Lorie Huston, DVM

Lorie Huston, DVM is a small animal veterinarian with over 20 years experience with dogs and cats. She is also a free-lance writer and blogger, as well as a social media and search engine optimization strategist.

Education

Lorie attended the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1986 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to that, she attended the University of Nebraska, where she received a Bachelor of Science.

Veterinary Work

Lorie currently practices veterinary medicine in Rhode Island. She cares for both dogs and cats and enjoys interacting with pet owners and their pets. Surgery is her favorite part of the business day.

Writing and Social Media Work

Several years ago, Lorie saw a need for more accurate information about pet care online. As a result, she started writing and blogging. You can find her at her personal blog, Pet Health Care Gazette. Lorie’s pet care and pet health articles have been widely published both offline and online, and can be found in FIDOFriendly, Pet Sitter’s World, and many others.

Her interest in social media and search engine optimization sprang up as a natural extension of her online writing. She currently maintains Social Savvy Pets.

At Home

Lorie shares her home with six beautiful cats, all of which were rescued, or had been abandoned at the hospital where she works.

• Lilly is Lorie’s female tripod. Lilly lost a leg, part of her tail, and several toes after being mauled by a dog when she was a kitten. Faced with the decision to euthanize this badly injured eight-week old homeless kitten, Lorie decided to perform the necessary surgery and give her a chance at life. She has lived with Lorie since that time and is currently happy, healthy, and not at all bothered by the fact that she has only three legs.

• Midge was part of an abandoned litter of kittens that was hand-reared by an employee of the hospital. After the purchase of a new house, Lorie decided she had room for at least one more cat and Midge became part of her family.

• Rusty was a sick cat that was presented to the hospital by a local animal control officer. Rusty joined Lorie’s family after his recovery.

• Dillon was abandoned at the hospital — left on the doorstep in a cardboard box from which he had escaped. When he was finally located days later, it was love at first sight and Dillon now shares Lorie’s home.

• Rhette also was abandoned, left in a carrier in the parking lot of the hospital. After being examined and found to be healthy, he joined Lorie’s growing family as well.

• Merlin is the latest addition to the family. He was living as a stray cat near the hospital but not faring very well on his own. He obviously needed some help and Lorie was happy to oblige.

All six cats are, of course, neutered/spayed. Though Lorie loves dogs as well, she feels that bringing a dog into the household would be unfair to Lilly, who is understandably very frightened of them. As a result, as long as Lilly is with Lorie, her family will remain entirely feline.

Some of Lorie’s other interests include gardening, fish-keeping, and reading.