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"If you're for declawing cats, raise your hand" by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Today over on PetMD’s DailyVet, I’ve penned a post on the subject of declawing and the debate that rages within veterinary medicine over its legal status. As if th ... Read on »

Are canned and kibbled created equal? (The feline dry vs. wet diet debate) by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I tend to talk a lot about kibble-feeding in cats. As in, play catch with the kibble by throwing it across the floor. If you do this often enough, it’ll help whittle awa ... Read on »

Angular and rotational limb deformities: Slumdog has his day in the OR by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I have the best luck. My veterinary surgeon boyfriend holds a rarefied kind of certification human and veterinary surgeons share. It grants him the ability to perform research ... Read on »

Why this veterinarian mourns Gourmet's passing by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Conde Nast has got me pegged. I’ve been a subscriber to Gourmet Magazine on and off for the last twenty years. Vogue is the only fashion rag I’ll actually spend mo ... Read on »

Don’t "Tase" the dog...no matter what Taser Inc. says by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health It never fails. I write a column that mentions a product––no matter how innocently––and the corporations inevitably come out to get me.This time I happ ... Read on »

Bloggers’ rules of order, another Dolittler....and a contest! by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health You’ve heard about the new blogger rules, right?According to the Wall Street Journal...“Under revised rules announced Monday, the FTC will require bloggers and cel ... Read on »

Your pet’s body image...and YOU by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health No, your pet does not have a hang-up about his burgeoning mirror image. She does not hide at home in embarrassment when she could saunter saucily down the street in all her Ru ... Read on »

Dolittler’s weekend news trio: On Vick, the Supreme Court on cruelty and birthday eggs by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health You’ll all be pleased to hear that this week’s string of public policy-related animal rants has come to a close. You’ll have to forgive me as sometimes my mi ... Read on »

On the politics of “rabies tags” and pet licensing (Part 2: The vet police) by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I’m not deputized as an officer of the law and I’m no trained tax collector. I have no desire play either role in the normal course of my veterinary life. And yet ... Read on »

What a B-list celebrity can teach us all about finding our lost pets by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Not having owned a television in 10 years, I’m feeling pretty pop culture deprived lately. So when I heard about a woman who lost her dog to a coyote in the Hollywood Hi ... Read on »

AVMA vs. AVMA over the Pew Commission’s report on industrial animal agriculture by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health There’s a storm brewing in Washington D.C., and it’s nothing to do with the hurly-burly town hall meetings on healthcare reform. While the battle rages in congress ... Read on »

Will swine flu make the leap to pets? by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health In recent history, few viruses have led to the widespread fear that attends the H1N1 epidemic.HIV? It’s not fast-moving enough and the can’t-hit-me-ism that attend ... Read on »

Why I love Adequan for cats and dogs by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health This is not a “testimonial” intended for the commercial betterment of any one brand. It juts so happens that the only version of polysulfated glycosaminoglycans (P ... Read on »

Is pain relief the worst thing that’s happened to hips since hip dysplasia? by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Don’t get me wrong. Here on Dolittler we’re near-fanatical about the use of pain control measures in veterinary medicine. We also spend a significant amount of tim ... Read on »

Cropping the crop and docking the dock: Banfield shuts down its ear crop and tail dock ops by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health When the largest veterinary practice in the world refuses to crop your dog’s ears and dock your pups’ tails, you know the times they are a changin.’Can there ... Read on »

"Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch" and what it means for your food and our animals by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Anyone who knows me even slightly well outside of my silicon and stainless steel-infused professional environments can tell you something not-so-secret about me: I love to coo ... Read on »

Low cost vaccine “clinics” for pets rile the veterinary set by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Would you take your pet to one of those in-front-of-the-supermarket vaccine clinics charging less than your vet does for basic vaccines? You might not. You’re not likely ... Read on »

ChloeStandard answers our pet microchip prayers...but why? by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health We’ve all heard the stats: One in three pets will get lost in his or her lifetime. Only 17% of dogs and 2% of cats make it back home. By some estimates, almost four mill ... Read on »

Referring pets to a veterinary specialist...when he’s your boyfriend by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I refer many of my patients to specialists. I consider them my partners in practice, people who bring more to my patients than I can offer. They’re tools every veterinar ... Read on »

Hip dysplasia (part 3): The real cost of treatment by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Last October I embarked on a series of posts detailing the economics and other mechanics of hip disease in dogs. But somehow life intervened and I only got part 1 and part 2 c ... Read on »

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