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Shawn M. Finch, DVM
Happy Heartworm-Free May!
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 09:11 PM
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Actually we have had two cases of heartworm disease this spring, which is really discouraging. Another sobering fact - last year Banfield Pet Hospital diagnosed over 5000 cases of heartworm disease! I did not hear how many cases were treated or how the dogs did, but FIVE THOUSAND! Granted, there are 750 + Banfields across the country, but that is still so many for a disease that is 100% preventable. As a community of pet people, we can do so much better. The number...
Happy May Day!
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 09:13 PM
To all of the Pet Savers in Omaha and beyond
Thank you for all you do to help pets!
I think that you are great.
Happy May Day!
Book Reading Project Summary
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 04:04 AM
In the July 2010 edition of Veterinary Economics, Tom McFerson wrote an AWESOME article called 25 Books for Your Summer Reading List. I have finished the list! Woo! What a fun project.
I decided to take the project one step further and review the books I loved. It is much easier to criticize a book than invest several months or years into actually writing one, so that is why I decided to only review the ones I loved and could give
Five Stars!
Here are links to the reviews of my favorites
...
Skills for Communicating with Patients
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 03:04 AM
Skills for Communicating with Patients, Second Edition
by
Dr. Jonathan Silverman
Dr. Suzanne Kurtz
Dr. Juliet Draper
Five Stars!
This has been the most helpful book I have read from the Veterinary Economics 25 Books List. It is an excellent communication book written for MDs, though the authors have worked with veterinarians too, which I thought was cool.
It is a medical school textbook, and it took me FOREVER to read! SO worth it though. And I am pretty sure I drug my heels a bit in finishing it,...
Book Reading Project Bunny Trails
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 05:04 AM
The self-assigned Read Every Single Book on the Veterinary Economics 25 Books List Project was so fun that I read the last two books really slowly because I did not want the project to end. Then I realized that between friends and family loaning, giving and suggesting books, books the authors of the books on the lists recommended, and books I found in hunting down all twenty five books, I have an ENDLESS list of books to read this year! Yay!
I wanted to list as many as possible in one place....
The Complete Cat’s Meow
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Wednesday April 27th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
The Complete Cats Meow
Everything You Need to Know about Caring for Your Cat
by
Darlene Arden
Five Stars!
I LOVE this book! For all the wrong reasons
The cover (by which, as you know, I judge a book) is GORGEOUS! The beautiful model is not Max the Cat, but he sure could be
(Surprisingly, Max has never modeled professionally.)
I love the picture on the back of a cat licking his paw. And of course, I love the picture of Darlene and her beautiful Aimee Cat. Of all the many books I have read this year,...
Princess Gerbil
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Wednesday April 20th, 2011 at 06:26 PM
Princess was the fifth of our five pets to pass away this past year. I feel as though she has had to wait in a long cosmic line to be mourned (not that she even knows or would care - I assume she is dancing in heaven, eating sunflower seeds and such) as I am still processing the passing of the other pets.
No one died young, and none of the deaths were related. We just had some pretty old pets (except Ebony Dog, who was only nine - I feel as though someone owes me five years of Ebony Dog time,...
Weird Stuff Pets Eat
from Shawn M. Finch, DVM
on Monday April 18th, 2011 at 07:38 PM
I have some pretty major issues surrounding the story I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. It is worse than Rock-a-Bye Baby! Saying that is a kids story is like saying The Grimms Brothers Fairy Tales are for kids. Who screens these things??
Recently, two seemingly unrelated and pretty routine (as far as my life goes) events occurred. One of my Very Favorite Kids asked me to read him a story in Sunday School. Later in the week, I did a pretty cool surgery.
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