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It may seem like a long time ago for some of us, but to my generation it’s a relatively recent discovery that grapes are poisonous to dogs. It was somewhat of a shock when this first came to light, but the intervening decades have yielded enough data to help you...

You might be surprised at how many animals use the services of a chauffeur. They arrive at the clinic with a human chaperone who is not their full-time companion. That person waits with them until their name is called, guides them into an exam room, and proffers a...

In our last piece, you learned how elevated blood sugar is somewhat like a mob of workers milling around in the street, locked out of their jobs and making trouble while they are not gainfully employed. That’s really damaging to the body of a diabetic patient. Humans...

Folks, there has been a really cool new development in the treatment of diabetes in pets. I’d love to share it with you, but I do feel like we need a little backgrounder on the disease itself. If you have a diabetic pet (it is a very common illness in cats and dogs),...

The biggest obstacle to treating cancer is the fact that it’s made of the patient’s own cells. Medicines are generally geared toward killing foreign things, but a tumor is not a foreign thing. It’s a badly behaved part of the patient’s own body that has somehow...

Folks, we are in some uncertain times right now. We’re all a little frustrated about the amount of information available on this Mystery Canine Respiratory Disease. Here are a few tips on how to make the most of the facts we do have. The news media isn’t a great...

You got it now, right? Your pet may or may not be welcome in a coffee shop or on an airplane, but either way we agree that he does not have the same thought structure as a human being. Even if he is one of these geniuses that predicts seizures or diagnoses cancer from...

Cancer is a sad feature of the veterinary profession. We see many cancers cropping up as our patients age, and they age very rapidly due to their short lifespan of 10-17 years. The rule of thumb for cancer, of course, is that it needs to be removed. If it is located...

This Mystery Canine Respiratory Disease is getting a lot of press right now. I haven’t spent a lot of time looking at mainstream media (preferring instead to focus on the advice of respiratory specialists), but I can sympathize with the anxiety that these reports may...

Because my duty to you, dear reader, is so close to my heart, even the simplest, most obvious premises are subjected to meticulous attention and research. In our previous piece, you were advised that “your pet is NOT a human.” Sifting through the internet for...