Comments on: Millions of cats have one veterinarian to thank for their lives http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kim Thornton http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445891 Kim Thornton Mon, 18 May 2009 15:10:38 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445891 I remember this. I had been working at Fancy (now Bowtie) for a couple of years at that point, on Dog Fancy by then, but we read each other's boards (a term that no longer exists in the digital age) and I had cats then, so for all of us as editors and cat lovers it was major news. I remember this. I had been working at Fancy (now Bowtie) for a couple of years at that point, on Dog Fancy by then, but we read each other’s boards (a term that no longer exists in the digital age) and I had cats then, so for all of us as editors and cat lovers it was major news.

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445877 Colorado Transplant Mon, 18 May 2009 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445877 Thanks, Gina. I am a vegetarian, but someone in my family is a vegan and is probably taking supplements. Thanks, Gina.

I am a vegetarian, but someone in my family is a vegan and is probably taking supplements.

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445864 Gina Spadafori Mon, 18 May 2009 13:47:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445864 If you're not a vegan, you're fine. Vegans can become taurine-deficient, but can supplement. If you’re not a vegan, you’re fine. Vegans can become taurine-deficient, but can supplement.

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445727 Colorado Transplant Mon, 18 May 2009 04:35:06 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445727 I don't know if this question is dumb or not--not until I get an answer from Gina or Dr. Pion. Do humans get a taurine deficiency? Especially a vegan? I don’t know if this question is dumb or not—not until I get an answer from Gina or Dr. Pion.

Do humans get a taurine deficiency? Especially a vegan?

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445694 Susan Fox Mon, 18 May 2009 02:46:14 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445694 Good lord, I think I just had a blood sugar spike. Missed the earlier link. Thanks, Other Pat. Good lord, I think I just had a blood sugar spike.
Missed the earlier link. Thanks, Other Pat.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445690 The OTHER Pat Mon, 18 May 2009 02:33:21 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445690 And after Gina so kindly provided a link! Okay - here's another one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s#Popular_Products And after Gina so kindly provided a link!

Okay - here’s another one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.....r_Products

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445689 Colorado Transplant Mon, 18 May 2009 02:33:14 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445689 Devil dogs aside, Dr. Pion, thanks for setting me straight in learning to accept things the way they are now. You are wise as well as brilliant. Devil dogs aside, Dr. Pion, thanks for setting me straight in learning to accept things the way they are now. You are wise as well as brilliant.

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445687 Susan Fox Mon, 18 May 2009 02:29:46 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445687 Ok, what the heck is a "devil dog"? Ok, what the heck is a “devil dog”?

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445683 The OTHER Pat Mon, 18 May 2009 02:17:08 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445683 Thank you Dr. Pion for your thoughtful and thought-provoking response! (The devil dogs should be in the mail any day now! G!) Thank you Dr. Pion for your thoughtful and thought-provoking response!

(The devil dogs should be in the mail any day now! G!)

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/05/17/millions-of-cats-have-one-veterinarian-to-thank-for-their-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-445672 Susan Fox Mon, 18 May 2009 01:34:49 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7047#comment-445672 I didn't grow up with dogs or cats due to allergies, so getting to finally have a dog and the four cats has been maybe more of an exercise in mindfulness for me than for those who, possibly, take for granted having one or the other or both in their lives because they did grow up with them. At some point, as my first dear cat passed age ten, the thought occurred to me that not only are we responsible for their lives while we have them, but the odds are that we will be responsible for their deaths, too. And that it is necessary to to always act in their best interests, not ours. I find that I am comfortable with that. I suspect that many people are not. I didn’t grow up with dogs or cats due to allergies, so getting to finally have a dog and the four cats has been maybe more of an exercise in mindfulness for me than for those who, possibly, take for granted having one or the other or both in their lives because they did grow up with them.

At some point, as my first dear cat passed age ten, the thought occurred to me that not only are we responsible for their lives while we have them, but the odds are that we will be responsible for their deaths, too. And that it is necessary to to always act in their best interests, not ours. I find that I am comfortable with that. I suspect that many people are not.

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