Last week’s AHD Bulletin –
- Animal Health Digest Bulletin, September 18, 2025. Link.
Most read posts from September 18, 2025 AHD Bulletin –
- Four worn out, unwelcome words or phrases in vet med. Link.
- Rabies is NOT a thing of the past. Link.
- “What Else?” Link.
- Which coaching approach is the best? Behavior-based vs mental-state. Link.
- Are veterinary teams obligated to discuss the option of pet insurance? Link.
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Will my dog be in heaven? Why grieving pet owners turn to religious groups.
Source: The Washington Post, September 14, 2025. Link. When her Old English bulldog Lucy contracted lymphoma and died unexpectedly last year, Ingrid Nelson was rocked by grief. The dog was a deep source of support for Nelson, a sometimes overwhelmed single mom. “She was just my soul dog.”
Florida woman fights off alligator to save her puppy
Source: The New York Times, September 14, 2025. Link. But what began as a routine stroll on Wednesday with Dax, a 4-month-old Shih Tzu, turned into a harrowing attack by an alligator that suddenly emerged from the moss-covered creek and yanked on the dog’s collar.
Common passwords to never use. They take seconds to crack
Source: How to Geek, May 2, 2025. Link. Ray Malik explains how passwords works, what makes them easy to crack, passwords to avoid and how to pick a secure password. Pick a password that has 12 mixed characters minimum and avoid using the same password for different accounts.
Before coffee was a drink, people washed their hands with it
Source: Atlas Obscura, December 11, 2023. Link. Five centuries or so before the popularity of coffee as a hot beverage, a mysterious ingredient began to appear in Arabic books on medicine and botany. The descriptions of this ingredient were very similar to our familiar coffee and called bunk.
Fall foliage map shows when colors will be most vibrant
Source: Real Simple, September 3, 2025. Link. Fall trips are often favorites of animal health pros using earned PTO days before the winter holidays and after harvest. Ria Bhagwat shares a few cities that the Old Farmer’s Almanac deems view-worthy.