“We have a lion problem in Spring Canyon,” my neighbor Keri says to anyone who will listen -- neighbors, strangers, wildlife officers. We do not have a lion problem. We are blessed with the presence of mountain lions in the canyon behind our houses. It’s a fairly deep canyon, 200 feet, and two miles long. There are plenty of deer in the canyon, ...

I am for sure a better pet owner for knowing this vet. Tonight as my old dog wobbles in from her evening walk I remember when he diagnosed her a year and a half ago with renal failure. He said “I’ve seen some dogs go two weeks from this point, and some go two years.” I didn’t like him the first time I took my cat to see him fifteen years ago. ...