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How many stuffed toys does one really need to take to Japan? That’s the debate my daughter Lila and I are having tonight as we pack.  She handed me a bunny. 🐰 Then another.  Okay, two bunnies. We can agree on that. It’s wild to think that tomorrow we’ll be on a plane...

An unmistakable BARK announced Sophie's presence.  The little Havapoo with a very big bark always lets us know when she has arrived.  I went to the door to greet her. "Good morning, Sophie!".  She gave me a lick on my hand and scampered off to her room–she knows...

Watching the Kiss the Ground documentary, which was all about how we can heal our soil, I was struck by how, as a society, we've normalized using chemicals like glyphosate aka Roundup 🌱 When we spray Roundup on wheat to get rid of weeds-both the wheat and the weeds...

Hello, beautiful friends and family, I'll be honest with you: my heart feels a bit heavier this week. We lost a sweet patient, Biscuit, to cancer. It never gets any easier. After 18 years, you’d think I’d get used to the losses, but every single one touches me deeply....

I remember one of my very first clients after vet school coming to me with a dog with recurring bladder infections.  I happened to know this pup's mom and dad were getting a divorce, and I had a hunch the stressful environment in the home was at least in part causing...

“A what transplant?!” “You mean like poop?”  “Ew, that's gross!”  Those are all things pet parents have said to me when I first suggested a fecal transplant for their pet 😂 “Where do you get the “material”?” is another question I get asked pretty often.  I actually...

Oh my gosh. I was so late for the meeting.  I am never late. I don’t like being late, but today, due to an extra chaotic morning getting the kids to school, I was super late. (Think missing school shoes, suddenly remembering show and tell…if you’re a mom to a human...

This might be an unpopular opinion, but when our pets get cancer, I don't think we should always try to get rid of the cancer. Hear me out…  Instead of healing cancer, I prefer to focus on helping pets live and thrive with cancer still in their bodies.  Which is...

Yesterday, I watched a documentary that had me sitting on the edge of my seat…  It was called Free Solo.  It was about this extraordinary young man Alex Hannold who took on the challenge of climbing El Capitan, a sheer cliff of granite in Yosemite National Park 🧗‍♂️...