I found Phoebe, a beautiful gray and white tabby, a few days before Thanksgiving 1988 as I was leaving a Manhattan blues club at 2 a.m. I was with three friends, about to cross the busy street to catch a cab to go home, when I heard meowing and saw a scrawny and frightened-looking cat […]

This is Bud’s story, or should I say our story, as they are so interwoven I couldn’t begin to separate our journey.

For Some Students, Teacher’s The Pet:

Our pets live relatively short lives. For many of us who love our pets, their death can affect some of us even more than the death of a relative or friend. The death of a pet leaves few people totally untouched.

It all began in 1988, when our beloved year-old tortoiseshell Persian, Dinah, developed what was diagnosed as a “granuloma” on her lip. Our then veterinarian treated her with the “accepted” method of dealing with such disorders, a cortisone injection.

PJ died yesterday. Sweet soul. My little Petie.

Arf My father had raised Airedale Terriers when I was a teenager. I did the AKC paperwork for him and was especially close to the “house dog,” but the other dogs never really touched me.   After college, I often lived in apartments where I could not have an animal. My dad and mom divorced […]

If I Should Grow Frail by Julia Napier, copyright 1999 If it should be that I grow frail and weak And pain does keep me from my sleep, Then will you do what must be done For this – the last battle – can’t be won. You will be sad I understand But don’t let […]

Arthritis is a chronic degenerative disease of bones and joints. Three major changes occur:

Acupuncture has gained acceptance as an alternate modality of therapy in veterinary medicine and is used by practitioners of acupuncture either by itself or with conventional Western medicine.