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Sep 19 2020
Behavior Changes and Covid
Our pets during COVID It’s easy to see, everywhere around us, the effects of our current pandemic on humans. Practically every emotion from depression, to anger, to hopeful- or hopeless-ness….
Mar 23 2020
COVID, CRAZY STUFF, AND QUARANTINE
I’m sitting in my office, looking outside at the beautiful weather, of course this was on Saturday and Sunday before the snow on Monday, and I think to myself it…
Dec 05 2019
No Kill Shelters – Are they increasing animal suffering?
No Kill Shelters– It is not all roses. So let’s take a look at animal shelters. They can be public or private, kill or no kill. I personally am…
Nov 07 2019
We really need a law for that ?
Mahatma Gandhi Today, in the New York Times is an article that describes how the Senate unanimously passed a bill that would make the torture of animals a…
Oct 04 2019
Let’s Talk Ticks
With the approach of the cooler weather we thought it would be appropriate to discuss ticks and tick prevention. Everyone that lives in the Hudson Valley is aware of ticks…
Aug 29 2019
Traditional Chinese Medicine
In this edition of our blog we will begin our look at Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine(TCVM). TCVM, in a nutshell, is a system of diagnosis and treatment that relies…
Jul 17 2019
Quality of Life Part 5: The process of euthanasia
In the past blog posts, we have examined determining quality of life (QoL) and trying to improve it. Unfortunately, there are times when we are unable to help our…
May 29 2019
Quality of Life Part 4
In previous posts we have looked at determining quality of life (QoL) and improving quality of life, in this post we will examine some of the emotional issues…
May 12 2019
Quality of Life Part 3
So far we have tried to define Quality of Life (QoL) and we have looked at some scales to help us evaluate QoL, this post we will examine improving QoL. …
Apr 24 2019
Quality of Life – Part 2
In this installment we will look at some of the ways to evaluate quality of life (QoL). Because our patients, your pets, can’t speak to us, we have to find…
