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Photo by Philippa Rose-Tite on Unsplash What’s in a name? Does it matter to animals what we name them? I was called by a barn manager of a farm in Kentucky about a horse who had been abandoned because his owner was unable to pay his board. To get their money back, the...
When Barbara Czarzasty called me in August, 2004, her 13 year old Springer Spaniel named Patches had been suffering from laryngeal paralysis for four years. One side of her vocal cords were paralyzed, causing shortness of breath accompanied by a loud, rasping sound....
Veterinary Prognosis: She Won’t Survive. Ellie, one of my clients, called me about a dog named Abby who had been viciously attacked by another dog. The attacker had ripped open Abby’s belly and intestines. Even after major surgery, things didn’t look very good for Abby. I was told that the veterinarian had little to no hope for Abby’s recovery. Had Abby also heard this? And if she had, did she accept the veterinarian’s viewpoint as written in stone?
