POPPY & BLOSSOM As Rise Vet celebrates the 3-year anniversary of our opening, I'd like to sincerely thank all of you for the support of our practice. We signed our lease agreement a couple months before COVID hit, and like so many other business, we had no idea...

Tick prevention pros and cons | boulder vet clinic We are seeing a disgusting number of ticks right now on the Front Range of Colorado.  Not a day passes that we don’t randomly spot them on a dog in-hospital for their annual exam.  A couple weeks ago my wife pulled...

Artificially Intelligent Vets | Veterinary Hospital Boulder | Artificial intelligence is about to change everything.  I have no idea how this will change the veterinary world, but we’ll soon find out.  As a qualifier I need to explain that I’m not the least bit...

Sallie the War Dog | Boulder Veterinary Clinic | I was recently in my hometown of Lemoyne, PA and took my kids to the National Civil War Museum.  I’m a big Civil War geek so my family has come to expect this sort of thing anytime I’m east of the Mississippi.  On...

Wanna Feed Feathers? | Animal Hospital Boulder Ok, this is a weird one; Dogs are often prescribed a feather-based diet when they suffer from food allergies.  Most people don’t know they’re feeding their dogs feathers.  A lot of veterinarians don’t know they’re...

Puppies, Airplanes, and True Love | Boulder Veterinarian A few weeks ago, I attended a veterinary conference in Kansas City.  On my return flight home, I ended up sitting next to a guy named Scott who’d picked up a new puppy just hours before.  The pup was an...

If animals could talk | Boulder vet clinic In my opinion, one of the best qualities of dogs and cats is that they can’t talk.  Everyone else is talking all the time, and quite frankly it’s exhausting.  But not dogs and cats.  They are quiet company and aren’t...

Ew, Anal Glands | Boulder Vet Clinic Anal glands are the worst.  They’re so gross.  In my opinion their smell is perhaps one of the most horrid odors there is.  If you’re out of the loop on anal glands, I apologize for the disruption of your blissful ignorance. ...

Boulder vet hospital | Our Mission RiseVET opened in September of 2020 with the intention of creating a culture-focused veterinary practice.  It's been an incredible first year and a half, and we've been honored and humbled by Boulder's response to our practice. ...