All posts tagged Lackland Air Force Base

David Grimm, author of “Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs”

By | July 23, 2014 | Authors, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Spay/Neuter | No comments

David Grimm—author of “Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs”—recalls his formative years, always feeling an affinity with animals, and at one point thinking he wanted to become a veterinarian, a notion he was disabused of after spending time in a vet clinic. Read more…

Dr. Walter Burghardt, Jr., veterinarian & expert on canine PTSD

By | February 22, 2012 | Health & Behavior, Veterinarians | No comments

Dr. Walter Burghardt, Jr.–veterinarian, chief of behavioral medicine since 1995 at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base, and considered the leading authority on canine post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)–describes the Hospital and the scope of its staff and services, and what it means to be responsible for the behavioral care of over 1500 military working dogs around the world. Read more…