Michelle Gerhard Jasny V.M.D.
Visiting Vet: Porch histories
Lately I’m trying to go out on the porch whenever I can, to talk to clients in person. That’s right, I’m still practicing curbside....
Visiting Vet: Urgent-care day
“There’s a sick Bernese Mountain Dog coming in with a bloody discharge from her vulva,” my assistant told me first thing that morning. My...
Visiting Vet: Neutering your cat
Achilles, an 18-month-old male cat, was asleep on my exam table. Well, not really asleep. He was anesthetized, and being prepped for neutering. “When...
Visiting Vet: Late-onset dirt eating
When my first child was a year and a half old, we traveled with dear friends to the Caribbean island of Culebra. Our companions...
Visiting Vet: Geriatric care
Next week I am going for my first bone density scan. I think that officially makes me old. This screening is recommended for most...
Visiting Vet: Liquid biopsy
One of my patients is a sweet Great Pyrenees–Bernese mountain dog mix named Sol. His owner recently told me that Sol‘s brother had died...
Visiting Vet: Grill cleaners
I was in my car driving home from a doctor’s appointment, and trying to decide what to make for dinner. The sun was shining,...
Visiting Vet: Tickborne diseases
Last week I saw three lovely dogs, Tulip, Daffodil, and Hyacinth. Tulip and Daffodil were here for annual physical exams, vaccinations, and preventive healthcare....
Visiting Vet: Food allergy
Hey, parents. Remember when your kids were little, and the pediatrician had you introduce foods slowly, one at a time, giving the new food...
Visiting Vet: Poisonous plant exposure
Ah, Spring. Pinkletinks sing. Gardeners plant peas. Easter and Passover are right around the corner. Any day now I will start getting calls about...
Visiting Vet: Foreign bodies
Socks, corncobs, bones, balls, toy soldiers, Play-Doh, Gorilla Glue, needle and thread, ribbon, rubber bands, hair ties, Nylabone chunks, tampons, coins, underwear, rocks, Popsicle...
Visiting Vet: Tail pull
Talk about fur flying! There were literally tufts of hair strewn about when Vincent had a fight with another cat last week. “I didn’t...
Visiting Vet: Tearing the cranial cruciate ligament
By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over. We will know which team triumphed and, I imagine, at least one...
Visiting Vet: PHT in dogs
Winter 1993. My husband and I had rented a house in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for a budget vacation. We had borrowed snowshoes, packed skis,...
Visiting Vet: A stuffy nose, and its many possible causes
Puma is an elderly indoor cat with a case of chronic “snuffles.” That’s just what it sounds like. Intermittent nasal and sinus congestion, and...
Visiting Vet: Does your elder pup have CDS?
I still think about the first time I just could not remember something I knew I should know. I was trying to recall the...
Visiting Vet: Intercat aggression
I was 13, palling around with my friends downtown, when we came across a man dangling a paper bag off a bridge over the...
Visiting Vet: Have a pet-friendly holiday
On Monday, Nov. 21, I took the turkey out of the freezer. OK, I asked my husband Max to do it, but I was...
Visiting Vet: Solensia
When my children were young (boy, that makes me feel old), let’s try again. When my children were younger (that’s better), they wanted kittens....
Visiting Vet: Head tremors
Salty, a 3-year-old medium-size retriever mix, woke up last week and began making a strange bobbing motion with her head. She seemed completely fine...