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2015 was the worst year of my life. (Well, until 2016, but hold that thought.) It started innocently enough, with a series of talks about hospice and OneHealth and how working with death in veterinary medicine made us better equipped to handle other deaths in life, then it ended with the old adage of God… Read More

Pet owners often give veterinary teams great gifts, but @hmbvet received something unexpectedly special. “We had a homeless client with a shaggy dog that had become embedded with foxtails.” via GIPHY  “We sedated the dog, shaved its matts, pulled foxtails, trimmed the nails, (and) gave it a bath.” via GIPHY  “We asked for – and expected –… Read More

The following is an excerpt from the new book Unlikely Companions: Adventures of an Exotic Animal Doctor (or, What Friends Feathered, Furred, and Scaled Have Taught Me About Life and Love by Laurie Hess, DVM with Samantha Rose. “DID I TELL you I found my python?” my intern, Lauren, had asked me. Lauren’s missing ball python, Cecil, had… Read More

This content is sponsored by Petplan.  Ho ho ho, it’s December and you know what that means! Drama in the vet clinic, that’s what. Between the chocolate and the tinsel and the holiday Swiss Colony beef logs that pets never fail to get into, ’tis the season for a variety of surprises we’d be happy… Read More

Having a baby is a life-changing experience for everyone involved, including your client’s pets. Just as they’re preparing for baby’s arrival, their dog needs advance preparation for this big change, especially if their dog has not spent time around children.  With so much incorrect information available via Dr. Google we have to remember that our… Read More

My parents had a black standard poodle named Connie. Connie was short for Lady Constance of Boston Manor. (My parents are British and funny and love dogs.) Like most standard poodles, Connie needed regular grooming at what my mom likes to call the “poodle parlour”. Somewhere along the way, my mom learned that you could… Read More