The Dog Zombie

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Making replacement nipples

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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...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Keeping score of kittens

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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)...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Dog training is sexy

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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...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

Shelter makeover: porthole edition

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Yes, that’s a shelter veterinarian using a plasma saw. Shelter veterinarians wear many hats: they are infectious disease specialists, b...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Spaying big things, spaying small things

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You would think that spaying something big would be a lot easier than spaying something small. With something big, you can visualize everyth...
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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Community-based veterinary public health

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My public health class in veterinary school was a revelation to me: veterinarians could prevent problems from happening in the first place ...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

...or you could zeuter the dog, instead

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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...
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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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