Saturday, September 25, 2021
Meet Dog X: What would you do?
Simple Questions May Be the Hardest
Canine Rabies Imported into Canada from Iran
Kennel Cough Vaccination in Dogs: Human Health Risk?
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Meet Dog X: What would you do?
9/17/2021
I took an oath to protect animals and Frank was in (some) danger.
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Death Under Anesthesia
9/10/2021
The shelter patients I'm talking about are far from young and healthy
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Simple Questions May Be the Hardest
9/3/2021
The ability to euthanize has been a blessing and at other times a curse
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Canine Rabies Imported into Canada from Iran
8/20/2021
The dog was imported on July 1 and started showing signs of rabies on July 11
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Kennel Cough Vaccination in Dogs: Human Health Risk?
8/13/2021
People with cystic fibrosis should avoid exposure to live veterinary bacterial vaccines
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Standards of Care: A Moving Target
8/6/2021
We live in a litigious society and no one has a standard of care that can be easily defined
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Pets and Evacuation Planning
7/30/2021
Anyone, anywhere can be affected by a natural (or unnatural) disaster
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An Open Letter to My First Patients
7/23/2021
Each of the earth's critters is still a little patient
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Would You Bet Your Life on Pretty Sure?
7/16/2021
Will he get rabies and die terribly because he didn't do anything when he had the chance?
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COVID-19 and Animal Visitation Programs
7/9/2021
What’s the risk of animal visitation programs? People.
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Animal Victims of the Human Opioid Crisis
7/2/2021
Pets and veterinarians are occasionally being used as pawns
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Cheating Isn't Winning
6/25/2021
What meaning does winning have if you have to cheat to get there?
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Purchasing a Puppy? Buyer Beware
6/18/2021
Puppy Lemon Laws outline the options for the buyer of an ill puppy
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Confessions of a Needle Weenie
6/11/2021
Oh, the irony of a tattooed veterinarian blanching at having blood drawn
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Diagnosing Diabetes with My Feet
6/4/2021
The sooner treatment is started, the sooner things will improve
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Sit. Stay. Listen. Training the Owner to Train the Pet
5/28/2021
“I cannot undo in 30 minutes what you have not done for 6 months.”
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Pandemic Pets
5/21/2021
For some people, the love was temporary, like a summer fling
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When Should I Spay or Neuter My Pet? It’s Complicated
5/14/2021
The answer "When should I spay/neuter my pet" is "It depends"
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Language Matters: The False Dichotomy of Kill/No-Kill
5/7/2021
Shelters are not “kill” and “no-kill.” They are “open admission” and “limited admission.”
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SARS-CoV-2 in Animals: Another Update
4/30/2021
Infection of cats and dogs isn't rare, but severe disease is
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Children of Veterinarians
4/23/2021
"Ms. Kinder, there's dog feces in the sandbox," said the young Claire.
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A Lot Can Happen in a Year: Musings on the VCPR
4/16/2021
Treating a pet without a valid VCPR can land a veterinarian in a hot kettle with the licensing board
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Are You an Aptronym, Too?
4/9/2021
Hi, I'm Dr. Woolf, like the animal
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Keep the Easter Bunny Out of My ER: Avoid these Easter Pet Hazards
4/2/2021
Eating lilies can kill cats within 1-2 days
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Veterinarians' Perfectionism Can Drive Suicide
3/26/2021
I'm a perfectionist, and I'm trying very hard not to be