Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain Vet - General Discussion

[LittleIggy]

AP promoted something different for this time slot next week, so I wondered if this was a “special” episode, thus the numbering. 
Yeah, I cried about poor Jillian. I was furious about Penny-Rose not having any vaccinations. 

[Gwendolyn]

Was happy to see a new episode tonight, but apparently Animal Planet hasn't renewed it for a 7th season and with their rebranding there's no guarantee they will. I know they were filming before the pandemic, because I was in there just as the pandemic hit, getting a dental and UA for my cat and saw a camera crew. And I know they were filming in the fall because one of the camera guys was loving on my mastiff. I'm hoping the only thing holding up a season 7 is them stockpiling shows for however long this pandemic prevents new filming.

It was so sad about Jillian, but I had a co-worker who lost her pittie to something similar and was not surprised by the outcome.

As for Noir, that cat was so chill. My kitty has a long history of urinary issues, and he is known for not being quite so chill during his vet visits.

With the economy going the way it has, Dr. Jeff and his team are blessing here, especially as so many vet clinics are being acquired by out of state partnerships or people that view them as investments. That's what happened to our last clinic, all the long time vets left and the prices quadrupled. Even with a good job, I can't always drop what other clinics are asking for vet care and because our pets are rescues with pre-existing conditions (see aforementioned cat) pet insurance proved too costly. That is not to say other vet clinics aren't working to keep costs down and help people. There are some (like the pain specialist Dr. Baier sent us to for our dogs arthritis), but you can't tell until sometimes after you've committed a couple hundred to the initial exam. I had a friend here, who was out of work during the lockdown and got $1200 quote to have 1 tooth pulled for her cat. I don't pay that much at my own dentist! I recommended she try PPI, but since they're super busy, I also told her about another clinic in town as well.

[suomi]

Good to know it's on the schedule next week. I was bummed, thinking that if tonight was the end of S13 we might have to wait a whole long time for S14 to begin. TY.

Jillian's turn for the worse was such a heart breaker, even though I halfway expected it after Jeff mentioned the probability. 

I knocked on wood when he said he's living on borrowed time because of his cancer. 

Edited June 14, 2020 by suomi

[Mrs. P.]

I wonder why we didn't see Dr. Petra tonight. She apparently did the very complicated leg fracture reduction, but she never made an on camera appearance.

[RoxiP]

I also wondered about the numbering, and then also I don't see a new season scheduled to record on my DVR.  I hope that next week there is a new episode but right now I'm not hopeful.

Looks like almost the full staff was there but found it interesting that although they mentioned Dr. Petra she wasn't shown and neither was the other Dr. Jeff.  

[LittleIggy]

AP was promo-ing something else for next week.

[Rammchick]

Was this the first time they blurred and/or obstructed the view of a surgery (Jillian's splenectomy) on this show?  I know that's been done on other vet shows but I didn't think they ever did that before on this one.  

[RealityCheck]

According to the press release, the episode that aired on June 13 was a special.
 

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In DR. JEFF: ROCKY MOUNTAIN VET: PANDEMIC EMERGENCY the clinic staff is under unprecedented pressure as they continue to serve the community and treat the continuous flow of emergency cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

[LittleIggy]

12 hours ago, Rammchick said:

Was this the first time they blurred and/or obstructed the view of a surgery (Jillian's splenectomy) on this show?  I know that's been done on other vet shows but I didn't think they ever did that before on this one.  

I wondered why they did that. I’ve seen enough prolapsed uteri (is that the plural of uterus?) on The Incredible Dr. Pol not to be phased by a splenectomy. 😏

[Rammchick]

19 hours ago, LittleIggy said:

I wondered why they did that. I’ve seen enough prolapsed uteri (is that the plural of uterus?) on The Incredible Dr. Pol not to be phased by a splenectomy. 😏

Dr. Pol is on NatGeo Wild and this is Animal Planet, so maybe the two networks have different standards.  Funny part is, I think NatGeo is Disney, and Animal Planet is Discovery (correct me if I'm wrong), and you'd think that Disney would be a touch more squeamish than Discovery, particularly if they think kids are watching.  In either case, you're totally right -- it's almost like closing the barn door after the horse is gone at this point!  

[Happy Belly]

Saw an ad on Animal Planet last night. Dr. Jeff returns on 9/26 I think 8 or 9 pm

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, Happy Belly said:

Saw an ad on Animal Planet last night. Dr. Jeff returns on 9/26 I think 8 or 9 pm

9:00 EDT.  Pit Bulls and Parolees ends next Saturday (just for this latest batch, not for good) and then Dr. Jeff takes over that slot for a spell.

They aired two old episodes last night at 10:00 EDT, and will do so again next Saturday.

[Happy Belly]

FYI, out of curiosity, I did a peek at the schedule for next Saturday, 9/19. At 10:00, Animal Planet is airing another Double Dose of Dr. Jeff. 

[RealityCheck]

New Season of DR JEFF, ROCKY MOUNTAIN VET Starts  Saturday, September 26 9 PM ET/PT

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In the premiere episode, Dr. Jeff performs a procedure he’s never attempted -- a complicated lung surgery on a beloved dog named Leyla.  Dr. Amy treats Sookie, a husky who lost a fight with a porcupine, and paid the price with a snout-full of quills.  Audiences also meet Callie and Steve, two abandoned turtles, as Dr. Baier works to turn their health around  And Dr. Jeff saves Ozzy, an 18-year-old dog whose family moved away, but left their senior pet behind.

 

[chenoa333]

I'm so excited Jesus Jeff the Vet is back! 😸

[DonnaMae]

I've been watching the marathon from 2019.  Why do we see so little of Dr. Petra?

[LittleIggy]

My heart broke for Ozzy. I could never give up an 18 yo dog. So glad he found a great home. BTW, I couldn’t believe that he was that old just looking at him. My beloved Italian Greyhound Claudia was a month shy of being 17 when she died, and her cloudy eyes were a giveaway that she was elderly.

I love how Dr. Jeff B. took such wonderful care of those neglected tortoises. Loved the comment about how his backyard looked as if there had been a party after his tortoises had been through it.

[Bastet]

I managed to miss nearly half of the original airing, and then still come in about five minutes late for the re-run, but it was nice to have this show back.  Even though it's a weird time warp seeing people inside the clinic.

Because I kept missing the beginning, how did they wind up with Ozzy the 18-year-old -- were the owners who relinquished him clients who didn't want to pay for treatment, or did he come to them some other way?  I love that he gets to live out his time with his doppelganger, because he so reminded the new owners of their dog they just could not bear the thought of the old guy being dumped.  Folks who adopt truly senior dogs, especially with progressive illness, knowing their time is limited, have my utmost respect.

They're going way back for footage (which I know is not unusual) - didn't Dr. Nichols leave quite some time ago?  At any rate, I didn't care for that segment; I don't need police infecting my animal shows, and I have issues with their use of animals (less with horses for mounted police than the shit they send K9 "officers" into, but still).  But she's always seemed particularly good with horses, and it never fails to fascinate me how you can sedate a horse enough to suture them while they remain standing still.  What a balance.

Layla's improvised oxygen chamber needed some work, but it made me realize the ones at both my primary vet and the specialty/emergency hospital are also not large enough for big dogs.  (Unless there's one I haven't seen.) 

Dr. Baier's tortoise going to town on lettuce and strawberries fed by hand was cute.  (I love how zen he is about his life with his menagerie of animals; he seems to like a nice, quiet existence with a bunch of animals, and that's my kind of person.)  I'm glad the person who "found in their backyard" (yeah, right) the two box turtles at least brought them to the right place after a long period of neglect. 

Poor little porcupine dog Sookie; that has to hurt like hell.  Why was her person identified as handler rather than owner - is that something else I missed at the beginning?

I love Dr. Jeff's definition of idiopathic; while joking, it correctly focuses on we can't find a reason rather than there is no reason.

[Gramto6]

Sookie was an animal guard at some sort of facility,,,missed exactly what it was. That is why the guy was identified as her handler.

[pasdetrois]

What a treat to see these familiar faces back, practicing smart, affordable animal care. I love that they haven't Gone Hollywood.

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I love how zen he is about his life with his menagerie of animals; he seems to like a nice, quiet existence with a bunch of animals, and that's my kind of person.

Me too. The world needs more people like Dr. Baier.

I continue to love that Dr. Jeff lives simply, above his practice. In my dotage I understand that the pursuit of trendy huge real estate is an empty dream.

Dumped senior dogs are a heartbreak. Somehow they endure despite their own confusion and sorrow. Were it not so damned expensive, I would rescue senior dogs.

Speaking of which, over the past 10 years I've heard many people say they don't have pets solely because of the cost of vet care. At the shelter where I volunteer, it's one of the primary reasons why people give up their animals. There's a trend of investors snapping up vet (and human medical) practices, and it's driving up costs while limiting the length of appointments. My friend's father is an esteemed physician treating complex conditions at a nationally-known facility, and he complains about corporate pressure to limit his patients' appointments to 20 minutes.

Here's hoping Dr. Jeff has a succession plan in place. In fact I wish his business model would be adopted by other vets in other cities.

Edited September 27, 2020 by pasdetrois

[LittleIggy]

To answer a question above, they said Ozzy was surrendered to the clinic. The reason didn’t seem clear even to Jeff.

[Gwendolyn]

11 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

Sookie was an animal guard at some sort of facility,,,missed exactly what it was. That is why the guy was identified as her handler.

Lakeside amusement park, which is just east of the clinic on I-70 and didn't open at all this summer, so I bet Sookie was busy wandering the grounds a lot.

So happy this is back on, I know they were filming just before the pandemic because of the cat's dental, but I think this stuff is from last year.

And poor Ozzy, they said he was surrendered because his family was moving and couldn't take him. I've never understood this. We moved a lot when I was kid and we had great danes and cats. It took more work to find a rental property, but it can be done. Any pet in my life for more than 3 days is mine for life. Also I question that excuse because of his health issues. We adopted a chihuahua mix from Foothills Animal Shelter and they were told she was surrendered because she was not potty trained. That little dog in 5 years never had a single accident, she was very well potty trained. What she had was an expensive and sadly, eventually fatal, heart murmur. If you're going to surrender a pet, be honest or you're setting them up to fail.

[RoxiP]

I admire people who are willing to volunteer their time to serve their communities - both the vets and the mounted sheriff's patrol.  It is obvious they have a close bond with their horses, which they own and train at their own expense apparently.  The horses seem to love having a job.

[chenoa333]

Dr. Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet is my "go to" reality show to bring my spirit, mind and soul back to a good place.

With all of the scary, crazy things happening in the world, I feel a glimmer of hope for the world when I watch Dr. Jeff and all of the people involved in PPP. 

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, Gwendolyn said:

And poor Ozzy, they said he was surrendered because his family was moving and couldn't take him.

I just learned this via a phone call from my mom.  Mind you, I am going to my parents' house for dinner in a few hours, yet she called to say, "I just started watching last night's Dr. Jeff, and I am so mad at those people who dumped Ozzy!"  So I was able to ask her about the circumstances I'd missed, and she told me it was because they were moving.

The owners who surrendered the eight-year-old cat my parents wound up adopting said it was because they were moving, but the shelter staff and the vet figure it was actually because he'd started having massive diarrhea (my parents took him for ultrasound and colonoscopy when all the lesser suspects were ruled out; he had IBD [which is now small cell lymphoma], and that's the age at which it most commonly presents itself) -- they all said people are too embarrassed to admit they're dumping a sick cat, so they say they're moving.  How are you any less embarrassed to claim you've packed up t-shirts and silverware but are unwilling to take your pet with you to your new location?!

Edited September 27, 2020 by Bastet

[SRTouch]

2-3 years ago a young military couple that was living in the trailer next to mine moved out. The day after movers packed their stuff and management came to inspect I noticed them doing slow drive bys. Next day I saw them pull into the drive and went over to tell them goodbye. That was when I learned that Tommy, their American bobtail kitty, had escaped while things were being packed. They were supposed to have left the previous morning, but had been coming by to see if they could find Tommy. Now they absolutely had to start the drive that day and planned to drive straight through. I promised to keep an out out, and they gave me a number to call if he showed up. Their little one had got out of the car to play as we were talking. When it time for them to leave, we looked and there was Tommy playing with her little man. Tommy wouldn't come when the adults called, but came to play with the little boy. It was a VERY happy family that loaded into the car for their trip to - I think South Carolina.

Edited September 28, 2020 by SRTouch

[chenoa333]

22 minutes ago, SRTouch said:

2-3 years ago a young military couple that was living in the trailer next to mine moved out. The day after movers packed their stuff and management came to inspect I noticed them doing slow drive bys. Next day I saw them pull into the drive and went over to tell them goodbye. That was when I learned that Tommy, their American bobtail kitty, had escaped while things were being packed. They were supposed to have left the previous morning, but had been coming bye to see if they could find Tommy. Now they absolutely had to start the drive that day and planned to drive straight through. I promised to keep an out out, and they gave me a number to call if he showed up. Their little one had got out of the car to play as we were talking. When it time to leave we looked there was Tommy playing with her little man. Tommy wouldn't come when the adults called, but came to play with the little boy. It was a VERY happy family that loaded into the car for their trip to - I think South Carolina.

 That is a great story with a very happy outcome. Unfortunately, it's not the norm. 

Nonetheless, I love the heartwarming animal stories. Thanks for sharing!

[Gramto6]

Years and years and many cats in between, my first DH and our 2 kids were moving. At that time we had 2 cats, a mama and a big boy that resembled a small bulldog. We were packing up our last load, We put the big boy in the truck with the wing window cracked. Mama cat sat peacefully in the car.  Almost ready to pull out and "big boy" Buttons, pushed his way out of the truck window and took off. We called and called but he stayed hidden. Our neighbor said she would try to catch him and we left her food to put out. It took a week but she finally got Buttons in her garage and we safely and happily brought him to our new home.

Those were the days when I let my cats roam around outside, I've gotten older and much wiser since then. I do feed a feral cat but he is really wild and after 7months of feeding him, I have never touched him and he still hisses at me when I feed him.

[cinsays]

Loved the episode and am glad it is back!  We need this kind of entertainment right now. Lovely dedicated people.

I have a question - I am positive i have seen this episode before, several months ago right around when the pandemic shutdown happened.  I remember the masks, the lines outside, the gal at the desk who manned the phones and went out to get their stories. Does anyone else remember seeing it before? I know it says the original air date was the 26th, but it can't be (or i have gone over the edge?).

[LittleIggy]

The pandemic episode was shown before. I didn’t watch it again. If they put in one snippet of new content, AP (like other networks) will label it as “new.” 🙄

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, cinsays said:

I have a question - I am positive i have seen this episode before, several months ago right around when the pandemic shutdown happened.  I remember the masks, the lines outside, the gal at the desk who manned the phones and went out to get their stories. Does anyone else remember seeing it before?

The pandemic special was a repeat, yes.  Then there was a new episode.

[nokat]

On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 12:05 PM, Bastet said:

The pandemic special was a repeat, yes.  Then there was a new episode.

I watched the pandemic special again for some reason and it made me so sad. People who are so desperate to help their pets and so few vets open. I worry about people who adopted pets because they were lonely. It's a lifetime commitment. Oh, and especially some birds and tortoises, they will outlive you.
 

[Bastet]

Okay, I can't stand kids, but the brother and sister who want to run an animal sanctuary together when they grow up?  Fantastic.

How scary for Moose's owners; he must have stepped on the window control.  They need to put the child lock on (so the windows can only be controlled from the driver's seat buttons).  I love how they were completely oh well about "there goes our honeymoon money".

LOL at Shelley saying of her dog, "Luckily he landed on his head, so no damage done."  And at Fred forgetting about his tail when he plays dead.

Gunner looked so sad, poor guy.  That made it all the more wonderful to see him so happy to feel better and be reunited with his dad.

Did I hear correctly that Milo is not even a year old?  He's enormous!  I know, it's the nature of the breed, but that was still quite a sight.

[LittleIggy]

Gunner was obviously intact when he was brought in.  Did he still have his family jewels when he left? 
I was surprised to see how short Moose’s legs were in the update scene. He looked like cross between a Border Collie and a Corgi.

[Bastet]

13 minutes ago, LittleIggy said:

Gunner was obviously intact when he was brought in.  Did he still have his family jewels when he left? 

Planned Pethood requires spay/neuter of unaltered pets in order to treat anything else.  They usually draw attention to the policy, so I didn't notice this time.

14 minutes ago, LittleIggy said:

I was surprised to see how short Moose’s legs were in the update scene.

This I was paying attention to - I also didn't realize he was such a squatty body until that scene.

[SRTouch]

Happy happy dogs, Gunner and Moose. So easy to see how both accidents could happen - you really have to watch the furbabies because they truly are like toddlers who get into things and do unbelievably dump things.

Also cute kids - 1 hoping to be a vet or two wanting to get into rescue or sanctuary work.

Great episode - loved "you smell like a coconut" after piggy's bath

[EighteenTwelve]

I think one of the owners said Moose was a collie/corgi at the very beginning, but I had forgotten that until he was running around on his short little legs.

[LittleIggy]

10 hours ago, Bastet said:

Planned Pethood requires spay/neuter of unaltered pets in order to treat anything else.  They usually draw attention to the policy, so I didn't notice this time.

This I was paying attention to - I also didn't realize he was such a squatty body until that scene.

 I know their policy so I kept waiting for Dr. Don to say he would neuter Gunner when he did the other surgery.

[Gwendolyn]

16 hours ago, Bastet said:

How scary for Moose's owners; he must have stepped on the window control.  They need to put the child lock on (so the windows can only be controlled from the driver's seat buttons).  I love how they were completely oh well about "there goes our honeymoon money"

When driving my cat home from the vet, I have been known to let him out to roam the car, but only after I LOCK the windows. That button is a fabulous invention.

My imagination or did Moose's owners say the first vet they had visited wanted $18,000 to fix his leg (considering it cost me $8,000 to have an infection treated in my dog's leg, that you see Dr. Pol do in 2 minutes, I have a good idea of who the first vet was they visited if that's the price they were quoted). But the best part was the look on Dr. Jeff's face.

[Bastet]

6 minutes ago, Gwendolyn said:

My imagination or did Moose's owners say the first vet they had visited wanted $18,000 to fix his leg (considering it cost me $8,000 to have an infection treated in my dog's leg, that you see Dr. Pol do in 2 minutes, I have a good idea of who the first vet was they visited if that's the price they were quoted). But the best part was the look on Dr. Jeff's face.

Yes, $18,000!  I heard it, thought, "No, she must have said $8,000," and realized, nope, I heard it right the first time.

[SRTouch]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

Yes, $18,000!  I heard it, thought, "No, she must have said $8,000," and realized, nope, I heard it right the first time.

Yes - I replayed it because I questioned my hearing as well

[BookWitch]

18,000 and they still wanted to cut it off! How do they justify those prices? I don't get it at all.  And that other dog, Gunner swallowing a cork? Jeez. It did still look like he had his balls on the way out tho.  Maybe they got them later?

[chenoa333]

6 minutes ago, BookWitch said:

18,000 and they still wanted to cut it off! How do they justify those prices? 

Unfortunately there are many veterinarians that have no problem being unscrupulous. It's a damn shame. Taking advantage of people who love their pets and would do anything to save them and taking advantage of people who love their pets and have money to save them.

I worked for a vet decades ago who had a practice in an affluent area. He would tell us (his Veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants) to talk people into getting a dental on their dogs or cats (so he can make extra money even when animals didn't need a dental.) He said he always checks the address of the client and if they lived in a high end area of town....game on. 

So my message is this: no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. Do lots of research and get lots of customer opinions. Unfortunately there are not enough Dr. Jeff's out there. But if you do your homework you can find that needle in a haystack. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gwendolyn]

3 hours ago, BookWitch said:

18,000 and they still wanted to cut it off! How do they justify those prices?

That's why you ask for an itemized bill and read it, but even then they can't. We have an emergency vet hospital on the west end of town, they got bought out by consortium, their prices went up, their customer service went way down. You're like, but they're paying their vets well. Not so much, talked to a friend fresh out of vet school who they extended an offer to and it was barely above minimum wage. Since they got bought out there's been 100% change over in staff.

They have the equipment and specialists, so we end up there from time to time, but I was excited when a new emergency vet opened nearby.  I just wish we could get into Planned Pethood in case of an emergency, and they're just too busy and the pandemic has made it tougher.

 

[nokat]

On Saturday, October 03, 2020 at 10:10 PM, LittleIggy said:

Gunner was obviously intact when he was brought in.  Did he still have his family jewels when he left? 
I was surprised to see how short Moose’s legs were in the update scene. He looked like cross between a Border Collie and a Corgi.

Dr. Jeff has said several times that un-neutered dogs are the ones who get hit by cars.

 

Corgis are the cutest things. Border Collies are working dogs and need something to do. I'm one of those people who gets pissed off at people leaving dogs in the house, alone, all day.

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by nokat

[chenoa333]

Has anyone here ever figured out if Gunner (the pit bull who swallowed a cork) was neutered while under anesthesia? He sure looked like he left with his junk intact. 

[Bastet]

Usually when a patient isn't fixed, they include Dr. Jeff (or someone) noting they'll do that while doing the other surgery (to further promote the Planned Pethood mission).  Since they didn't - nor did they note he wasn't fixed and for some rare reason the neuter would be done later as a separate surgery - odds are Gunner was already fixed when he came in. 

I didn't pay that close attention, but dogs who aren't neutered fairly young can have a scrotum that looks like testicles from a distance; maybe that was the situation with Gunner?  Or maybe the owner is one of those guys really obsessed with his dog's balls, and had used a vet who'll do a vasectomy rather than a neuter so the balls remain back whenever he had Gunner fixed - or he was even crazier and went for neuticles.

Thatcher must really be tall for his breed; everyone who met him commented on it.

Charlie is a cutie (those ears!).  I wouldn't want to do my first hip surgery on camera, but those interns worked nicely together.  (They seem so young!)

Finn cleaning his face after Dr. Amy messed with his eyes was cute, but Hoodie crawling in a garbage can to pee took the cake.  That urine sample was horrible looking to the naked eye; my parents' cat once had urine that looked like that, and it was also idiopathic cystitis (which is almost always stress-related [as best as anyone can tell, since, of course, idiopathic means no known cause]).  Dr. B. did a good job of explaining the litter box situation to them, about the need to have them in various places.

Hector trying not to make the goats faint was cute.  When I can tell my cat is looking for just the right spot to fall over and present herself for petting, I tell her, "Do fainting goat".

And now I want to go have some goat therapy.

Pumpkin Spice living alongside a cat intrigues me as to how much interaction it takes to feel comfortable your cat will treat a rat as a housemate rather than prey.

Edited October 11, 2020 by Bastet

[chenoa333]

37 minutes ago, Bastet said:

Or maybe the owner is one of those guys really obsessed with his dog's balls, and had used a vet who'll do a vasectomy rather than a neuter so the balls remain back whenever he had Gunner fixed - or he was even crazier and went for neuticles.

I hope not! That is just weird and so wrong.

But unfortunately, I occasionally meet guys who are dead set against neutering their dog. As in "nobody is going to take my dog's balls off". Sad but true. I always say " get back to me in 7 years when your dog has testicular cancer". 

But overall, another great episode of Dr. Jeff.

Edited October 11, 2020 by chenoa333

[LittleIggy]

My cat Lord Baelish takes a powdered Lysine supplement. If he didn’t, he eyes would be red and weepy. I was amazed to see the cute rattie with the cats. How does one train a cat not to attack a pet rat.

[Rabbittron]

7 hours ago, Bastet said:

Usually when a patient isn't fixed, they include Dr. Jeff (or someone) noting they'll do that while doing the other surgery (to further promote the Planned Pethood mission).  Since they didn't - nor did they note he wasn't fixed and for some rare reason the neuter would be done later as a separate surgery - odds are Gunner was already fixed when he came in. 

I didn't pay that close attention, but dogs who aren't neutered fairly young can have a scrotum that looks like testicles from a distance; maybe that was the situation with Gunner?  Or maybe the owner is one of those guys really obsessed with his dog's balls, and had used a vet who'll do a vasectomy rather than a neuter so the balls remain back whenever he had Gunner fixed - or he was even crazier and went for neuticles.

Thatcher must really be tall for his breed; everyone who met him commented on it.

Charlie is a cutie (those ears!).  I wouldn't want to do my first hip surgery on camera, but those interns worked nicely together.  (They seem so young!)

Finn cleaning his face after Dr. Amy messed with his eyes was cute, but Hoodie crawling in a garbage can to pee took the cake.  That urine sample was horrible looking to the naked eye; my parents' cat once had urine that looked like that, and it was also idiopathic cystitis (which is almost always stress-related [as best as anyone can tell, since, of course, idiopathic means no known cause]).  Dr. B. did a good job of explaining the litter box situation to them, about the need to have them in various places.

Hector trying not to make the goats faint was cute.  When I can tell my cat is looking for just the right spot to fall over and present herself for petting, I tell her, "Do fainting goat".

And now I want to go have some goat therapy.

Pumpkin Spice living alongside a cat intrigues me as to how much interaction it takes to feel comfortable your cat will treat a rat as a housemate rather than prey.

If you want to come over to my house I have 2 goats.