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Adventures of a Country Vet #3
Where Does It Hurt? Further Adventures of a Country Vet
Dr. Dave Perrin has been through the proverbial mill in his first two years as a country veterinarian, but his trials are only just beginning. This third volume of stories takes him to the dark side and back out into the light.
He and his dairymen clients are fighting a deadly bacterium that is killing cows. The crisis is keeping the doctor awake as he mulls over the diagnostic dilemma. Daily, he is faced with new challenges. He performs a difficult, almost fatal, orthopedic surgery on a Border collie that has been hit by a car. He treats a cow with hardware but can't offer any help to the wife and children of the cow's abusive owner.
In the midst of the chaos, however, humour comes in the form of the eccentric characters and situations the good doctor continues to encounter. One of his farm clients persuades him to perform artificial insemination on his turkeys. Dr. Dave's faithful dog, Lug, runs afoul of the next-door neighbour, and Doris sends her boss to the local House of Beauty for a trim and inevitable ribbing from the gay proprietors.
Where Does It Hurt? finds the country vet searching for answers about love and loss. His life takes a surprising turn when he makes the decision to confront his demons.
He and his dairymen clients are fighting a deadly bacterium that is killing cows. The crisis is keeping the doctor awake as he mulls over the diagnostic dilemma. Daily, he is faced with new challenges. He performs a difficult, almost fatal, orthopedic surgery on a Border collie that has been hit by a car. He treats a cow with hardware but can't offer any help to the wife and children of the cow's abusive owner.
In the midst of the chaos, however, humour comes in the form of the eccentric characters and situations the good doctor continues to encounter. One of his farm clients persuades him to perform artificial insemination on his turkeys. Dr. Dave's faithful dog, Lug, runs afoul of the next-door neighbour, and Doris sends her boss to the local House of Beauty for a trim and inevitable ribbing from the gay proprietors.
Where Does It Hurt? finds the country vet searching for answers about love and loss. His life takes a surprising turn when he makes the decision to confront his demons.
- GenresAnimalsNonfiction
313 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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February 25, 2019
I'm loving these stories by Canadian vet Dave Perrin. who, although he is a vet is a very fine writer with a deft touch. As well as the blood, gore and poo that you encounter when you delve into the back end of a cow, his stories are very human, particularly when it comes to beloved pets that are injured or ill and on death's door. He also has that very rare gift for a writer to be able to stand back and write about himself, which is covered in the section where he reports on his experiences with the Ashram.
August 28, 2019
Funny, sad, and poignant adventures of a country vet are further explored in this riveting book. No detail is left unexplored. Dave Perrin has a flair for description! I cannot wait to find out more about his life!
August 1, 2008
Just finished this one and I loved it!! I recommend reading his whole series.
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