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What You Shouldn’t Feed Your Animals, or a Big List of Poisonous Foods,...
While at the vet clinic yesterday morning, a lovely woman brought in her six-month-old dog. He had been fine up until that morning, being a dog and doing normal puppy things, but suddenly he’d started...
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Listening Is the Hardest Thing, or Practical Advice in Making Difficult...
In August of 2011, just after my 39th birthday, I took our dog Muddy to the oncologist. She had this weird, fast-growing tumor between her toes, and I didn’t like the looks of it one bit. My...
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A Shameless Plug for the Local Guy, or How to Count ‘dem Bones
My parents’ pack of canine comedians–Pearl, Ruby, Bob, Mattie, and the part-time Zeke–are big fans of the following: daily hikes, dog beds, dog toys, biscuit time, and chewies. Dog hikes…Mum is really...
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My Funny Valentine, or Why We Choose Unconditional Love
Valentine’s Day, while lovely, makes me think of overpriced flowers, toothpaste-flavored hearts, and the fact that we wind up eating tacos for dinner because neither Joel nor I thought to make...
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Moving On, or Why Ruby and Pearl Stare at Cats
Ruby and Pearl have a weird habit: staring at cats. Dad braved the hullabaloo in the garage to snag me these action-packed photographs. Fortunately, the two garage cats in this particular stare down,...
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Lost and Found, or Making It Easy for Your Animal to Find You
One of the lovelier aspects of Facebook is that I get to see posts from friends, showing me their children, their lives, and the animals that enrich their lives. But Facebook also has a downside: loss....
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Surviving the Dog and Cat Days of Summer
To help your animal get through the longest, hottest months of the summer, Bridger Vet is running a special on small-animal dentals. For August only, all small-animal dentals are $110, including...
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Read ‘Em and Weep, or Why Reading Is Going to the Dogs
I’m something of a sucker for a good info graphic, anything that visually presents much-needed info in as little real estate as possible. Lately I’ve been seeing some very good–and very shocking–info...
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The Things We Say, or Talking to the Animals
Many years ago, back when Joel and I still lived in Illinois, our friend Jasmine came to visit. We’d met Jas at my friend Wendy’s wedding in South Africa in 2004, and Jas stopped off to spend some time...
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A Dog’s Will, or What I Wish for Christmas
A few days before Christmas, a longtime Bridger Vet client sent me this card via the clinic’s Facebook site. I cried when I read this. Truth be told, I cry every time I read it. Heck, I’m crying now....
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Why Ketamine Matters
Doc Randall the Elder (still better known to me as Dad) is down visiting for a few days. While making breakfast for the two of us this morning, he started talking about ketamine. Dad asked me if I’d...
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What You Shouldn’t Feed Your Animals, or a Big List of Poisonous Foods,...
While at the vet clinic yesterday morning, a lovely woman brought in her six-month-old dog. He had been fine up until that morning, being a dog and doing normal puppy things, but suddenly he’d started...
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Distemper Diagnosed in South-Central Montana
Distemper in the local area Bridger Vet Clinic would like their clients to be aware that distemper has been diagnosed in the town of Bridger in a raccoon that was found showing symptoms in the local...
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