Archive for May, 2009

Thanks to the folks at Veterinary Technician Schools Online for naming my blog one of the top fifty blogs written by veterinarians. For those of you who are interested in a career in veterinary technology, this website explains online vet tech school options, degrees, programs, and salary, job, and career information. I think I’ll take [...]

The Rosebush, the Trailer, the Dog, the Mail-Lady, and Me If I had edited out all the parts of this podcast with dog-noises, there wouldn’t have been anything left.  In fact, the sight of the recorder now so reliably triggers BeeBee and Ollie to engage in raucous play, I’m thinking about getting a patent on [...]

Out and In Relationships No, this isn’t a podcast about the relationship between animal bellybuttons and the animal’s behavior or some such thing. This is a podcast about the two kinds of relationships people may have with animals: those that come from the outside in and those that come from the inside out. Confused? If [...]

Thoughts While Upside Down in the Rosebushes I decided a few visuals would help, but I had no desire to recreate the fiasco. Instead I took the following from the top of the slope which, I admit, make the it look pretty lame. This one is taken looking down on the tree with its killer [...]

To Relate or Not to Relate This week’s ruminations focus on the famous ethological statement, “To relate or not to relate, that is the question.” Well, not really famous because I just made it up. But the concept comes up so often in seminars and in my mentoring program, it might have a teenier weenie [...]

A (Sorta) Book Review of One Nation Under Dog Years ago a friend, who is as knowledgeable in his field as I am in mine on my better days, and I were discussing books. Our conclusion was that, relative to any particular subject, there are two kinds of books. Those written from the outside in, [...]