WVH Blog
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February Is National Pet Dental Health Month…
Feb 01 2017
Time Protect Your Pet From ‘THE SILENT KILLER’ Through advances in animal health, pets can live a lot longer these days but only if they have healthy teeth and…
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Blog- “Canine Intelligence and ‘Emotional’ Behavior”
Jan 30 2017
People often talk about canine (and feline) “intelligence”; check the internet and you’ll easily locate half a dozen articles describing which dog breeds are the “smartest”. Often, those listed as…
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Blog- “Coonhound Appetites” May 2014
Jan 13 2017
Reba and Rogue, the most memorable pair of coonhounds I ever had the good fortune to know and provide medical care for in my career. They were of the black…
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January is Blood Donor Month
Jan 03 2017
“You are going to save a life today” This is not a statement that many of us hear in our life time. But that can change. By adding your pet…
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Blog – “Schnapps in Belgium” January-February 1982
Dec 16 2016
The “clinical” program at the University of Missouri School veterinary school was somewhat unique. We spent 100% of the first two academic years in the classroom; the final two years…
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Blog – Medical Advances
Nov 25 2016
I graduated from veterinary school in 1982 . . . I know that was a long time ago; my staff members constantly point out that most of them weren’t even…
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Blog – “Guard Dogs, Boston” 1983
Nov 11 2016
The term “guard dog” often has negative connotations . . . snarling, vicious canines as portrayed by Hollywood—often Rottweilers or Dobermans—who are all too ready to attack and bite…
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Blog – “Spaying Belle” November, 1982
Oct 28 2016
“It’s just a spay” . . . how many times have I heard that statement? To set the record straight, spaying a female dog is a relatively (to extremely) difficult…
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Blog – The Making of a Veterinarian
Oct 14 2016
I wasn’t one of those kids who knew veterinary medicine was my career path from the time I was about 10. How did I end up as a veterinarian? The…
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Blog – “Boston Clients” June 1982 – August 1985
Sep 30 2016
Ten days after completing veterinary school, I left my small (rented) farm in Missouri and headed east; toward my first “real” job as a practicing vet in Boston, MA. This…
