The challenge of choosing and naming pets
Veterinary Pet Insurance company just released their list of top pet names for 2010.
Visiting vet: The importance of the MRI
The dog in the video is leash-walked by a young woman in scrubs.
When topical irritations indicate real problems
Who can resist a basset hound? Those outrageous floppy ears, plaintive eyes, and soft, droopy lips? Holden was just such a pup that I had seen recently for a routine physical and vaccinations.
Lucky, the unfortunate Sheltie
Lucky is a middle-aged Sheltie adopted by his current owner from the MSPCA six years ago. Other than minor problems, he seemed a healthy dog.
Eye-popping affenpinschers
The affenpinscher is an adorably funny-looking breed whose German name translates as "monkey terrier.
Saving Camille
They're called the Spanish Virgin Islands — Culebra and Vieques, two small municipalities off the east coast of Puerto Rico.
The elusive pink nose
Zig, a handsome eight-year-old orange kitty, came in for his annual physical and vaccinations.
Tincture of time
Mayflower was a six-pound, nine-week-old rescue puppy arriving on the Vineyard from an animal shelter in Tennessee by way of Rhode Island.
The eyes have it
Glaucoma is defined as an increase in interlobular pressure (IOP) caused by impairment of normal drainage of fluid inside the eye.