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
