An upcoming Problogger assignment (31 Days to Building a Better Blog) involves analyzing ten blogs in my niche. Ten? It took me years to find one veterinary blog I loved, and now I have to gather ten?
Well, I can tell you they are out there. Through twitter, #dogtalk and dvm360, I have found all sorts of very fun veterinarians who are also bloggers. So I listed my ten favorite veterinary blogs, and kept the list open so I can add more as I remember or discover them. I will, of course, have a similar Veterinary Blog Reviewing Policy as my Leadership Book Reviewing Policy. (Unless I can say “Great Book! Five Stars!” I will not say anything. My Mom taught me that.)
I actually probably will not review the veterinary blogs at all, as it is much simpler for you to click a link to a veterinary blog than to buy or borrow a leadership book! You do not need me to review the sites for you! Just read through some of them and see what you think! I will tell you this -
I think they are all great! Five stars!
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Here is a (working) list of blogs I enjoy that are written by veterinarians…
Animal Care Center of Huntington Beach
Annmarie Hill Chavers, DVM
(I am saving this space on my list for Dr. Hill because she is great and I know she is going to come back and write more great things!)
Dr. Nicki
Di Veale, DVM
Dr. Patrick Mahany (Fun “Spin-off” – Celebrity Pet News)
Patrick Mahany, DVM and Cardiff : )
Emergivet
Daniel Beatty, DVM
Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA
Hillary Israeli, VMD and Phillip Barnes (ssshhh, it is too a blog!)
Homeless Parrot
ER Doc
a great <secret identity> vet
J.C. Burcham, DVM and team
Dr. V
Pete Wedderburn, DVM
Lorie A. Huston, DVM
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Nancy Kay, DVM, Diplomate Internal Medicine
Veterinary Medicine and About Vet Med and Vet Med Connect
Janet Tobiassen Crosby, DVM
Laci Schnaible, DVM and Jed Schnaible, DVM
Laura McClain Madsen, DVM
Jennifer Koehl, VMD
Banfield, The Pet Hospital’s Veterinary Blog
An earlier post, Blogroll! lists other blogs I enjoy!
March 2011 Update:
Tags: blog, veterinarian, veterinary
oo thanks Jana! That looks like a good one! There is also an Emergency Veterinarian whose blog I like but I have not found the link.
Good list, I follow most of these.There is one more not listed here, doesn’t post too often, but good content I think http://crawforddogandcathospital.blogspot.com/
Thank you Stephen! I had not seen that one. I already like that he posts often (and recently) and has a lot of well thought out topics that will make me think!
may I stongly suggest > SkeptVethttp://skeptvet.com/Blog/
Thanks so much for mentioning ours!!
Of course Dr. Burcham – you write great stuff : )
Thank you for holding a space for me. I love blogging but being the only Full Time doc at a busy practice has been difficult for me to keep up with. You’ve got some fabulous ones for me to add to my list. Maybe if I didn’t spend so much time READING blogs I’d be able to write more. LOL. What a double edged sword! Keep up the good work you rat lover you! ;-)
Here is my blog about vet med and dog agilitywww.cruzanborders.blogspot.com
I figured you were super-busy Dr. Hill! I SO admire what you do…carry on – there is always a space here for you!oo thanks Dr. Nicki – I love it! And your dogs are beautiful.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for adding me!
You are welcome : )
Thanks for the mention! (From VetMom)
You are welcome VetMom : ) I LOVE your blog!! Thank you too for mentioning ME, AND for the other great links, including Emergivet, whose blog I knew I loved but had “misplaced.” Awesome.