Veterinary medicine

A dog's paw against a fence. (credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas Animal Chiropractors Offer Pet Care Alternative

Thirty years ago, Dr. Gene Giggleman was a Dallas veterinarian who thought chiropractors were quacks. Since then, he says he’s straightened out thousands of dogs and cats, not to mention the occasional snake, hamster, gerbil and guinea pig.

2013/04/16

Controversial ‘Debarking’ Not Music To Ears Of Veterinarians

You hear a dog bark long and loud enough and it can drive you to drink. But going under the knife to solve a bark problem?

2013/02/06

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Nearly 25-Percent Of Texas Dogs Are Obese

A new study by Pfizer Animal Health shows nearly a quarter of Texas dogs are obese. Vets say Texas dogs are fat for the same reason people are.

2012/07/02

Avery the pig before her remarkable weight loss. (credit: Facebook)

Obese Pet Pig Inspires Local Church To Get Healthy

At St. Nicholas Church in Flower Mound, the congregation is getting healthy, but their inspiration is coming from the most unlikely of places, a pig named Avery.

2012/03/01

Texas Vets: Pets Can Help With Cancer Research

Leading Texas veterinarians are mobilizing to enlist pets in the testing of experimental cancer therapies, a potential benefit to not just dogs and cats but people.

2012/01/30

Woman Claims Humane Society Let Her Adopt Sick Dogs

A North Texas woman says the Humane Society of North Texas allowed her to adopt two puppies that turned out to be very sick, and then said if she returned them they may be euthanized.

2011/11/10

A doggie face. (credit: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images)

Court Rules Against Local Pet Owner’s Religious Claims

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth resident Charles Myers told the Second District Court of Appeals Thursday that his 2009 conviction of misdemeanor cruelty to an animal violated the constitution and his religious beliefs. As […]

2011/07/28

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