It’s not uncommon for an owner to request bleeding edge treatment options when a pet’s been diagnosed with cancer. That’s when highly motivated clients with means will do anything to make life more comfortable for their pet—even if it means traveling to another city to participate in [often expensive] clinical trials.

Problem is, most vets aren’t clued into the cottage-y, oncology network...

I never thought myself particularly tacky, but my vanity plate-owner’s staus brings that fuzzy logic into question yet again. Who needs a personalized license plate? Perhaps someone with a less of a penchant for illegal left turns. 

In school I knew this guy (whom we didn’t much admire) with a New York FUT-R VET plate. I know another here in town with FLEAS emblazoned on his bumper. People...