Arden Moore demonstrates how to apply a makeshift splint on Kona during one of her Pet First Aid 4U classes. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Welcome to April. Strange as it may seem, April is designated as National Pickleball Month, National Soft Pretz
Dr. Lindsay Butzer of Clint Moore Animal Hospital in Boca Raton was diagnosed with leukemia in early 2020. She has been in remission since later that year. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Let me introduce you to Dr. Lindsay Butzer, representing a new b
The late Ken Simmons' love of animals made it easy for him to put pets at ease. Coastal Star 2013 file photo
By Arden Moore
I confess. I do have health insurance, but do not have a personal physician. I know, I know. I need to get a physical exam onc
ABOVE: Steve Teisch, center, and his technician, Chris Griffin, make a house call in Boynton Beach to perform an annual checkup on Shada Overton’s 13-year-old dalmatian, Hannah. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star. BELOW: Teisch’s client Elizabeth Ackerly
Young ‘doc’ helped bring horses to Europe after WWII
Now a part-time resident of Briny Breezes, Harold ‘Doc’ Burton
aboard the SS Mercer Victory ship in 1947.
Burton family photo
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Dr. Ken Simmons visits with Zeek Moore, Hannah Banana Marinus and Lexi Panitz
in the Doggie Day Care at the Barkeritaville Lagoon at Simmons Veterinary Hospital in Lake Worth.
Inset below: A special memorial statue will honor retired canine officer
Veterinarian Marty Becker recently published Your Dog:
The Owner's Manual. Up next is a guide for cat owners.
By Arden Moore
Cars, flat-screen television sets and even irons come with owner’s manuals to explain how they operate and how t
