The Dog Zombie

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Dogs and babies

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Today I heard this sad story third-hand: as a baby is crawling away from Grandma’s dog, who has always been fine with him before, the dog wi...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

The cat in the tree

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The skinny little tree was only about 30 feet tall and growing in the middle of a swamp. Recent flooding had surrounded it with water severa...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Links post

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I haven’t been reading many blogs lately, so these link recommendations are pretty old. Still delicious, though.   Who’s your double merl...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

How to spay a cat fast

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Yesterday I spent the day on a spay/neuter trailer. The shelter which owns the trailer sends it out to low-income areas to spay and neuter a...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Working with Sadie

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Sadie was a rambunctious young shelter dog whom I had been assigned to exercise and train. We were working in an auditorium, the best space ...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Being a food animal veterinarian, day 8

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Day 8 was not like the other days. My rotation-mate Delilah and I signed up to spend the day assisting with embryo collection at a farm that...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Being a food animal veterinarian, day 7

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Day 7. Just me and Dr. Gray (my favorite doctor to ride with). He blasted out of the clinic at high speed, announcing that we were extremely...
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Marlborough, MA, United States
Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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