Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook.pdf - Mr. Walnuts

James M. Giffin, MD
Jim Giffin graduated from Amherst
College and received his medical
degree from Yale University School of
Medicine. After years of private surgery
practice in Missouri and
Colorado, Dr. Giffin was activated
during Operation Desert Storm, serving
as Chief of Surgery at military hospitals
in Alabama, Korea, and Texas.
Dr. Giffin had lifelong experience
with cats, dogs, and horses. In 1969 he
established a Great Pyrenees kennel
and became active in breeding, showing,
and judging. He finished several
champions, campaigned a Best-in-
Show winner, and served on the board
of directors of the Great Pyrenees
Club of America. He is co-author of the award winning books The Complete
Great Pyrenees, Cat Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook, Horse Owner’s
Veterinary Handbook, and Veterinary Guide to Horse Breeding, and was a professional
member of the Dog Writers’ Association of America.
Until his death in 2000, he made his home in Colorado.
TECHNICAL REVIEWER
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Sandra Young, DVM, graduated with distinction from the New York State
College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Since then, she has
worked primarily with dogs and cats in small animal practice, but also with
zoo, wildlife, and exotic species, and in shelter medicine. She has been in
practice 14 years. She is certified in veterinary acupuncture and has additional
training in Western and Chinese herbal medicine. She is co-author of
The Eden Alternative: Animal Welfare Guidelines, an animal care manual for
long-term care facilities for humans that incorporate live-in animals. Dr.
Young shares her life with her husband, Rodger, their two sons, Evan and
Alex, and a Greyhound.