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June 2010 - Posts

♥ ♥ Vet Love Part II ♥ ♥ ... plus: fashion dilemmas

Today, Equine ER continues its investigative report into the non-world-shaking issue of Vet Love. Last week, we explored the fact that because of the predominance of women over men in vet school, it's tough for straight women to find dates among their classmates. Today we continue our discussion, which includes such topics as overly watchful brothers and the ancillary issue of a lack of cute shoes... Read More

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♥ ♥ Vet Love ♥ ♥

So far, this blog has been following life at an equine hospital. But what narrative is complete without love? In this case I am talking about vet love. Veterinarians often marry each other. A 2007 Australian study of veterinarians found that fifteen years after veterinary school, nearly a quarter of graduates had married other vets. At Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, for example, the setting for... Read More

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"Never counsel your fears" ... goodbye NYC!

Now on my way home to Kentucky from Equine ER's East Coast book tour, these experiences come to mind: At a signing in New York City, a tall distinguished-looking gentleman in his 60s got tears in his eyes while telling me about watching Secretariat win the Belmont in 1973, and how the stands went silent as the great horse flew by for the finish. At that same signing, a successful Manhattan real estate... Read More

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Leaping before you look

Equine ER is currently on the East Coast on book tour! For details on events and signings in New York City, Long Island, and North Jersey, click right here. This week, we're reprinting a piece that appeared recently in the New York Times' racing blog, The Rail, by Equine ER author Leslie Guttman. Not too long ago, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area one block from a busy urban thoroughfare and across... Read More

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(Archived) Videos and photos from the book Equine ER (ECLIPSE PRESS, 2009), about a year in the life of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital.

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