COS 140 A Practical Guide To Caring For Geriatric Dogs

Dr. Mary Gardner's new book, It's Never Long Enough: A practical guide to caring for your geriatric dog, is a wonderful collection of stories, lessons learned, and practical approaches from a career serving pets at the ends of their lives. Dr. Gardner discusses the writing of the book, her next book on cats, the chapters she's most proud of, and some of the stories that she shares in her texts. Whether you are a pet owner with a geriatric dog, or a medical professional who wants to exponentially increase the number of tips and tricks you have to offer pet owners, this book is worth unpacking. LINKS Buy the Book: DrMaryGardner.com/books Dr. Mary Gardner on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmarygardner The Uncharted Veterinary Podcast https://unchartedvet.com/uncharted-veterinary-podcast/ Retain Your Team: Languages of Appreciation in your Workplace https://unchartedvet.com/product/appreciation-languages-101/ Creating Content that Clients Crave https://unchartedvet.com/product/creating-content-that-clients-crave/ What’s on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/ Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark ABOUT OUR GUEST: There is nothing better to Dr. Mary Gardner than a dog with a grey muzzle or skinny old cat! Her professional goal is to increase awareness and medical care for the geriatric veterinary patient and to help make the final life stage to be as peaceful as possible, surrounded with dignity and support for all involved. A University of Florida graduate (AND ANDY’S CLASSMATE!), she discovered her niche in end of life care and is the co-founder and CIO of Lap of Love which has over 250 veterinarians around the country dedicated to veterinary hospice and euthanasia in the home. Dr. Gardner and Lap of Love have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Doctors and numerous professional veterinary publications. She is co-author of the textbook “The Treatment and Care of the Veterinary Patient”, co-author of a children’s activity book focused on saying goodbye to a dog called “Forever Friend”, and the author of a book dedicated to pet owners “It’s Never Long Enough: A practical guide to caring for your geriatric dog”. Dr. Gardner also won VMX Small Animal Speaker of the year in 2020!