WVH Blog

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…