A vet tech, a miniature poodle and the folk music that brought them together
Melanie Garrett, certified veterinary technician, and her dog Madeline love to travel — seen here near Joseph, Oregon.
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'The housed and unhoused get together over love of pets'
Shelter Medicine Club members Leila Shetula, Karina Vajda and Jessika Rosewitz get advice from '21 graduate Dr. Eilea Delgadillo while examining a patient at the Street Dawgs & Cats event.
The ‘princess’ sheltie brings comfort over the rainbow bridge
Tom O'Brien and Jeannine Marshall-O'Brien dedicate the Leilani Comfort Room.
Loyal Luca: Memories of a special dog
Jorie Clark and Luca Bratsi on the Isle of Harris, Scotland.
A passion for purebreds: AKC community hosts veterinary students
Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine students and alumni visit Linn County Kennel Club Dog Show at the Linn County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Albany, Oregon
Nine more months for Dexter: Limb-sparing cancer surgery adds precious time
Dr. Bernard Seguin pioneered a limb-sparing surgery called lateral manus translation while he was an associate professor at Oregon State, and Dr. Milovancev and Katy Townsend have continued to perform the surgery at Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
A Wolf, some fleece and a thousand blankets
Diane Ostergaard sews and donates kennel blankets to the CCVM teaching hospital.
Mason, Saucy, Sid, Patty, Wolf and Carbon. Two dogs, four cats. Diane Ostergaard, 72 and a retired school librarian, lives in Salem, Oregon with her husband Terry. Each animal has been a companion through the seasons of their joined life.
Mason, a Saint Bernard, was Terry’s dog before they tied the knot. “That’s almost why I married him,” Ostergaard said with a chuckle.
Save pets’ lives by making radiation treatment available in Oregon
Gwendolyn is a spunky, young cat. She likes to spend her days outside, hiding in tall grass, stalking critters (mostly dragonflies and the neighborhood cats). “She runs the house and likes to boss people and our other pets around,” says her owner Sara Bryant.