Regular readers of my blog know that even though I retired from veterinary practice three years ago, I’ve remained active in the veterinary community. I still author the bimonthly “The Vet Is In” column for Catster magazine, and I still pop into Dr. Soboroff’s practice, New York Cat Hospital, every now and then to visit him and Dr. Sheheri and…
Arden Moore has been a long-time friend and has devoted her life to animals. I was recently on her podcast, “Oh Behave!” Make sure to catch the episode: https://www.petliferadio.com/behaveep398.html (click the play button on her site) Here’s here SOCIAL to follow along for future episodes and updates from Arden and Pet Life Radio: Twitter Facebook YouTube
ART + AWARENESS = ACTIVISM! Many of you know that I’ve been friends with Brad for 27 years, since he was a little boy. Brad is 41 now, and I have gotten to see him jump into many unique and creative projects using his talents: computer whiz (his company, Ravelong, has been providing growth-hack outside-the-box digital marketing since 2006.). He’s…
Just about 40 years ago, on a hot summer Saturday, I attended one of the best concerts ever. Despite the incredible lineup of performers, it still remains relatively obscure. In the early summer of 1980, I was told about an outdoor concert that was to take place in Toronto in August. Billed as a “Punk Woodstock”, “New Wave Woodstock”, or…
Last week, I read a Washington Post article about how there has been a huge surge in dog adoptions since the pandemic began. According to the article, shelters, rescue groups, pet stores, and breeders are having a hard time keeping up with demand. Rescue groups are getting dozens of applications for individual dogs. People have put themselves on waiting lists…
JOIN CFA EVERY WEDNESDAY ONLINE FOR MEOWY HOUR AT 6PM EDT/3PM PDT JULY 29, 2020Dr. Arnold Plotnick Shares His Tales About Cats Around the World 𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍, 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809871152Or, watch live here on Facebook. <- This is also where all the shows are saved, so you can watch the recorded show any time. 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠Arden Moore, Casey the Pet Safety…
In 2015, I sold my cat hospital, Manhattan Cat Specialists, to a corporation that owns and manages several veterinary clinics. I continued to work at my hospital, however, in June of 2017, I decided to retire from veterinary practice. My hospital continued on, in the very capable hands of Dr. Victoria Sheheri, and my faithful technician Hiromi Karagiannis, who started…
Mission Rabies Ghana, February 2020; what an adventure!! Let’s wrap this puppy up with a blog post. The tentative schedule this morning was: breakfast at 8:00, departure from Lake Bosomtwe at 9:00. I packed my suitcase last night except for the few things I would need in the morning, so I was pretty ready to go. I set the alarm…
There was a feeling of excitement in the air this morning as we all convened for breakfast. Today is the day we wrap up our project. At breakfast, we were assigned our given areas that we were going to cover, and we were also given an important statistic, namely, how many dogs we needed to vaccinate in our area in…
Our assignment this morning was a region named Oyoko. It’s a small farming community, about a 40 minute drive from our base. We had five of us, and Adusei said he was feeling a bit under the weather, so the plan was to split up into two groups. Adusei and I would staff the static clinic, while Charlotte, our driver…
Today was a nice, mellow day. We were assigned a village called Piase. Last year, the static clinic that they set up in this area was very busy. Sure enough, our morning was busy as well, but again, in a very feast-or-famine manner. We’d sit for 20 minutes with absolutely nothing to do, and then three people would appear, one…
Tuesday has always been the most nondescript day of the week, and this applies to Ghana as well, apparently, because today really bordered on being “routine”. I guess I’ve really grown accustomed to things here, because objectively it was amazing as usual. I had an egg sandwich for breakfast, and then went to base camp as usual to load up…
