by Stephanie Haun

(Stephanie Haun included this entry in a post on Examiner.com. She's a psychotherapist, violinist...and the mother of Lucky-the-dog and many kitties, all patients of mine.)

Human-animal bond part 1: Serial cat killer in Miami

A serious and dangerous criminal has terrorized the residents of Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay in Miami-Dade County since April. His victims are first,...

by Dr. Phil Zeltzman and Dr. Patty Khuly

You might find this odd, but there’s a whole world of denial out there with respect to aggression in dogs. These are the pet owners who ignore the growls and snarls, live with the snaps or suffer near-misses...and for what?

 

Because they can’t face the reality of what their pet’s aggression might say about their ownership skills?  Likely. Because it...

by Marcy LaHart, JD

[Ms. LaHart is an attorney who practices animal and environmental law in South Florida.]

Like Dr. Khuly, my holiday was sullied by the ugly aftermath of puppies spawned by the pet store/puppy mill industry. On Christmas day I got an email from a woman that had gone to “Crazy About Pets” in Margate, Florida with her girlfriend a few days before Christmas. Her girlfriend...

by Marcy LaHart, JD

[This article is brougt to you by Marcy Lahart, a South Florida lawyer who dedicates her practice to cases where she advocates on behalf of animals. She is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Miami, where she teaches a course on animal law. At Ms. LaHart's request I will be "teaching" one of her course's seminars this spring, hopefully helping law students...

by Marcy LaHart, JD

Lies, Damn Lies and Pet Store Lies

Below are a few whoppers pet store employees will tell you when trying to convince you that you should buy their product :

1.    “Our puppies don’t come from puppy mills.”

Pet stores blatantly deny that their puppies come from puppy mills, and instead assure you that their puppies came from “private breeders” or “reputable commercial...

by Roxanne Hawn

I’ve written about veterinary medicine for both trade and pet outlets since 1995. I originally researched and wrote this feature article for a national veterinary magazine in 2005. It’s a long story why it never ran, but I still find the implications interesting. Since I haven’t had recent contact with the doctor examples, I used Dr. A, B, C, etc. to protect their privacy. The...

by Marc Wosar, DVM, MSpVM, DACVS

Miami Veterinary Specialists

Dr Khuly's note: This great article was intended as an informative piece for veterinarians but I think it works well for anyone whose pet suffers severe ear canal disease. If you find yourself medicating ears for a significant percentage of your pet's life this information is FOR YOU!

Chronic otitis is a common and frustrating disease...

by Bruce Silverman, VMD, MBA

Aside from my title’s familiar allusion to Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now, there certainly is a horror in the animal world to be raising Cain about, of late. 

Actually, it’s more than one horror, and I’m sure many of us can rattle off a good number of them:

• unwanted, neglected horses and the horse-slaughtering operations south of the border;

This coming week I’ll be spaying three dogs whose owner has historically been reluctant to submit her pets to the “barbarity of unnecessary abdominal surgery.” It seems that after searching in vain for the ideal baby-daddy for her three poorly bred bitches she’d finally grown sick of the blood on the fine carpets and high-priced linens.

This is what I’m up against…

It’s like a bad Cinderella...

by Marcy LaHart, J.D.

By sheer coincidence, I had my twice yearly dental cleaning on Tuesday-the same day that I took my 12 year old cat to the vet to have his teeth cleaned. The bill for my cleaning was $115.00. Karma’s was $598.01. This is not really a fair comparison because, unlike me, who white knuckled it through the scraping and polishing, Karma had to be anesthetized. For Karma there...