Don't Turn Your Back in the Barn Country Vet

Name: Don't Turn Your Back in the Barn Country Vet
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ISBN: 9780740723506

ISBN-10: 0740723502

ISBN-13: 9780740723506

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Perrin

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For 26 years, Dr. David Perrin served as a country veterinarian in the rural (but never quiet) Creston valley of southern British Columbia. Don't Turn Your Back in the Barn is his engaging and entertaining firsthand account of his rookie year on the job in the early 1970s. Reminiscent of the beloved books of British veterinarian and writer James Herriot, Perrin's book is by turns heartbreaking and hysterical. In 22 stories, he relays his encounters with an eclectic group of two-legged clients and a roster of four-legged patients that range in size from a newborn kitten to a 1,500-pound pregnant heifer. Perrin's honest account of veterinary life includes his mistakes, successes, and frequent…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Foreword	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Sweet William	p. 1
"Star Light, Star Bright"	p. 12
Ferry Contrary	p. 26
Poor Wee Thing	p. 38
Party Line Blues	p. 45
Doris	p. 50
Moving In	p. 65
The Yahk Circus	p. 69
Virgin Territory	p. 85
Ladies' Man	p. 93
A Day at the Beach	p. 106
My Kids	p. 128
This Little Piggy	p. 142
Plum '72	p. 152
Meine Beste Freundin	p. 174
Blood Brothers	p. 186
The Trouble with Cows	p. 193
My New Car	p. 212
The Freeloader	p. 220
Mouse	p. 229
Such a Good Girl	p. 234
The Cruel Month	p. 243
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