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Author: Dan Amos

  • It’s never the owner’s knickers, part 2

    It’s never the owner’s knickers, part 2

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    Dan Amos

    In my previous blog post I looked at the known veterinary phenomenon that dogs often eat underwear. This may then require surgery – which is clearly a stressful situation for owners and the vet team. And we all know that if surgery has been required, the likelihood of the underwear belonging to the owners is…

  • It’s never the owner’s knickers, part 1

    It’s never the owner’s knickers, part 1

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    Dan Amos

    I start with the proposed title for my memoirs, which may never be written as I do have this blog to share my life stories – but the idea and title are there for when I feel the urge. Anyway, let’s get back to the knickers… We all know that after surgery for a foreign…

  • From blog to where?

    From blog to where?

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    Dan Amos

    Following on from my little nostalgia tour, which I started when I hit my 10th anniversary writing for Vet Times, I thought I might give you a look at what happens after my blogs are published… Some blogs created some extra interest or led to other things; others provoked letters to Vet Times, comments on…

  • Bye-law alterations

    Bye-law alterations

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    Dan Amos

    I realise more and more that I am writing a second PhD as I try to complete my first… As I compare original sources with what was reported in the press via The Veterinarian, there are numerous other articles I see that I want to enjoy. But for today’s fun fact from the archives, I…

  • A very Victorian (veterinary) Christmas

    A very Victorian (veterinary) Christmas

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    Dan Amos

    As we approach Christmas, there will always be someone in each gathering noting how our celebrations today are based on many German traditions. The “festive know-it-all” (or the “f’kal”, as we may call them under our breath) will be on hand to remind us that indoor trees and turkeys for dinner are a tradition of…

  • Moving pictures

    Moving pictures

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    Dan Amos

    There must be something in the air this November, what with a decade of blogs to read through, I seem to be reminiscing quite a lot. This hasn’t been maudlin navel gazing, I promise. It has motivated me on a few fronts. The most obvious one is that there are now new videos on my…

  • Tolkien about veterinary history

    Tolkien about veterinary history

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    Dan Amos

    This month has brought some exciting news to my thesis. As I reach the tail end of the chronological time period I’m researching, I enter into the world of the Gamgees – a familiar name not because of their veterinary role, but because of Samwise Gamgee in the works of JRR Tolkien. While I visualise…

  • The loneliness of working all hours

    The loneliness of working all hours

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    Dan Amos

    The funeral of the century has now passed us by (which doesn’t have quite the same ring as wedding of the century), and the British public demonstrated many skills throughout the grieving process. It was an elongated period during which the UK presented a suitably sombre face. Then there was the queue… I suppose every…

  • 10 years: a decade of Davidson

    10 years: a decade of Davidson

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    Dan Amos

    2022 is bringing up lots of 10 year anniversaries: The London Olympics Keeping up with the Kardashians began My first blogs for Vet Times Yes, 10 years ago I was on Twitter as @JaneRVN and was already using #PlanetRVN when a certain digital editor from Vet Times slid into my DMs… before that was even…

  • Lifting the curse

    Lifting the curse

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    Dan Amos

    In June this year, I entered Joey in a local dog show. It’s one that, pre-COVID, had been held every year in July, but had been sensibly moved to a slightly cooler month for 2022. It was in aid of a local dog rescue – one that I’ve not heard of apart from this dog…