Author Archives: d.e.larsen.dvm

D. E. Larsen, DVM I first experienced a lesson completely devoid of textbooks or blackboards during my first year of veterinary school. I was with Doctor Davis in a horse stall. I learned more in that hour than in any classroom hour in my life. Dr. Davis had cared for the mules in Merrill’s Marauders’Continue reading “Lessons Not from Books “

Prologue: This story was first published on March 6, 2023. It was inspired to be republished by a recent post by equipsblog titled Dockmaster in Charge. Mine is a somewhat sad story the illustrates man’s inhumanity to life around him. D. E. Larsen, DVM It was the third week of the fly-tying class I tookContinue reading “From the Archives: The Blue Heron”

Prologue: This is from the Archives, this was my first story on this blog, essentially unchanged except for this note. Let me know if there is any difference in the writing, etc. There was no photo with this story. Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmDecember 15, 2019Posted inPets, Veterinary MedicineEdit Gus and the Manure Pile D. E. Larsen, DVM Manure piles wereContinue reading “Gus and the Manure Pile”