veterinarians

Mr. Brennan "discusses his education as a veterination and his practice in the animal hospital he founded near Albany, New York. He introduces the reader to a variety of animals and the people with whom they live. Some of the stories are very funny, but no medical practice is without its sad tales. Dr. Brennan makes both sorts of stories come alive, expressing his joy and amusement in the happy tales and his genuine sadness in the stories that end badly for his patients."--Iliana Semmler.

"In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in the wilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, and his magnificent Irish wolfhound, Merlin, step from shadow into light...and into an encounter with mystery. That night, a pair of singular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to make their approach. A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, begins to unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring to her door all the forces of a government in peril. At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come together to begin a descent into darkness...In Las Vegas, a specialist in chaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable...On a Seattle golf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements for murder...Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the past begins a trek toward his destiny..."--back cover.

The candid, unabashed memoirs of a dedicated Southern veterinarian feature a wealth of amusing pet stories as well as the author's shrewd observations about animals and their owners.

Presents a look at twenty-four hours in an animal emergency room. Follows veterinarians, veterinary nurses, and specialists, including anesthesiologists and cardiologists, as they perform emergency healing to small and large animals. Provides color photographs and text capturing the drama of various emergency situations, such as a dog hit by a car, a snake in hypothermia, and a frail newborn foal.

With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill.

"Weekly Reader" pal Buddy takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of a real veterinarian's office to profile the many workers there.

A little boy describes his experience taking his puppy, Sam, to the veterinarian for the first time.

The family of animals at the Bed and Biscuit are expected to welcome and help protect Malicia, a mean-spirited city chicken who tours with a magic show, but all are afraid of her temper and powers. Together, the animals decide to show Grampa Malicia's true nature before she does something truly sinister.