Ever wondered what it would be like to drive a truck from one vet hospital to another picking up black bags full of dead animals? Perhaps you'll think me a tad macabre, but I often do.

What must go through the mind of the Led Zepplin-playing, unmarked-truck-driving man as he hoists the bags, empties the freezers and ensures that everything is labeled for the correct kind of disposal? And how...

Perhaps it’s time I addressed this issue (again!), since so many of you are experiencing the same kind of storms I’ve been trying hard to sleep through for the past couple of nights:

Yes, it’s thunderstorm season. Yes, it’s great for your garden. And yes, it sucks for your thunderstorm-phobic dog. 

She may take flight to the closet, bathtub or bed. He may quake and quiver by your feet. She...

The AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) is by far the largest professional organization for veterinarians in the US. It represents most veterinarians in this country, whether we practice on pets or swine or spend our days in a laboratory or board room. 

Veterinarian members don’t always agree with the AVMA’s position on any given issue, but we recognize that it’s the best way we’ve...

A month or so ago I offered up a post on the wide variety of veterinarians newly building their second homes on the Internet. In that post I sought to build up the veterinary blogosphere, but I should have been more inclusive. Veterinarians like Dr. Phil Zeltzman are maintaining sophisticated sites that responsibly and clearly address major issues…but they’re not exactly “blogs.”

Dr. Zeltzman...

Here’s an interview with the folks at Vet-Stem and what they have to say on the issue of their new therapy for joint pain in pets:

Q: According to your literature, above all do no harm is Vet-Stem’s mantra in medicine. With that in mind, could you detail the major risks involved in VSRC?

A: In the Vet-Stem process, the animal’s own fat is collected by the veterinarian and Vet-Stem then isolates...

Alex Krooglik is the co-ounder of Embrace Pet Insurance. His company is one of the newest entrants into the pet health insurance marketplace. As part of my pet health insurance series, here I get to ask him anything I’d ever want to know about his company, his business and why he does what he does.

Alex, how did you get into this line of work?

It started with a business plan back in 2003. While...

Last month I wrote an article for the March issue of Veterinary Practice News on the HSUS and its resemblance to PeTA (reference my previous post). In it, I urged that vets who would look to the HSUS’s HSVMA as an alternative to the AVMA might do well to consider otherwise. In response, I received numerous emails offering their point of view on what the HSVMA represents.

Among these came one...