Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine

D. E. Larsen, DVM George was a large man, and he always seemed impatient. He was a retired police officer from California who moved to Sweet Home and built a new house out on North River Drive. I had seen Charlie, his Corgi, on several occasions. Charlie was more enjoyable to work with than George.Continue reading “Salmon Poisoning”

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”