Cats

When I was practicing a lot of people felt embarrassed by questions that they thought were too mundane to answer.  I was always happy and obliging to answer any pet health questions or quell and [...]

September and October are some of the most beautiful times of the year up north.  Down here in South Florida it is akin to the climate seen in the Panamanian jungle.  Enjoy the cooler weather but [...]

Humans come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.  Their eye colors are just as varied.  Genes can be dominant or recessive.  People with blue eyes, such as this author, have a double recessive [...]

Cat bites are one of the most common reasons for people to take their pet to a veterinarian for medical treatment.  Cat bites cross species.  Cats bite other cats.  Cats bite people.  Cats bite [...]

You would think that I would be writing this around Halloween time but this is not about black cats and witches flying off on a broom but to show how varied the animal kingdom is when it comes to [...]

Dogs and cats need sleep as much as humans do.  People without adequate sleep are often irritable and cannot concentrate on a task at hand.  Reaction times are much longer when driving without [...]

One of the biggest complaints that I heard from pet owners was that their dog "stunk".  I guess it has been called doggy odor or worse over the years.  Regardless, dogs that have not been groomed [...]

One of the most frequently seen injuries in animal emergency clinics across the country are pet and car collisions.  They are so common that veterinarians coast to coast use medical shorthand on [...]

Fencing has been around for years.  Before the U.S. population grew by leaps and bounds most fencing was used to protect herds of cattle and other livestock from escape or being stolen by other [...]

Cats are fabulous creatures.  They made up just about 50% of my case load in my Ohio medical practice.  I have heard it all....That:  cats don't have a personality, cats are aloof and want to be [...]