He was also underweight, a consequence, I suspected, from difficulties with eating due to his dental disease and fractured jaw. He was in rough shape, mostly due to severe dental disease that had destroyed his lower jaw in 2 places. It should give you a good idea of what this little creature looked like the first day we saw him.Ĭrumb came to us almost a year ago. Crumb, I recommend Googling an image of this Star Wars character. The first family member that I’ll introduce is Crumb, or as Kathleen would correct me, Salacious B. Throughout the posts I will try to introduce my furry family as examples of medical issues (including behavioral and training issues) that veterinarians and pet owners deal with on a regular basis. If I can find a way to make it entertaining and education thenĪs I was sitting down to start this initial post, one of my four-legged family members curled up next to me on the couch and gave me the idea for today’s installment. If there are specific topics of interest let me know. I encourage a dialogue which begins with my initial piece but evolves as others share their experiences and thoughts. Why write a blog? My hope is for this blog to be a platform for information related to veterinary medicine using my experiences to help guide a conversation. What would I say? Who would listen? I thought about it for a few days before finally succumbing to the “encouragement” from Kathleen. The last time I spent on focused writing was during my veterinary training and before that my Master’s thesis. I have no experience in writing a blog, or much of anything for that matter. When Kathleen approached me about starting a blog for the new hospital website, my initial response was of course “no”.
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