Sweet Summertime
There is this crazy phenomenon where vet clinics get EVEN BUSIER in the summer. It doesn’t feel possible, with how busy we already are,...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Eat The Mushrooms!
June always reminds me of Clancy, so I figured this was a good time to share his story! June is the time of year that it is just getting...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
Heat Stroke - Stilwell got TOO hot
Summers are tough for dogs who don’t do well in the heat, and Stilwell is a great example of this. Way back in the summer of 2014,...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jun 13, 2021
- 4 min
Mowgli and his broken heart
In the fall of 2015, Alison was tagged in a post on Facebook with a puppy with the most adorable, yet ridiculous looking face. He was...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
That time Sawyer needed emergency surgery…
My pittie Sawyer was the type of dog who made poor life choices. He LOVED toys, but he loved to eat toys as much as play with them, so...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Brotherly Love vet clinic
I love traveling to Nicaragua, and the difference we make there is one that you can clearly see. However, each year that we traveled down...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- May 23, 2021
- 4 min
Nellie Rae and heartworms
Alison has a thing for short, squatty, smooshy faced creatures – we all know it, and she freely admits it! Nellie Rae has been one of her...
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Lisa Bogan
- May 16, 2021
- 3 min
Party of 5
I have one of those “Dog Lovers” novelty kitchen towels. It says “One Dog Away From Being A Deranged Dog Lady”. Well, I’m already there!...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
Miley
During our 2018 trip to Big Corn Island, Nicaragua, we had the pleasure of helping a furry version of Miss Miley Cyrus. This Miley was a...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
Sawyer
To tell the story of the original three Mehaffey dogs, we have to round it out by talking about Sawyer. Sawyer was by far the BEST out of...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 18, 2021
- 4 min
Fiona
Fiona is by far, the worst dog I have ever had the privilege of knowing and owning. You know the book ‘Marley and Me’? Well, Fiona was...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 11, 2021
- 4 min
Starting out as a vet
My very first job out of vet school is where I met Dr Jen Heller. We went to the same vet school, but she was 2 years ahead of me, so we...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Apr 4, 2021
- 4 min
BCI stories - Into the barrios we go!
One of my favorite parts of our BCI trip is always going out into the neighborhoods, or barrios. We have done this every year as a way...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Geralt of Rivia – the little dane puppy with a big will to live
On a cold day at the end of January of last year, a client came in with a teeny tiny 3 week old great dane puppy wrapped up in a towel. ...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
Our piggy puppies – the little mange babies who could!
Going way back in the rescue’s history, all the way to 2013, I want to tell the story of the piggy puppies. We came across an urgent...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
BCI stories – Blue, the puppy with distemper
I shared this week on our Harley’s Haven social media about how BCI is having another distemper outbreak, and I felt like it was also a...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
Chickens
I do not have a good track record with chickens. I like chickens, don’t get me wrong…and one day I’m hoping I can talk Tom into us having...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
BCI Stories – Monica and her puppies
Our first year on BCI on our veterinary mission trip, one of the very first dogs we came in contact with was Monica. At the time we met...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
Enzo - a beautiful goodbye
I can’t even count how many times people have said to me when they hear I’m a vet – “Oh I love animals, but I could never do that because...
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Dr. Beth Mehaffey
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Dr. Seuss puppies
The very early days of Pennridge were challenging in so many ways. Working out of just one room, with half hearted heat in the winter,...
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