Vet P.O.V. Who pays when teeth fly? Five rules for pet bite etiquette from the vet’s POV

It’s not just the simple bite wounds sustained during a brief brawl at the puppy park. It’s also the crushing injuries, the broken bones and the bleeding lungs that are at stake when pets get into it.

The worst cases are fall under the category of “BDLD” (“big-dog-little-dog”) interactions or...

August 27th, 2008 7 Comments

Vet P.O.V. Large animal dreams dashed: "Horsey girls" in veterinary medicine

Ever thought you wanted to be a large animal vet? For a while, I did, too. I was one of those “horsey” girls. You know the ones—played the Pony Club, leased horses in middle school with spare change (or managed to find a way to get their parents to pay for it). They’d do anything for those...

August 27th, 2008 13 Comments