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The vision thing

Centuries of domestic breeding have resulted in cats and dogs that come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and...

Nailed it

The poor dog hobbles in with her front paw dangling off the ground, swaddled in a sock drenched in blood. It was all...

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It’s a rare week that I don’t see at least one dog or cat with Toxocara, commonly referred to as roundworm. It’s...

The tangled reality of...

I’ve always been a sound sleeper. Garbage trucks? Thunderstorms? Please. But the low, glugging sound of my cat...

Scooby deux

It was a trivial bit of celebrity news, but it evoked conversations I’ve had with clients in the past, and probably...

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So you’ve got a happy new puppy scampering around the house, and all the joy that goes with him. Your days are...

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My client is in tears as she carries her standard poodle into the lobby. There was no appointment because the problem...

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From hookworm to heartworm, our pets can shelter no shortage of creepy crawly horrors. But few are as renowned as the...

Using DNA to test your...

She’s such a delightful dog, and you were lucky to find her at the shelter that day. But what exactly is she? Her...

Generation gap

My patient, a 12-year-old Labrador, is showing his age. Arthritis has settled into those old bones, and he’s not as...