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I must admit that I am often in despair over how reluctant pet owners can be about utilizing pharmaceuticals. Sometimes, it’s for a legitimate reason: there’s a bout of hand-to-hand combat with each dose or a daily manhunt to locate that wily pet buried deep in his...

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...

If you have some experience with hair mats, you know their capacity to frustrate and infuriate pet owners and pets alike. Certain breeds are predisposed to this condition because of their coat length and hair texture. The mat itself is a dense blob of fur, and...

Screwworms are coming to the U.S. and traveling at an alarming rate to get here. In fact, the journey from their one-time prison in Panama is 95% complete. They will come into the U.S.—it’s only a matter of when. Despite their Latin name hominivorax, which means “man...

Every health professional is destined to spend a certain amount of time reviewing someone else’s work. When a patient has sought help elsewhere before coming to my clinic, conversation in the exam room often revolves around a laundry list of the previous doctor’s...