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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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Planning for the [almost] inevitable: funding your next veterinary nightmare

Pet owners beware: There will come a time when your vet (or, God forbid, a specialist) will ask you to pay more than you’d rather fork over for the treatment of one of your pet&r READ MORE

Oct 31, 2007 / (30) comments

Ears, ears, ears'¦will they never heal? (Chronic otitis externa in pets)

“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.“You must be,” said READ MORE

Oct 30, 2007 / (20) comments

The pain control conundrum makes its mark in one vet's painful case

The use of pain control medication in pets seems like a no-brainer to most of us—especially when it comes to seriously excruciating orthopedic surgeries. READ MORE

Oct 29, 2007 / (15) comments

Severe dominance aggression in felines

Cats can be the snuggliest, cuddliest, most personable of pets…and then there’s the rare deranged feline. READ MORE

Oct 28, 2007 / (16) comments

Innocent until guilty. But not when it comes to perp's pets'¦

Here’s another “only in Miami” story for you: Barbie, a sheltie owned by a murder suspect, was reportedly “dognapped” by a North Miami police officer after she was fou READ MORE

Oct 27, 2007 / (7) comments

Things pets eat (do NOT try this at home!)

Pet insurance companies can now add another notch to their tally of marginally useful things achieved in the animal health arena. READ MORE

Oct 26, 2007 / (17) comments

Feline hairball horrors (just in time for Halloween week)

Here's another Miami Herald column for you. I'm travelling in New York (yes, lucky me, I'm in Manhattan for the weekend) but I'll be keeping up my posts--I promise. READ MORE

Oct 26, 2007 / (8) comments

SAD pets: Does 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' give your pet the blues?

New research shows that even pets get the blues during that time of year when the Earth is tilted away from the sun’s direct intervention. READ MORE

Oct 25, 2007 / (3) comments

The financial headache/heartache conundrum in vet medicine

After this week’s post on my freebie services, I started to feel unduly praised for the work I undertook on a dying cat’s behalf. READ MORE

Oct 24, 2007 / (6) comments

Screw the doc...keep your cat!

OK, here's another one of my Miami Herald artcles, reprinted from last week's Sunday Home & Design section. (No, they didn't print my title.) Enjoy! READ MORE

Oct 23, 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.