Dr. Don DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary

Forgotten and Ignored The Human-Animal Bond DH DeForge, VMD 28July2013 The Little Boy and the Old Man by Shel Silverstein Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon." Said the old man, "I do that too." The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants." "I do that too," laughed the little old man. Said the  little boy , "I often cry." The old man nodded, "So do I." "But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems Grown-ups don't pay attention to me." And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand. "I know what you mean," said the  little old man . When Shel Silverstein wrote this simple poem, I wonder if he realized its impact on the millions who have read it through the years.  If it is first read as a child, it has a much different emphasis than when read as an adult.   It symbolizes...two stages of life.....the very young......and the very old sharing a mystery of similarity and a fate of being igno...

"Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love."  Quote by - Cole Porter Heat, Humidity, and the Flea Party of 2013-Finding the Answer to Coping with the Flea Don DeForge,VMD  18July2013 I t is summer time and that is FLEA TIME 2013!  Each year 1000's of pets become flea-laden and homes become flea infested.  The question posed to veterinarians is the same.....what is the answer doc? To understand how to conquer your flea problem you must understand the life cycle of  the flea! Adult fleas spend most of their life on the animal but most of the fleas life cycle occurs off the pet~. This is why the pet and the environment both must be treated to remove your flea problem~ Adult female fleas lay about 50 eggs per day on the pet....one female can lay approximately  2000 eggs~ That one flea can multiply to 2000 fleas on your pet and in your home in 20-30 days~ Flea eggs fall off your pet onto cushions, beds, carpeting, and ha...

LOVE QUIZ and the Human-Animal Bond Dr. Don DeForge 05July2013 Mother Teresa: " We can do no great things; only small things with great love." In my blogs, I frequently refer to a special friend, Dr. Leo Buscaglia.  We lost Leo from heart failure 15 years ago but he has been with me every moment of my life and even more today than when I first heard him speak.  Leo was an educator, a scholar, a college professor, a media personage, an international lecturer, and most importantly a very decent and kind person.  Here are two lessons he taught me. "Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time . . . It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other" ~Leo Buscaglia Perhaps the fact of life most conducive to living fully as a person is an honest awareness and acceptance of death.  When we can embrace death as simply another aspect of the life cycle, we will give appreciation and value to each life encounter knowing that it will never occur again . ~...