D. E. Larsen,DVM Frank pushed through the door with Harley. Harley was an old yellow lab, very overweight, and suffering from arthritis due to all the extra weight. “I need to see Doc, right away if possible!” he said abruptly. “Old Harley, he is not eating much since Kara passed. I’m notContinue reading “Table Manners for the Old Dog, From the Archives”
Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine
My Pocket Knife, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM I have a vivid memory of having only a single request for a present for Christmas in 1950. I was five years old, and the only thing I wished for was a pocket knife. I was delighted when I opened the small package. It wasn’t much of a knife, small andContinue reading “My Pocket Knife, From the Archives”
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”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 