by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 6, 2018 | Animal Diseases, Blog
I had a talk with a couple in the exam room. Their dog has a chronic disease and they were asking if they had caused it. My honesty made that a hard answer. Every time we do something we have a choice. We can choose to do something that is good for us or our pets or...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 30, 2018 | Blog, Speaking of pets
I woke up in Denver this week. Actually, I woke up Sunday morning at 6:18 a.m. to a series of texts from a client asking when I would be in the office that day. Even when I mentioned that it was six AM where I was, there were a couple more texts. Normally, I do not...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 14, 2018 | Animal Diseases, Blog
The One Health Initiative is a movement to forge co-equal, all-inclusive collaborations between all healthcare providers. Veterinarians are used to taking treatments and medications from human medicine, but our important role as human health protectors is now being...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 8, 2018 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
I am good at what I do. I have a keen intellect. I know when to trust my intuition and when to listen to what a client says or what they don’t say. I also have a good head for numbers and probabilities. That means that I usually know the chances of things going well...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog, Creepy Crawly Parasites
It started Monday morning at 8:00 a.m. with two black lab/Weimaraner puppies, Tucker and Tank. They were coming from the ER, where they had been diagnosed with parvovirus. Parvovirus is a very common, highly contagious viral disease that is very resistant to the...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | May 25, 2018 | Animal Care, Blog
Many inexperienced pet owners and even some who have had a domestic animal for a while are surprised to learn that our pets can be just as prone to developing allergies as we are. All pets are different, and what triggers an allergy in one may have absolutely no...
