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My Furbabies – Peanut
Peanut was another German Shepherd Dog. My husband and I adopted him at the beginning of my 4th year in veterinary school. I found him at a breeder in east Texas while I was on my externship. The breeder was giving him away for free because he supposedly had congenital megaesophagus. (Which he did. We just didn’t find out about it until much later.) He also only weighed 12 pounds at 12 weeks when his littermates were between 25 to 35 pounds. Definitely got ourselves the runt of the litter! Peanut had a lot of joint problems throughout his life. When he was about 5 months old, Lupa tripped over…
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My Furbabies – Lupa
My second pet that I adopted on my own was a German Shepherd Dog (GSD) named Lupa. I got her in October of 1995 after she had had her first litter of puppies. I worked as a receptionist/technician for a veterinary clinic in Richardson, TX, and one of my coworkers was a GSD breeder. Lupa spent some time at the clinic and I saw that she was the perfect dog. When the “breeder” tech decided to switch to Rottweilers for her breed, I got a chance to adopt my girl. I couldn’t say yes faster and she went home with me right after she had weaned her pups. Lupa had…
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My Furbabies – Lone Star
So I think the best place to start is my personal furbabies, so that you know how my own pet owner experience developed. I have practiced veterinary medicine since 2000, but I have been a pet owner since 1992. When I was in college, I adopted a kitten and was quickly exposed to pet ownership and veterinary medicine as a young adult. I remember taking my dog to the mobile vet with my dad for shots as a child, but really didn’t have any significant experience in a veterinary setting at a young age. My first furbaby was a siamese mix male cat and I named him Lone Star. He…
