Dr. Don DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary

Stopping the Cycle of Pain in the Pet You Love! The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. --Helen Keller A Commentary on Companion Animal Pain   D. DeForge, VMD "Today there is a better understanding of how pain develops and is perpetuated.  It is now well established that animals and humans have similar neural pathways for the development, conduction, and modulation of pain.  According to the principle of analogy, because cats and dogs have neural pathways and neurotransmittors that are similar, if not identical, to those of humans, it is highly likely animals experience pain similarly." Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 2007;43:235-248 AAHA/AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats. Bad pain is a form of pain that is unfortunately not recognized by the pet owner.  Bad Pain is pain that a pet lives with each and every day of its life and thinks that t this significant PAIN is NORMAL.  The greatest tragedy is tha...

Searching to Find Happiness " The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.  "    Mark Twain "Looking for Greener Pastures and never seeing the beauty outside our back door."                                   Don DeForge, VMD  How great it would be to be that multi-million dollar ball player with the perfect knuckle ball.  As it leaves your hand, it flutters and jumps left and right and the batter swings and finds only air.  The crowds in the ball park scream your name as the game ends with your  fellow ball players jumping on you.  You have won the World Series. It is the Super Bowl and your team is behind by two points.   You are called upon to kick a 55 yard field goal.  As you approach the ball, the world turns into slow motion.  You can feel yourself breathe; the ball ever so slowly comes toward you to be placed on the gro...

  A World that has Forgotten How to LAUGH A Tribute to Jonathan Winters "Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." - Bill Cosby DH DeForge, VMD-A Commentary on the Great Man of Comedy Jonathan Winters 07May2014 (CNN)  -- Jonathan Winters, the wildly inventive actor and comedian who appeared in such films as "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Loved One" and played Robin Williams' son on the TV show "Mork & Mindy," has died. He was 87. [April 13, 2013] Winters died Thursday evening of natural causes at his home in Montecito, California, according to business associate Joe Petro III. Winters was known for his comic irreverence, switching characters the way other people flick on light switches. His routines were full of non sequiturs and surreal jokes. Williams, in particular, often credited him as a grea...

Saying Good-Bye to Maren Sanchez "We can ask ourselves daily what we have done to make the world a better place; to make someone smile; to help someone feel more secure; ....It's the simple things which have the greatest effect.  We must never underestimate the strength of a smile or an act of kindness." Dr. Leo Buscaglia Dr. Don DeForge 03May2014 Maren Sanchez MILFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) –  Hundreds gathered in Milford, Conn. for a vigil Monday night, honoring a teenage girl who was stabbed to death – allegedly by a classmate. As CBS 2’s Lou Young reported, students and teachers carried candles and wore purple – the favorite color of Maren Sanchez, 16. In all, more than 1,500 people filed onto the Jonathan Law High School football field to try to get past the grisly murder. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, the principal of the school, members of the clergy, and friends of the slain high school junior were all in attendance. They spoke about trying to get past the shock...