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Infant kidnapped by family dog home and in stable condition

A very relieving happy ending for the Smith family of Kentucky seems imminent, with the release of their infant son, injured after having been carried off into the woods by the family dog. But before expanding on this story and topic of my personal comment on this week’s Pet Chat Radio, a quick reminder of my upcoming appearance on Dr. Arlene Barro’s talk radio...

Florida’s Gentle Giant

Before addressing the main topic of this week’s Pet Chat Radio personal comment and subject of this week’s blog entry, I want to first mention that our special guest this week on Pet Chat Radio is Rob Rosenberg, pharmaceutical sales representative for a large veterinary pharmaceutical company. In my interview with Rob, he shares some very interesting insights into...

Alaska’s Wildlife Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief – Hopefully?

Before delving into my personal comment for this week, I want to remind our readers to listen to this week’s Pet Chat Radio broadcast, which begins with a wonderfully informative interview with master groomer, Heather Shultz, who kindly took the time to offer invaluable insights into the art and career of pet grooming. There is so much more to this profession than most...

Veterinary Technician: The Unsung Hero of Veterinary Medicine

In my personal comment and subject of my blog post today, I would like to expand a bit on my Pet Chat Radio interview earlier with the lovely certified veterinary technician, Melissa Welton. She exemplified just how invaluable technicians are to a veterinary practice from her own personal experience in teh profession. If you have not yet had the opportunity to hear the...

National “Take Your Dog to Work Day” Guidelines

Expanding on a story reported in today’s Pet Chat Radio broadcast, in honor of today’s Take Your Dog to Work Day, MSNBC.com provided 7 Take Your Pet to Work Day don’ts, provided courtesy of Jennifer Fearing, author of the book “Dogs at Work” and mom to 8-year-old Yoda, who dog who commutes with her to work every day. Quoted from the MSNBC website,...

Pig Poop For Energy Independence!!!

In a report by National Geographic, the Netherlands have found a way to further the cause of energy independence and decrease greenhouse gasses by generating electricity from pig feces. Methane-rich pig excrement on a large Netherlands farm is being turned into electricity and partially fed into the national power grid. The farm uses the electricity it needs, and feeds the...

Circus no fun for animals?

In continuance of our report on Pet Chat Radio earlier today, the ongoing debate about the whether the use of animals in circuses is inhumane has once again surfaced as the Carson & Barnes Circus is set to begin a string of performances on several dates throughout Northern California next week. SFGate.com reports that Bay Area and national animal welfare agencies,...

Pet Chat Radio’s First Broadcast

It was decided a while ago that we were going to enhance the interactive communicative aspect of Web-DVM augmenting the blog and message boards with a weekly Internet radio broadcast, Web-DVM’s Pet Chat Radio. The blog especially will now be geared toward expanding on topics presented in the broadcast beginning with my own commentary and continuing with listener/reader...

Incredible But True III

This is a little segment I like write periodically about recent experiences that seem hard to believe. Whether funny, inspirational, despicable, stupid, or miraculous, as incredible as these short stories may seem, they are oh so true. . . Unwilling patient A client picked up a kitten that she saw thrown out the window of a moving car. The kitten amazingly did not seem very...

Lost Cat Found After 3 Years – Because Of A Microchip

Ian and Sarah Hawley had lost their beloved kitty, Kofi, 3 years ago, following his disppearance from their Nottingham, England home. According to a report by British newspaper, Evening Star 24, after 3 years of not having found any sign of Kofi and now living in a different in a different town altogether, Kofi was picked up after having been reported as a stray to the RSPCA...