Our Expert: Dr. Patty Khuly
6 Ways Your Smartphone Camera Can Improve Your Next Vet Visit
By Dr. Patty Khuly | December 13, 2016About 10 years ago, clients started showing me pictures and videos of their pets. They’d whip out their smartphones for me to examine alongside the real thing on the exam table. At…View Full Post ›
7 Ways to Help De-stress Pets During Vet Visits
By Dr. Patty Khuly | November 3, 2016There’s no two ways about it: Health care can be stressful. Whether we’re talking humans or animals, home or hospital care, many things medical are stressful. As a veterinarian, a mother and a…View Full Post ›
8 Easy Ways to Make Your Veterinarian Happy
By Dr. Patty Khuly | October 20, 2016While you probably don’t spend your days wondering if your veterinarian is happy, his or her good mood might just be a reflection of your dedication to animal health. And making your vet…View Full Post ›
How to Handle Home Healthcare for Cats Without Making Them Hate You (a Vet's View)
By Dr. Patty Khuly | October 11, 2016Ever try to bathe a cat? Then you probably subscribe to the belief championed by one of my favorite colleagues, “Hell hath no fury like a well-motivated feline.”Never have truer words…View Full Post ›
5 Most Common Myths About Pet Grooming
By Dr. Patty Khuly | October 6, 2016There are many myths when it comes to pet grooming, so knowing the right way to brush and bathe your dog or cat can be a little confusing. To help you separate fact from fiction — and help you avoid…View Full Post ›
Why Does My Pet... Get So Lumpy as He Ages?
By Dr. Patty Khuly | September 30, 2016It’s not pretty, but it’s a fact of life: We all get older. For some of our pets, that means often unsightly, suspicious and definitely disconcerting growths that arise on, in or just beneath the…View Full Post ›
Why Does My Pet... Pace at Night?
By Dr. Patty Khuly | September 13, 2016Evolutionarily speaking, we humans have taken pets into our households because they mesh well with our daily lives. Thankfully, that normally extends to our nighttime sleeping lives, too. While…View Full Post ›
Why Does My Pet... Make a Mess When She Eats?
By Dr. Patty Khuly | September 2, 2016Dogs and cats are typically considered neat eaters. Unlike many other small mammals and some birds, for example, our canine and feline house pets tend toward the tidy. Unfortunately, however,…View Full Post ›
Stinky Dog? 6 Possible Culprits
By Dr. Patty Khuly | August 30, 2016Got an adorable dog with some serious odor issues? If you've got a real stinker on your hands — whether it be occasional or full-time, it's in everyone's best interest to take care of the problem.…View Full Post ›
10 Most Overlooked Aches and Pains in Cats
By Dr. Patty Khuly | June 21, 2016If you’ve ever awoken to the soft pitter-patter of paws on your face, thrilled to the grace of a glorious sofa-to-loveseat leap or felt the telltale squish of a hairball beneath your bare…View Full Post ›
8 Best Pet Apps Vets Want You to Know About
By Dr. Patty Khuly | June 14, 2016When I first started writing about pet apps back in 2009, they were considered trendy playthings for the tech set and hadn't yet been adopted by most pet owners. As such, there wasn’t much to be…View Full Post ›
A Vet Talks About Her Foster 'Failures' — and Why She Decided to Keep the Pets Forever
By Dr. Patty Khuly | February 24, 2016If you're anything like me, you’re a failure — a failure as a foster pet person, anyhow. That is to say, you’ve “temporarily” taken in a pet, fully intending to find her a home, only to…View Full Post ›
