscessed teeth don’t look like this.
- I hate for him to lose a tooth.
- Feline Leukemia Virus and Dental Problems
- Look in your pet’s mouth once in a while.
- Nasty teeth need to come out.
- More retained baby teeth.
- Severe dental problems are not always obvious.
- He is NOT too old to get his teeth cleaned.
- My First Orthodontic Appliance
- Retained Baby Teeth
- Dental Seminar: It must have been the right seminar.
- Dental seminar was great!
- Dental procedure training.
- Record number of lost teeth today.
- Rawhide Chews
- Chew Bones, Pro and Con
- Carnassial Tooth Abscess
- Can’t we put off this dental cleaning for a while?
- Tooth-brushing works! Surprised?
- Toothbrushing Primer for Pet-Owners
- Pet Dental Care Basics
- Category: Dermatology
- Shedding – It’s normal for your pet
- What is Pyoderma?
- Demodex Mites live in the hair follicle.
- Fiberglass Dermatitis follow-up
- Fiberglass Dermatitis
- Deep Pyoderma
- Demodex follow-up… again
- Demodex follow-up returns
- Demodex Follow-up
- Dog with a skin problem = Do a skin scraping cytology exam
- Interesting Itching Information
- Long-acting cortisone injections in dogs.
- Demodectic Mange again
- Hamster surgery
- Why dogs stink
- Anal Sac Problems
- Category: Diagnostic Testing
- The case of the dog who ate the non-food item.
- Systemic Fungus Infections
- Big Bladder Stone
- Diagnostic Workup Success – that almost wasn’t.
- Enlarged Spleen of the century
- Mega-Esophagus and “The Third Opinion”
- Diagnosing diabetes… among OTHER things.
- Take an X-ray the FIRST time… it couldn’t hurt.
- Stool Specimens (Part 3)
- Stool Specimens (Part 2)
- Stool Specimens
- Pet Wellness Exams
- Blood in the Urine…One thing I forgot to mention
- What kind of dog is this?
- Which test should you do first?
- Von Willebrand’s Disease
- Senior Care/Geriatric Workups, Part 3: “He’s been so healthy until today.”
- Senior Care/Geriatric Workups, Part 2: The Checklist
- Senior Care/Geriatric Workups, Part 1: Old Age is not a disease.
- Complete physical exams
- Recurring bladder problems.
- Blood-Bronchus Barrier
- How pregnant IS she?
- Gender Confusion
- Pet Adoption Pitfalls
- Bloody Urine Strikes Again
- How much testing is enough?
- Category: Ear Problems
- Category: Explanations
- Fasting for 12 hours before anesthesia
- Why didn’t my comment show up?
- Dog still tests positive after heartworm treatment
- Specialists versus Renaissance Man versus Insect
- How Tight Should a Collar Be?
- First Aid for the Poisoned Pet
- What is a safe anesthetic?
- Normal Birth in Dogs
- Normal Pregnancy in Dogs
- Is there a good alternative to Immiticide treatment?
- Seizures – Why? Is it time to start medicine?
- How I Bought a High-Class Dog
- Why cats “sharpen” their claws
- Safe Outdoor Temperatures for Dogs
- Rabies Quarantine Times
- When is it “time” to euthanize?
- How much is a teaspoon?
- Fledgling birds
- The worst pitfall in pet adoption.
- Blood vessels are slippery for a reason.
- Why we don’t feed bones to dogs.
- Second opinions via the Internet
- Interesting Cases
- Lock up your iodine.
- Heat Stroke in Dogs
- Health Certificates
- You should spay your dog while she’s young and healthy.
- Looking at the whole picture.
- How to give a cat a pill.
- Dog “Heat” Cycle Basics
- Cat Bathing does not have to be difficult.
- Medical Records are forever.
- Credit given where credit is due.
- Website Update at Kennettvet.com
- Old Yeller Alerts
- Category: Eye Problems
- Consulting a Specialist, Episode 2
- Cataracts in Diabetic Dogs
- Eye problems need attention today, not tomorrow.
- Corneal Laceration follow-up: the saga continues
- Corneal Laceration follow-up
- Corneal Lacerations
- Haws syndrome – the third eyelid is showing.
- Bug-Eyed Dog is Bug-Eyed no more.
- Bug-Eyed Dogs
- Category: Film
- Category: Grooming
- Category: Horse Stuff
- Category: Internal Medicine
- Over-the-Counter Pain Medicines for Dogs? Not so much, no.
- Testimony to Good Nursing Care
- Osteomyelitis in a Toe
- Spay your dog while she’s young and healthy – new episode.
- Diabetic Cat Surprise
- Right-side Heart Failure and Ascites
- Pericardial Effusion
- Kidney failure
- Pyometra revisited
- Heart failure and fluid accumulation
- My first pericardiocentesis.
- Unusual reactions to vaccines and other things
- Parvovirus shouldn’t happen!
- Pyometra
- Treating Congestive Heart Failure
- Dogs with big hearts.
- Category: Inventions
- Category: Music
- Category: Neurology
- Category: Nutrition
- Category: Pain Control
- Category: Parasites
- Heartworm Treatment Decisions
- Horsehair Worms
- What to do now that Immiticide is in short supply.
- AHS offers guidance in face of Immiticide shortage to treat heartworm infection
- Immiticide Shortage Now Under Control… Sort of
- Heartworm Treatment Drug Shortage Update
- Heartworm Treatment Drug Shortage
- Could I just give preventive medicine, instead of treating my dog for her heartworms?
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 6 of 6
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 5 of 6
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 4 of 6
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 3 of 6
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 2 of 6
- Are Heartworms getting worse? A Seminar: Part 1 of 6
- More Heartworm Questions
- Ticks in winter?!?!
- DON’T Stop the treatment too soon.
- Comfortis + High-dose Ivermectin = Adverse Drug Reaction
- ProHeart-6 Update – more caveats (and how, brother!)
- ProHeart-6 Returns, with caveats
- First parasites of spring – fly-bites, mosquitoes and ticks.
- Heartworm preventive medicines may not be 100% effective.
- Too fat to scratch
- Heartworms just keep on coming.
- When to De-worm
- Problems with Heartworm Treatment
- Ectoral Time Capsule
- Advantage washes off.
- Localized Demodecosis
- Demodectic Mange
- Zoonotic Ectoparasites
- Mosquitoes in December.
- Worm Pills
- Arecoline for Tapeworms? No.
- Category: Podcasts
- Category: Products
- Category: Reproduction
- Category: Science
- Category: Side-Bar
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Scout Quest 100 and The Roping Ranch
- Hiatus
- Blair Mobley joins the Peace Corps
- 100 Years of Scouting
- What a difference a year makes.
- Herd Health for the Human Herd
- Fruit of the Ice Storm of ’09
- Incredibly great weather!
- Don’t miss the concert in the park!
- Spring Camporee 2009
- Much needed ride
- Sons of the Western Bootheel in Concert
- Cub Scout Wild West Olympics
- Cowboy songs, coming right up!
- Christmas to New Year’s – lots of living, not much blogging time.
- Parade of American Music
- Nordic Track Repairs
- My truck is out of balance.
- Fencing Lesson
- Fall Camporee
- Rest in peace, Mac.
- Back in the Saddle again – almost
- Great week at Scout Camp
- Fourth of July Gala 2008
- Off to Camp
- Twenty Years of Municipal Band
- When I grow up…
- Long-time Scouter
- Bad decisions and minor consequences
- On my honor…
- A beautiful day for a much-needed ride.
- In Memoriam: Martha Locke Wallace-Masters
- Wildcat Ridge Scout Adventure
- Did you ever have a Tarzan swing?
- Navy Band comes to Kennett
- Wednesday Music Club
- Back in the saddle (for a day)
- Scouting does not “rain out”.
- Christmas spirit, in spite of myself
- Happy Thanksgiving
- End of Daylight Savings Time again
- Airport security doesn’t understand Luddites
- Back from EPCOT
- I wear many hats.
- Max Mobley makes the Guinness Book of Records
- Scout Court of Honor
- Living versus being entertained.
- July Fourth Celebration at the Mobleys
- Municipal Band’s 19th Season
- Concert in the Park
- More Wild West Pictures
- Wild West Arts Convention 2007
- Mobley Brothers Wild West: Part 2
- Donkey Basketball
- Wonderful ride today.
- Spring thoughts.
- The Little Gentlemen
- Five-mile hike with the Scouts
- Another fine day
- Bolthouse Farms Berry-Boost
- End of an era.
- Thoughts on the Klondike Derby
- Rhinestone Ropers and Mobley’s Wild West
- Wood Badge Reunion
- Scouting Musical Chairs
- Motorcycle 10, logic zero
- Legend of Lost Kiwanis Gold
- More Christmas Eve
- Christmas Eve at the Presbyterian Church
- Indian Summer returns
- Different kind of Thanksgiving
- No grunting in the gym, please.
- Spamalot
- Indian Summer’s Ride
- Flying Scout Trip
- Another Fine Day
- Beautiful day for Scouting
- Bid’s Birthday Bash
- A Game with a Purpose
- Off to Camp again
- Riding through Cotton
- Terrific Day for Scouting
- Coming attractions
- Cotton candy, car exhaust and defoliant
- As they say, “Priceless”
- Father knows best…
- Great Day for Riding
- Category: Specialists
- Category: Strange Beliefs
- Foie Gras Controversy
- Nature heals, we just help.
- Doggles (Dog goggles)
- The Power of Negative Thinking
- Finding lost pets.
- Whoa! He didn’t like that!
- Space-Age Poop Scooper
- Dogs eat poop.
- Dogs and Muzzles
- Heart Attacks in Dogs
- Buying a Pet? Get the Paperwork.
- Long Distance Diagnosis is Tricky.
- Lassie, the Wonder Dog
- Weird-looking Dogs
- A dog’s mouth is cleaner than…
- Category: Surgery
- Category: Toxins
- Snake-bites and Facial Swelling
- My dog has been poisoned!
- Rat Poison Scare
- Pet Food Recall – “Special Kitty” is special in a new way.
- Pet Food Recall rises from the dead.
- Pet food recall, but not such a big one.
- Lead paint in dog toys.
- Pet Food Recall Rises from the Grave
- Pet Food Recall rises from the grave.
- Chocolate Overdose
- Pet Food Recall – just a tiny one
- Pet Food Recall versus Godzilla
- Pet Food Recall rears its ugly head again.
- Pet Food Recall: Just when you thought it was safe to go near the water
- Son of the Pet Food Recall Returns
- Pet Food Recall, Nasty food preservatives, and the Everlasting Bagel
- Son of the Pet Food Recall
- Pet food recall, anyone?
- Pet food recall continues:
- One more Pet Food Recall
- Pet Food Recall Update…again…and again
- Your daily pet food recall update
- EVEN MORE Pet food recall info.
- Pet Food recall continues
- Recall of Hill’s M/D
- More Pet Food Recall Info
- Rat Poison
- Antifreeze poisoning
- Category: Trauma
- Broken nose is healing fast.
- Cat Bite Abscesses Revisited
- Crushing Injury’s Fabulous Follow-up
- Fractured Jaws – Dizzy’s Story – Part Five
- Fractured Jaws – Dizzy’s Story – Part Four
- Fractured Jaws – Dizzy’s Story – Part Three
- Fractured Jaws – Dizzy’s Story – Part Two
- Fractured Jaws – Dizzy’s Story – Part One
- Sinus Fracture
- Crushing Injury with Bite Wounds – a diary with a happy ending.
- Dislocated Hips
- Fan-Belt Kitty, Day 36
- Fan-Belt Kitty, Day 21
- Fan-Belt Kitty, Day 11
- Fan-Belt Kitty Follow-up, Day 9
- Cool weather puts cats in your car engine. Check under the hood.
- Christmas Decoration Hazards
- Cat-bite Abscesses
- Crushing Injury Evolution
- Cuddles beats the odds.
- Use “break-away” collars for cats.
- Head Trauma
- Dogs swallow needles.
- A Crushing Injury
- Hip Dislocations
- Proptosed Eye = Eyeball out of socket
- Bruising on pets may be hard to see.
- Steel shot is for waterfowl, not dogs.
- Dogs running loose
- Falling dog rises again
- Falling Dogs
- Walk carefully with a new puppy.
- Frankenbutt
- Buddy made it.
- Stay out of the road, Buddy.
- Triage
- He don’t need anything for pain.
- When pets get hit by cars
- Category: Uncategorized
- Fireworks are more fun for people than for pets.
- People Helping Pets this Christmas
- After the Puppies are Born
- The Fur-Ball Tree Returns
- Thinking about poisons and your pet.
- Is this your Border Collie?
- Presbyterian Church Bazaar on Sept. 11
- Heartworm Treatment Review
- Fly Bite Dermatitis on Dog Ears
- “Puppy Shots”
- New Computer Software at the Practice
- Herd Health for the Human Herd – Update
- Scouting for Food
- Ear Tumor Problems
- Is this blog neglected? Well, Yes… and No.
- Give me the ball… ALL of it!
- Ice storm blog
- Too cold for dogs? Cats? Penguins?
- Category: Urology
- Category: Very Special People
- Category: Wound Care