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Therapeutic Laser Therapy
July 20, 2012 • Wellness News
Author: David S. Thomson DVMA hot topic at our professional meetings and in the journals, laser therapy seems too good to be true. Lasers are claimed to do almost anything you want . . . speed healing, decrease inflammation, decrease pain, duplicate the benefits of massage and acupuncture, and…
Inner Tubing on the Mill River
July 19, 2012 • Riverbend Tales
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
The dog days of summer are here. Tiny Tim (the Pug) stands chest deep in the wading pool; Jackson (the Golden Retriever) lies panting under the bushes. Too hot to even bother chasing our gimpy grey cat. I snooze under the umbrella on the back…
Knees “R” Us
July 7, 2012 • Surgery
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
The dog knee is poorly designed, with its weakest link being the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL is made up of two thick fibrous bundles wrapped around one another. This ligament runs from the back of the femur (upper leg bone) to the front…
Missing Tyrone
June 26, 2012 • Riverbend Tales
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
Tyrone was a special cat. He arrived here in March 2000, just 3 months after we opened. Nearly blind and very scrawny with a terrible upper-respiratory infection, he was rescued from a shelter where he was scheduled to be euthanized. He may have been about…
Welcome to our new website!
June 7, 2012 • Riverbend Tales
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
Author: David S. Thomson DVM
How excited we are to have this bright, new way of sharing with you. We have worked hard the last few months writing, photographing, organizing, rewriting. We hope you will find our site easy-to-navigate, full of information, and even entertaining at times. With Riverbend now…
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“I really could not have taken as good care of both Enzo and Chester without the education you all gave me. I am so grateful and I hope you all know what a great difference you made in my life and Enzo and Chester’s.”
