Sounds Like an Easy Job

By Dr. Donald Walsh

When I graduated from Veterinary School, I had been prepared to treat sick and injured animals.  Veterinary students were not really trained to know how to run a business or deal with many other tasks which we would eventually be asked to perform.More...

The Colonel

By Dr. Donald Walsh

Col. M. C. was a client who had served in the Army just after World War II.  He spent a great deal of time in Japan and had ridden with the cavalry.  In his youth he had played polo.  Now retired, he lived in the city and spent weekends in the country.  He owned four horses and boarded five other horses for friends on his 250 acre farm.  More...

Donkeys are Different

By Dr. Donald Walsh

It was much further away than I normally went on calls, but the woman had sounded desperate.  She and her husband were leaving the next day for a long trip and they had gone to their country place to check on things.  They had discovered one of their donkeys was down and could not get up.  When I arrived she told me their caretaker had not reported the donkey was down, but it was possible he had not noticed as it was in a remote spot on the property. More...

What You Give Comes Back Many Times

By Dr. Donald Walsh

          

I always enjoy telling this story to young vets, because it is a good lesson about life. More...

Next Appointment

By Dr. Donald Walsh

Jack was a 25 pound Beagle who knew lots of things.  He lived in town but he was like many dogs in the hound group—he loved to follow his nose.  Hounds’ noses are such scent detectors that they often forget boundaries and tend to stray from home.  Jack’s nose had led him across the street where he had been hit by a car.  His owner brought him to the hospital and after some x-rays were taken it seemed Jack had luckily survived his encounter with the car with only a broken leg. More...

The Downer Cow and An Important Meeting

By Dr. Donald Walsh

It was March and spring was just around the corner, but you sure didn’t know it this day.  It had been cold and rainy all day and I was looking forward to finishing the evening’s small animal hours and going home to dinner.  At five minutes before close, a call came in from “Ed”.  He told me he had bought some pregnant cows a few weeks ago and that one of them had calved and was having trouble.  I asked for more details but Ed said he was not home, that the man who was feeding had called him and that he had no more information.  He said the man would wait for me to arrive because Ed could not meet me because he had a very important meeting he had to attend that night. More...

           

A Horse Named Tumor

By Dr. Donald Walsh

As I drove up to Margo and Jack Cottner’s stable I was greeted by their enormous group of dogs. Between 30 and 40 dogs of all breeds lived on the property and they all loved Margo. More...