What would you do when a seemingly unhappy or self entertaining bull is running full speed, headed right for you… and what does your pet mean to you? Our animal friends and companions often fill important roles in our lives as we do in theirs. And when a beloved pet falls sick it is a veterinarian to whom we look to help make the lives of our pets, and us, more healthy and happy.
Charlie Freed practices veterinary medicine in Willits, California, and is the author of “Vet Tails: Small Stories, From A Small Town, Small Animal Veterinarian”.
Freed describes the daily emotional rollercoaster of his 35 years of large and small animal medicine and shares with us what he has learned of the bond between us and our animals.
Hannah Bird, Assistant Producer at Radio Curious visited with Charlie Freed on January 18, 2010. Hannah began by asking Dr. Freed to describe the special relationship between people and their animal pets.
The book that Charlie Freed recommends is “Marnie” by Winston Graham.
