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Category: Surgery

Declawing Your Cat

Posted on July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 captdrdave.comLeave a commentPosted in Behavior, General, Surgery

Although there are valid reasons for declawing in cats, the decision to declaw should not be made lightly. For obvious reasons, the surgery should not be done on cats that will live outside or that will be living in the presence of other cats that have intact claws or in the presence of other animals […]

Pyometra – unspayed female dogs and cats…

Posted on January 24, 2016February 23, 2016 captdrdave.comLeave a commentPosted in Diseases, General, Surgery

Here I am on my soapbox again. If you own an unspayed female dog, read on: A three-year-old female dog was recently presented to me, flat out and unresponsive. According to the owner she had been “in heat” for the past two months and, although she had slowed down and lost her appetite, she was doing […]

Shipboard wilderness surgery

Posted on October 5, 2015October 29, 2015 captdrdave.com2 CommentsPosted in Cruising, Surgery

Ten years ago, while we were living aboard our sailboat and spending the summer hurricane season holed up in Luperón harbor on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, I was called upon to help a dog belonging to a couple of fellow cruisers who were there with us. The hurricane season turned out to […]

Should I neuter my pet?

Posted on August 28, 2015October 29, 2015 captdrdave.comLeave a commentPosted in Procedures, Surgery

I have previously mentioned that I practice strictly after-hours emergency medicine any more. I find it much more rewarding and a lot less tedious than than regular daytime practice hours. Don’t get me wrong. I did day practice for well over 20 years, nearly 20 years of owning my own general practice in rural Michigan, […]

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