Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Happier Day
Well today had some happy moments. The girl who lost her young basset last week came in with a new basset puppy. Unfortunately it is sick. She got it from the pet store. I wish she hadn't done that. All the puppies that come from the pet stores are unhealthy. Most come from puppy mill type...
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Should have spayed her.
I cant believe how many times every year I see animals suffer needlessly. An example of this is when cats and dogs get breast tumors. We saw it again today, a beautiful german short hair, an older lady but she has a few years yet. She has huge breast tumors. Because of her age and the hardship a...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Antifreeze
Bad time of the year for animals. Cold is setting in and all the old animals are starting to hurt. The feral animals don't have warm places to stay or enough food. And water is running short. When this happens animals start looking for water everywhere. Antifreeze becomes a big problem. Although...
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Wobbler's Syndrome
Today was another sad day. Man!! we are having a lot of those lately. We had to put a young tan and black great dane to sleep today. He was a gorges, gentle and happy dog. Danes tend to have short life spans any way because they are such large dogs. The bigger the dog the shorter the life span. It...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Strange couple of days
The last two days have been strange some how. I don't know how to explain that, we just didn't have the natural flow. We seem to be having to put a lot of animals to sleep lately. That usually starts in Dec. when it gets cold. Yesterday was sad because there was a little girl involved. She was...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
A chance to give back
Today started with a migraine for me, so I didn't get to work until 10 am. Our first appointment was a sick old kitty. I felt bad because the owner was the lady that lost her greyhound last week. She had lost another greyhound a few months ago. It has been a heart breaking year for her. Her dear old...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
It was a monday.
We started out the day with two things of the schedule. Well we managed to stay busy all morning. One thing after another came in. All pretty simple. We had a poor kitty that torn her cruciate ligament in her knee. Surgery is an option but I don't know if they will do that or if they will cage rest...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Cats and Drugs
When your cat is injured you will do anything to help. Understandable your cat is your baby and your friend you want to do anything to help. Your first concern is pain. Do not give ibeprofen, advil, aspirin, tylonal etc to your cat. Cats systems work differently from ours. They process meds...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Heads up for Halloween
Just a heads up for Halloween. It is unfortunate that such a fun holiday can be so hard on our pets. People do some sick things. So for the month of October my animals are all supervised and my cats are kept in at night. During the day I watch them like hawks. So keep your friends safe and have a...
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Friday, October 10, 2008
A Day for Dentals
It was a nice day really. We didn't lose anyone that always makes the day good. Everybody had dental issues today. We had two dentals scheduled. Then a cat came in with a swollen face, bad tooth, had to go. Next we examined a cat with a upper raspatory infection, well when we looked at the teeth it...
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