; Page 4; February 2, 1979 - North Shore News.

PET CORNER

By JOHN ROBINSON, .
D.V.M.

‘‘Mrs. Moody is on the -
phone, doctor’’, said Ann,
my receptionist. . ‘‘She

‘ doesn’t want te bring the dog

" in to the hospital as it doesn’t
travel well in the car but she
had noticed -Maxine is
drinking a lot of water.”

’ “Okay, I'll take it in my
Office,”’ I said. ‘That you
Mrs. Moody?. We haven’t
seen your for some time. I
notice that Maxine is overdue
for vaccination, we’ve sent
you a couple of reminders’’. L
record card which Ann had
quickly located and handed
to me for a quick . glance

before 1 spoke to Mrs.
Moody.
Record cards are an

essential part of a busy.

practice. Each animal has its
own individual.card and all
visits, treatments, vac-
cinations and. possible com-
ments on the owner are made
there. The latter might
include such things as owner
allergic to cat hair, owner
refuses to leave dog in
hospital overnight, owner
does not believe in vaccina-
tion, owner Tore emted
and cannot see fleas — and
worst of all, ow

she is so impatient. We
didn’t worry to much‘at first
but now its obvious theré’s
something wrong.

“Tell you what, Mfrs.
Moody, I know you don’t

want to bring her in but Fil

be passing your place late
tomorrow morning. Make
sure to have a urine sample
for me which you'll have to
collect.in an aluminum pie
dish and transfer to a
screw-top jar.”’ I had a fairly
good idea what the problem

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Everything looked well.
She was spayed, overweight,

. seven-year-old Corgi. I left -

with my sample which I gave
to Nurse Thompson when |
got back to the office. Ten
minutes later, I got the result
— over 2 percent sugar in the

- urine — Diabetes Mellitus.

“We would now have to
stabilize Maxine in a low

- carbohydrate diet and get the

family to give a daily
hypodermic dose of insulin.
The program usually works
well and we have maintained
several diabetic patients for
years — provided the owners
co-operate and have courage.

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Q. My daughter has many
allergies and takes a tablet
every. day to control them.
She wants to work in a
veterinary hospital. Would
this be a practical pro-
position?’

a. Yes. The best nurse I ever
had suffered from a similar

- problem. One-day she forgot
_ her pills and was reduced to

a sneezing,

eye-watering,
miserable sight. ~

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there was anything wrong.

Q. We are getting a German
Shepherd dog. How. often

~ should they be beaten?
a. Hold on now. Who have
you been listening to?

Shepherds, Dobies, Labs and
most large breeds need firm
training but not to-the extent

of beating. The choke. chain -

is the accepted means of

exercising restraint and dis- .

cipline. Get hold of a book on

dog training before you make ~

your purchase. This isn’t to

say that beating is always out .

of place. When you find your
Sunday joint being devoured,

having been pulled off the-

table by Rex while you were
out of the room, its not much
use just to say “‘bad dog’’.:

{JOHN ROBINSON is the
pseudonym of a practising
Canadian

Doctor of Veter- |

inary Medicine whose name,
for professional reasons,
cannot be published. if you
have questions about your
pet and its health, write to
Dr. Robinson c/o North
Shore: News, 1139 Lonsdale
Avenue, North Vancouver,
B.C. V7M 2H4. Your name
will not be printed unless you

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