The funny thing is they both leave the same thing behind....
"Fat dogs and cats are getting professional help" by Karen Weintraub |
Globe Correspondent, September 01, 2012
The nation’s two obesity epidemics — pet and human — are
tightly entwined....
For cats, “if there’s a fat pad in the abdomen between the back legs,
that cat is overweight,” said Dr. Kathryn E. Michel, medical director
and nutrition professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Veterinary Medicine....
As with people, weight loss for pets is complicated, takes time, and
requires lifestyle changes — mainly on the part of the human....
Many people equate treats with love....
“They want to treat their dog because they believe they’re showing it
love, but they’re killing it with kindness,” said Rebecca A. Johnson,
director of the Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine....
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I'm so sick of the agenda-pushing guilt trips, folks. I'm sorry.
I'm so sick I need to call a vet:
"Veterinarians’ house calls are on rise" by Sue Manning |
Associated Press, August 22, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Two kids, two pets, two jobs, too much.
That is how it felt to Erin McCarthy when it came time to drag her
cat and puppy to the veterinarian. So she jumped on a recent trend among
veterinarians and called the vet to her.
House calls are becoming more commonplace among the country’s 85,000
veterinarians, said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M
University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the American
College of Veterinary Behaviorists.
It has been a life-saver for McCarthy, whose cat Duke was so afraid
of the vet he had to be tranquilized to get there. When he was joined by
a Shih Tzu puppy, Pooch, McCarthy found a vet who makes house calls,
Elisabetta Coletti.
McCarthy also has made liberal use of text messaging when a house call is not necessary, she said.
‘‘When Pooch ate a Peppermint Patty last week, she was there with
instant advice that got us through the night,’’ said McCarthy, a teacher
in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The trend is a return to tradition, Beaver said: ‘‘We used to call them farm calls.’’ While the vet was
visiting to care for cows, horses, and other livestock, he would take care of the family dogs and cats, too, she said.
‘‘House calls used to be the bread and butter part of our business,’’ agreed Dr. Margarita Abalos, a vet in Los Angeles.
Then clinics and hospitals, where X-rays could be taken and surgeries performed, became the norm.
Now house calls are making a bit of a comeback, at least in bigger cities and higher income areas, Abalos said....
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