veterinarian’s office, however, is that
employees—and Haggerty-Arcay herself
—all end up taking home pets.
“We fail as fosters,” Verble said with
a chuckle. “All my animals have come
from the vet.”
Haggerty-Arcay’s most recent
dog, a breed known as a Maltipoo
(a Maltese bred with a Poodle) is a
foster-adoptee that was surrendered
to the hospital because the own-
ers could not afford to take care of
their animal’s injury. She said this is
a common situation. “If the owners
can’t afford to fix something that’s
very fixable, like a broken leg, some-
body often fosters it from the office
and ends up taking it on,” she said.
Veterinarians are mandated to report
cases of animal abuse (a behavior that
may be an indicator of child abuse),
and they take this role very seriously.
In addition to their typical rounds
of dogs and cats (more dogs than cats,
in fact), the vets at Live Oak see the
occasional chicken, chinchilla, pig, and
clear evidence of injury or illness when
the aforementioned rodent. The most
diagnosing.
common ailments are gastrointestinal
“We have an advantage in that the
issues, but issues can vary widely. The
information is all objective, not skewed
practice offers services ranging from
or biased like when you take a history
check-ups and vaccines to dental care
from a person,” she said.
and preventative care, routine surgeries,
Verble admires Haggerty-Arcay’s
wound care, boarding, and euthanasia
bedside and surgical manner. “She’s a
when it’s time to put an animal down.
While euthanasia might seem like
phenomenal surgeon, and so comfort-
the hardest part of a vet’s job, Haggerty-
able in the operating room. It doesn’t
Arcay said, “It’s a far better alternative
seem like anything rattles her.”
Haggerty-Arcay attributes her skills
than letting an animal suffer, and it’s a
far better alternative than what humans
to her love of practicing medicine and
have for ourselves.”
doing surgery. “You can help make the
Practicing medicine on animals
animal better and give them back to the
might seem like a greater challenge
owner in a better state than when they
than working with humans, but
came in.”
Haggerty-Arcay
doesn’t find this to
be so. While you
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can’t expect an
Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm,
animal to tell you
Saturday, 8:00 am–12:00 pm.
where it hurts, she
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to really look for
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