The Bull in the Darkness and the One-Eyed Dog: Scenes from the Life of a Country Veterinarian

by Robert T. Sharp D.V.M.

Overview

Dr. Robert Sharp tells remarkable, highly readable, and true stories of a country vet’s encounters with animal patients of all kinds, their equally unusual if not unique owners, and the flavorful rural settings they inhabit. The Bull in the Darkness and the One-Eyed Dog is a collection of his most memorable country animal cases—many funny, some almost unbelievable, and some thought-provoking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493073177
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/15/2023
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	514,092
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A lifelong Ohio resident, Rob Sharp received his A.B. in Zoology and M.A. in Aquatic Ecology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Air Force for the next five years as a KC-135 instructor/evaluator navigator with the 17th Bomb Wing of Strategic Air Command, and is a Vietnam veteran. He left the Air Force to attend The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, received his D.V.M. degree in 1979, and has practiced in southern Ohio since graduation.

Editorial Reviews

"As much as I enjoyed No Dogs in Heaven?, Dr. Sharp’s latest work might be even better. Without a doubt, my favorite chapter begins on Page 33 and is about a dog named Pierre, later to be known as Clipper.... The chapter on Clipper is worth the price of the book. Another gem by Highland County’s own Dr. Rob Sharp. Read it. You won’t be disappointed."

Rory Ryan

…Sharp brings wit and warmth to his portrayals of the animals and people of Hillsboro, Ohio. Good-natured, a little rambling, but never long-winded, these tales are as much for the fan of small-town living as they are for the animal lover, and Sharp himself is a winning raconteur.” —Publisher’s Weekly

"As much as I enjoyed No Dogs in Heaven?, Dr. Sharp’s latest work might be even better. Without a doubt, my favorite chapter begins on Page 33 and is about a dog named Pierre, later to be known as Clipper.... The chapter on Clipper is worth the price of the book. Another gem by Highland County’s own Dr. Rob Sharp. Read it. You won’t be disappointed." —Rory Ryan, Editor/Publisher. Highland County Press

From the Publisher

Buoyant, tenderhearted stories of a rural veterinarian’s days and nights on the job.. .. Here, in 38 vignettes, all written with an easy hand, Sharp describes with equal poise the countryside around him—an atmospheric blend of stormy nights, dogwoods and redbuds, coffee cake and milk, farms tucked away in hollows—and the practice it demands: horse work, hog work, bull work, animals big enough to kill you.. .. Short, anecdotal material that animal-lovers can dip into with relish.

Kirks Reviews

Rookie veterinarian Sharp decided he wanted to. .. own his own practice.. .. knowing little of large-animal veterinary work, he purchased a country practice from a retiring veterinarian and plunged into farmwork. Sharp regales the reader with tales from his daily life. One group of stories follows the author during his first weeks on the job, as he learns the back roads on his way to calf deliveries and treats a pen of ‘sick’ pigs that turned out to be drunk on fermented feed. Another selection of stories involves dealing with animal owners, who often need as much treatment as their charges, such as the young girl who lifted her top to ask if the circular lesion on her breast was the same as her puppy’s ringworm—it was. Once-in-a-lifetime cases fill another section, like the box turtle with a crushed shell, mended with the Bondo Sharp was using to repair a boat. These often amusing tales should find a wide audience.

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