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There is a storm brewing in our professional world.  Presently, it is a mere rumbling, but unless something is changed, it soon will be an earthshaking experience. Veterinary medicine has always been a wonderful profession.  I remember many years ago, a young lady client smiled and said, “Oh what a wonderful way to spend your…

I have often heard people say, “A person of character is virtuous.”  I pause and think about that.  If I look at its definition, the dictionary states that it is a person of high moral standards.  Sounds fair enough.  But, I don’t stop there.  If one must be of high moral standards to be virtuous,…

In this moment, there are millions of actions and reactions that are happening in your body.  Some of them you may be aware of, while most of them you are not.  You might be aware of your eyes blinking or your breathing, but you are not aware of your blood and lymphatics circulating throughout your…

Take a moment and look around.  What do you see, hear, feel, smell?  What thoughts are passing through your mind and are feelings coming forward?  You are likely looking around in some room of your house.  You see some furniture, walls, floor, windows, pictures, your pet, your legs, feet and so on.  You might hear…

Place this in your mind and store it in your memory because it is a clinical truth. All anal gland problems are secondary to something else!  Always. When I was in vet school, around the time of Moses, we were told that anal gland problems only happen in small breed dogs because the ducts were…

When I graduated from veterinary college in the early 80’s, specialists were as scarce as hen’s teeth.  Almost all of them were at the vet school hospital or they were scattered in a few major cities.  This basically meant, if I couldn’t do it or I needed technology that I didn’t have, I would send…

Have you ever noticed how people who promote health care use fear as a motivating factor?  Whether it is the recording on the phone at the pharmacy, warning you that it is flu season and that you need to get your flu shot or your veterinarian telling you that your cat needs it leukemia shot…

I was at the bookstore the other day and as I was perusing through the magazine section, I noticed a magazine that had the lead story titled, “What Is In Your Dog’s Mind.” I found that interesting so I picked it up and read a bit, chuckled and put it down. I then noticed that…

In a word, absolutely.  As a matter of fact, almost every dog and cat in America has it.  Unfortunately, it is an illness that doesn’t manifest as a conceptual disease.  Instead, it creates problems that in time manifest as specific diseases. The gut and its associated organs, stomach, liver and pancreas, all work together to…

For the last couple of generations, we have begun to accept the fact that most mutts (mixed breed dogs) are generally healthier than purebred dogs.  This is verifiably the truth.  Unfortunately, for many years, there was a belief in the breeding community that breeding within the breed (pure bred dogs) would maintain desirable breed characteristics…