I
'm often introduced to audiences as
America's Veterinarian, a moniker that
started when I did a seven-year run
on The Dr. OZ TV show (Oprah called him
America's Doctor) as the veterinary medical
correspondent.
I've been blessed over four decades of doing media to be able to
communicate on behalf of our blessed veterinary profession to the
public. I've also been fortunate to communicate to the profession. One
guidepost I've always followed is to be honest with both audiences.
Let me give you an example: I've practiced for 43 years, have written
23 books, penned a nationally syndicated veterinary/pet column for
over 20 years, and appeared as the resident veterinary correspondent
on ABC TV's Good Morning America (GMA) for 17 years. You'd think
that America's Veterinarian would be the perfect pet parent with
superbly trained pets, all pets at the peak of physical and emotional
fitness, able to medicate, bathe, and trim their nails with ease.
Uh ... no.
We have a new Pomeranian puppy, Quin'B, who is like a 3-year-old
with ADHD and a chainsaw running around our house. Our dogs and
cats are at their ideal body weight, but one of our horses is obese. We
still struggle at times to trim our pets' nails and have not mastered
the art of magically getting prescriptions out of the bottle and into our
pets' stomachs without difficulty or defeat.
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