The Dog Zombie

Kittens like to nurse on things. It is best to nurse on mom, but orphaned kittens will nurse on other things. A favorite option for many orp...

Last week I worked in a kitten nursery — a small building off of a larger shelter, full of underage kittens (mostly orphans, some with moms)...

Tonight I tweeted: “Dog training is sexy. I wish more people understood how cool it is to train.” And then I thought: but who better than me...

Yes, that’s a shelter veterinarian using a plasma saw. Shelter veterinarians wear many hats: they are infectious disease specialists, b...

You would think that spaying something big would be a lot easier than spaying something small. With something big, you can visualize everyth...

My public health class in veterinary school was a revelation to me: veterinarians could prevent problems from happening in the first place ...

The dog was on his back, sedated on a table. I was not wearing a surgical cap or a sterile gown. I held the first testicle between two fing...