title: All My Patients Kick and Bite: More Favorite Stories from a Vet's Practice
author: Jeff Wells
description: Veterinarian Wells returns with another collection of warm, humorous tales of the animals he treats and the people who own and care for them. Dealing with the unexpected--llamas who don't want their nails trimmed, teenagers looking to get high on feline distemper vaccine, a herd of Scottish Highland cattle trying to protect a calf from the vet--makes for some high-tension reading. There are also moving stories of difficult births and life-saving efforts in nighttime winter snows. Wells weaves in the struggles of his own life and marriage with his wife's successful fight against recurrent cancer, and their adoption of an orphan from Korea. Good-natured, inviting animal tales. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />The veterinarian's second book of gently told tales from his practice are heartwarming and heartbreaking. (<i>The Sacramento Bee</i>)<br /><br />This is a wonderfully written book...It is filled with what has become [Wells's]trademark humor and gentle touch. Dr. Wells' book is filled with stories that are touching, poignant, and funny, all reflecting his experiences as a dedicated veterinarian. Anyone who has ever been owned by a family pet will love this book. (<i>Tucson Citizen</i>)<br /><br />After reading this warm and compassionate eclectic mix of stories, you're left loving this rural Colorado veterinarian's sense of humor, patience and earthiness.Each of the richly detailed vignettes is intense and engaging while accented with vivid characters and a tough realism, leaving you marveling at the author's commitment and resilient, can-do spirit. (<i>Seattle Kennel Club</i>)
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  _**You Don’t Need a Doctor**_
  
  _**By Julia Talbot**_
  
  "Shit, Tony, this guy doesn't need a doctor, he needs a veterinarian." I pried
  open the mouth of the guy who'd just come into emergency, staring at the
  amazing set of canines he had. He'd been shot, and the wound was a mess,
  seemingly already festering.
  
  Christ, the guy was fuzzy, too.
  
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  "Looks like one of those dog-faced boys from the circus." Tony was a great RN,
  but he'd been working in trauma a long time and had developed a little of the
  gallows humor you saw when the patient came in unresponsive. It was a defense
  mechanism, though, and I understood.
  
  "He's not that bad, but yeah, he's on the hairy side. Do we know what
  happened?"
  
  Tony was doing his job, trying to find a vein to get that IV in, get the
  fluids going. Janey, the ER tech, was hooking up monitors, waiting to see if I
  wanted oxygen.
  
  "The intake says he was found at the site of a drive-by.
  
  He was uncon