Sunday, July 31, 2011

Repost: Learning from Domesticated Foxes

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[This was originally a guest post on The Thoughtful Animal.] Everyone loves reading about the Siberian fox experiment because domestica...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

The ethics of dog breeding: to breed or not to breed?

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It’s challenging to breed purebred dogs well. You have to balance appearance, health, and temperament, and of course by “health” I actually ...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The art of dog breeding: Puppy has two daddies

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Not just every puppy has two daddies. How would it happen? It’s a long story, so stick with me. Let’s say you’re deeply involved in the do...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Neurology rotation

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I just completed my two-week neurology rotation. You might think that, because I love dog brains, this would have been right up my alley. Ac...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

Bringing them back from the edge

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When I was on my small animal medicine rotation a few months ago, I had a patient with bad kidney disease. This little dog was sixteen years...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How to give a horse his eye medications, or, What is an SPL?

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One of my patients on my Large Animal Medicine rotation had a very sick eye, for which he needed approximately 9187346 medications every few...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Shelter medicine externship

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I recently spent two weeks of elective time at a shelter medicine externship at a different vet school. Half the time was spent in academic ...