Though I have touched on euthanasia a few times in the blog, I think this is an important topic that warrants visiting it again. As a...

Our most recent large litter of puppies through the rescue was our litter we named after the planets. If you follow Harley’s Haven, then...

In vet school there was a course on pigs. I took this course, and did some very general pig care and learned some pig specific diseases....

Molly was the adorable Harley look-a-like that was owned by my in-laws. I say ‘was’ because unfortunately we lost Molly, just in the...

Let’s talk nutrition here for a few minutes. I know it’s not a very exciting topic, but it is certainly an important one! In recent...

This week’s blog is not going to be about veterinary medicine. Well, at least not directly. I have a thing about snakes…in a controlled...

I struggled with what to write about this week, and finally decided I’m just going to write about what is most on my mind. These past two...

In December of 2017, I vividly remember the urgent email that came from ACCT with this tiny black/tan Chihuahua pictured. She was so tiny...

June always reminds me of Clancy, so I figured this was a good time to share his story! June is the time of year that it is just getting...

Summers are tough for dogs who don’t do well in the heat, and Stilwell is a great example of this. Way back in the summer of 2014,...

In the fall of 2015, Alison was tagged in a post on Facebook with a puppy with the most adorable, yet ridiculous looking face. He was...

Alison has a thing for short, squatty, smooshy faced creatures – we all know it, and she freely admits it! Nellie Rae has been one of her...

To tell the story of the original three Mehaffey dogs, we have to round it out by talking about Sawyer. Sawyer was by far the BEST out of...

My very first job out of vet school is where I met Dr Jen Heller. We went to the same vet school, but she was 2 years ahead of me, so we...

On a cold day at the end of January of last year, a client came in with a teeny tiny 3 week old great dane puppy wrapped up in a towel. ...

I do not have a good track record with chickens. I like chickens, don’t get me wrong…and one day I’m hoping I can talk Tom into us having...

I can’t even count how many times people have said to me when they hear I’m a vet – “Oh I love animals, but I could never do that because...

The very early days of Pennridge were challenging in so many ways. Working out of just one room, with half hearted heat in the winter,...

So last week we started our story of Pennridge – our vet hospital was my childhood dream, that also now allows us to manage and run our...

Though this blog is going to primarily focus on Harley’s Haven and our mission work, I can’t do those stories justice without including...