I renamed her “Hairy, the Pup Who Lived.”
Me to the nervous German Shepherd during his nail trim: Come on! You’re a soldier! A therapy dog! A guide dog!
Abby: Mom, can I dip my chicken nugget in your caramel?
We have a talkative kitty who gets all the cats talking and a howling Husky who gets all the dogs howling.
"This cat has no hair!"
Happy Easter
Looks like I will be paying for your new yacht!
Which one would you like to see first?
I take allergy medication and spray Feliway on myself so my feline patients and I can stand each other.
I had a client tell me she was matching her living room colors to her cat.
Trey and Shonda got into a spray cleaner fight.
If you work at a veterinary hospital and bring an Easter egg as your snack, use a syringe case cap to hold and display it in the fridge.
Palm Sunday is my favorite Sunday at church of the whole year.
It reminded me of when we pulled Cutie the Cuterebra out of Wesley the Kitten.
What am I supposed to say, "Your cat lived a good 14 years?"
Public service announcement from grade school Abby...
I got the call from from the doctor on duty at the Animal Emergency Clinic before I had even left the parking lot after work.
The puppy we had sent over for stabilization and surgery was gone.
She had been treated for cancer, and had been in complete remission for three months. We had all hoped she had been cured. It was such an unusual cancer, none of us knew for sure.
She was six months old when she passed away. I texted the team as they left the parking lot, emailed the other doctor who had helped her and the doctor who had referred her to us, and sat in my car and cried.
On Wednesday March 9, 2015, Amanda and Abby came to shadow at my work. Hannah, Kristen and Erin were so welcoming!
I asked Dr. Bashara in the morning if they could come for the day. "Of course!" he said. He even stopped by and said hi, which was super nice. As he walked into the office, I said, "OhYeah!TheirHairDoesn'tFollowTheRulesStrictlySpeaking!" because I had forgotten that part when I invited them to come.
One day a while back, Rae showed up to work with beautiful rainbow-colored hair, and the next thing I knew, we had a "natural hair color only" rule. It doesn't have to be YOUR natural color, just A natural color. Thanks a lot Rae. You couldn't keep your awesome just a little more to yourself? No, probably not.
Anyways, Pete was very accommodating about the crazy (awesome) hair. As were clients. In fact, it seemed like all our most wonderful clients with the best pets were there that day. I had great day with my kids. I've been able to say it to every shadower from the kindergarten scout groups to the college pre-vet students, and I am so proud to say it to my own kids now..."We had a great day with you! Come back any time!"
This is one of the few pictures on the blog I am leaving in "human vision" colors, because...how great is their hair?? They had to convince me this was appropriate for the school year. I could not think of a good reason it wasn't, and it has been very fun to see their changing creations! The bottom picture is in dog and cat vision.
At the zoo with the elephants! Well...at the same zoo as the elephants.
Vet tech Becky after way too many flea and flea infestation and flea allergy dermatitis cases, "WHY didn’t Noah put Frontline on all the animals??"
