Brownie, 1953 D. E. Larsen, DVM I woke to an empty bedroom. The sky was clear and the morning sun was out, but there was still a chill to the summer air. I laid still and tried to listen to hear my brothers downstairs. I hated to wake to an empty room. Did the monsterContinue reading “Brownie, 1953”
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On a Thanksgiving Eve, From the Archives
On a Thanksgiving Eve D. E. Larsen,DVM The barn was cold, but there was steam rising from the back of young heifer. A dusting of snow on her back was melting fast. Bill and Connie Wolfenbarger had called with a heifer in labor. They were not regular large animal clients but did visit the clinicContinue reading “On a Thanksgiving Eve, From the Archives”
The Scourge of the Garden, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM Martha led her new young German Shepherd into the exam room and waited patiently for me to arrive. She had Duke sitting beside her, ears erect and waiting for whatever was to come next. Obviously proud of her pup, Martha smiled when she shook my hand. “Shake,” she instructed Duke. DukeContinue reading “The Scourge of the Garden, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 