Benefits of Experience, from the Archives

D. E. Larsen, DVM The phone jarred me awake. It was going to be another late night, and I thought calving season was over. I glanced at the clock as I picked up the receiver, 1:30. “Doc, this is Jack. I have a llama who gave birth tonight,” Jack said in an excited voice. “TheyContinue reading “Benefits of Experience, from the Archives”

A Morning Call, from the Archives

A Morning Call  D. E. Larsen, DVM I woke with a jolt and glanced at the clock. It read five in the morning.  “Damn, did I talk with Larry and then go back to sleep,” I said aloud. Larry Solar had a dairy out of Buckley, Washington. Unfortunately, he had received some terrible marketing fromContinue reading “A Morning Call, from the Archives”

The Lost Snake 

D. E. Larsen, DVM Bob Lester joined my practice in Sweet Home in the late 1980s. It was good timing because I had trouble keeping up with the workload. I had found that solo practice was somewhat self-limiting. Clients would feel slighted when the workload was too much, and a few would go elsewhere forContinue reading “The Lost Snake “