Clients rely on veterinarians and vet techs to teach them how to care for their pets. One day, @KatieJohn173 discovered that some pet owners might need slightly more personal advice. A client asked me to show her how to remove a tick. via GIPHY I went to grab the tick twister and show her. via GIPHY (W)hen I… Read More
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The Ugly Truth About Animal Shelters
An article caught my eye the other day. It told the story of a vet, Jian Zhicheng, who worked at an animal shelter in Taiwan. She had euthanized 700 animals in two years – many of whom were healthy and perfectly adoptable. The fact was there was no space to keep them and no one to… Read More
The Words I Can’t Take Back
“Sometimes I really hate you!” I said to the writhing Dachshund in my arms. He didn’t care. He kept wiggling madly as is his habit when I catch him trying to take off from the yard. Because of his cognitive dysfunction, he sometimes refuses to pee outside. He gets all jittery, tries to run past… Read More
How I Got Past Being a Terrible Person
I have been lucky enough to have survived this field for 14 years. Not only have I survived it, I have been able to keep my passion alive. I wake up every morning knowing I am doing what I love. It wasn’t always this way. There have been several points in my career that I… Read More
5 Ways Raising Dogs Made Raising Kids Easier
Like many animal people, I’ve always felt way more comfortable in a pile of puppies than a pile of kids. They made so much more sense to me. It didn’t stop me from having (and adoring) two kids of my own, but the truth is that sense of unease never went entirely away. I was… Read More
Ask Andy: How Do I Defeat Dr. Google?
Hey Andy, It seems like every day clients are walking in with worse and worse advice they found online. I cringe every time I open the door and someone is sitting there with a huge stack of papers they (or their breeder) printed out from a random website. It’s getting harder and harder to convince… Read More