Archive for the ‘General Musings’ category

I’ve made it clear to most people reading this blog that I don’t agree with the way most other veterinarians vaccinate dogs and cats.  They give too many too often, and their entire preventative care plan revolves around vaccinations.  This awful cycle begins as soon as puppies are born.  Unfortunately I [...]

Can’t buy me love

April 29th, 2010

Hi everyone! I know I haven’t written in a while -that wasn’t by choice.  I’ve just been terribly busy.  Since I last updated this blog, my hospital passed it’s AAHA accreditation evaluation -a distinction held by less than 15% of animal hospitals in the U.S.  We are also about to start a major construction project, [...]

Score one for the good guys.

January 28th, 2010

The following article was sent to me by a client this morning.  Good to finally hear that action is being taken against some of these people…

Cuomo Busts Puppy Salesmen

By BARBARA LEONARD
MINEOLA (CN) – Queens-based pet dealers use bait-and-switch tactics to sell unfit dogs, and violate

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I had this conversation with a friend of mine last week.  He owns a local dog training company.  No, that’s an understatement. He owns and operates the largest dog training company in the New York Tri-State area.  Since the collapse of the economy, his business has suffered –not because dog don’t need to be trained, [...]