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The Ewoks of the Dog World

By Dr. Anndrea Kapke
Greenwood Animal Clinic

Yorkshire Terriers are those little dogs that look like Star Wars Ewoks that you see peeking out of ladies’ purses. Yorkies have long, straight, glossy hair coats that are described as blue and tan (grey or black and tan for us non-dog-show types.) The Yorkshire Terrier breed standard is nine inches tall and weighing less than seven pounds. They have an average life expectancy of nine to fifteen years, making them one of t… Continue

Turn Off That Garden Hose!

By Dr. Anndrea Kapke
Greenwood Animal Clinic

Despite the way we may treat them, dogs are not little people in fur coats. For example, their reproductive systems are different than ours. Our veterinary clinic frequently fields phone calls from panicked owners of intact female dogs they find literally stuck to a wandering neighborhood male dog. For some reason, people always want to spray the couple with a garden hose. I suspect that would do the trick for humans, but… Continue

A New Leash on Life

Published in the Southside Times 9/2009
By Dr. Anndrea Kapke
Greenwood Animal Clinic
502 N. Madison Ave.
Greenwood, IN 46142
(317) 881-4300
www.greenwoodanimalclinic.com

Our first retired racing Greyhound was named Cat-su-fast. We called her Fast. When we moved into our first house, one of our neighbors came to our backyard fence and introduced himself. He asked if our dog was a retired racing Greyhound. I nodded and said,… Continue

An Insider’s Guide to How to Shop for a Veterinarian
Published in Southside Times 11/19/09

By Dr. Anndrea Kapke
Greenwood Animal Clinic
502 N. Madison Ave.
Greenwood, IN 46142
(317) 881-4300
www.greenwoodanimalclinic.com

This should probably start out with a well enunciated rapid fire voice-over stating, “I am a veterinarian and owner of a local veterinary clinic so anything I say should be taken with a grain of flea powder.” But really, I wou… Continue