Ever By My Side : A Memoir in Eight Pets (Paperback)

from LisCarey

Dr. Nick Trout is a veterinary surgeon practicing at Boston's MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center. He's written some charming books about his experiences with patients; this is an equally charming book about his experiences with his own pets, from the first much-loved but inadequately socialized G...

from macygma

Everyone who has ever owned a pet has, at one time or other, met a veterinarian. Some of us (myself included) have met surgeons. The people who, when things are decidedly not good, step in and perform miracles on our aging dogs and cats, hurt animals, young creatures with illnesses. Nick Trout is...

from LiterateHousewife

Veterinarians, just like members of any other profession, are made, not born. What led young Nick Trout from his upbringings in England to his passion as a veterinarian surgeon isn't as simple as being a lifelong lover of animals. It was the culmination of his relationship with his father, his mo...

from Altarasabine

A must read for all animal lovers. As Dr. Trout recounts his life, specifically the ares shaped by the animals in his life, you will find yourself falling back into memories of the pets that you loved. Taking a deeper look and discovering the impact those animals had in shaping your life. A memoi...

from KarenBall

Nick Trout grew up in England, with a mother who refused to get the family a dog... at least until there was talk of a neighborhood prowler. The grandparents had dogs - Marty the bad-tempered poodle and Cleo the loveable Dalmation, and that was enough. Or was it? Nick's father came home with Patc...