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Dr. Coates is a veterinarian based in the other “Sunshine State” – that's Colorado to the rest of you – where she lives and plays with a varied range of animals. She shares her professional and personal experiences, Monday through Friday, here on petMD's blog, the Fully Vetted. Log in for your daily dose of her insight and wisdom.

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Style and Home: Where pets and their healthcare belong?

Here’s a pet peeve of mine: Why are pets and their issues always remanded to the same periodical vicinity as great recipes and fancy decorating ideas? READ MORE

Jul 31, 2007 / (4) comments

Pet dental care is going higher tech - but will you pay for it?

Vet hospitals across the US are finally grabbing hold of the most basic dental technology and making good use of it. But most pet owners are still unwilling to pay for it—or are they? READ MORE

Jul 30, 2007 / (24) comments

Veterinary career-choice confessions

I have a confession (yes, another one—but it’s a biggie): I often prefer to sit with my computer and write to you than actually see patients and clients. READ MORE

Jul 29, 2007 / (11) comments

The Slentrol challenge: Pet obesity begone'¦forever!

I’ve spent the past couple of months learning more about pet obesity than you thought you’d ever want to know. READ MORE

Jul 28, 2007 / (9) comments

The feline harbinger of death (and other strange tales of pets' sixth sense)

When I was a kid I remember falling ill one day and spending a prolonged period of time in my bed. READ MORE

Jul 27, 2007 / (11) comments

More canned food madness: Botulism 101

Has anyone else discovered the irony in Natural Balance’s botulism-tainted canned food? One of the recalled brands was the “Chinese Take-Out” version of their Eatables for Dogs. READ MORE

Jul 26, 2007 / (5) comments

Dog fights and cockfights and other repulsive over-testosteroned fare

Monday morning in The Miami Herald: Cockfighting feeds for sale onlin READ MORE

Jul 25, 2007 / (15) comments

E-collars and other wayward-tongue defeating torture devices

Ahhhh…the Elizabethan collar. READ MORE

Jul 24, 2007 / (8) comments

Spied in the New York Times this Sunday: High level veterinary competition in the City

A huge, color photo of an anesthetized pit bull being prepped to enter the extremely high-tech mouth of a $750,000 MRI. READ MORE

Jul 23, 2007 / (2) comments

Sorry for the short (and late) post but this vet is reading the new Harry Potter'¦

OK, so I know it’s late to be posting on a Sunday. I have no excuse. READ MORE

Jul 22, 2007 / (9) comments

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About fully vetted

Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

Dr. Khuly is a former petMD blogger and small animal veterinarian in Miami, Florida, where she practices medicine at Sunset Animal Clinic and serves on the board of the South Florida Veterinary Medical Association. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and The Wharton School of Business.

As a significant sideline, she writes...a lot. She authors pet health columns for USA Today, The Miami Herald and Vetstreet. She also writes a popular monthly column for Veterinary Practice News and serves as regular contributor to Veterinary Economics, The Bark, and the Veterinary News Network.

Dr. Khuly lives in South Miami with her brood of hens, goats, dogs, cats...and humans.