Ostriches with an attitude, dueling armadillos, troubled tomcats, cantankerous cows and racing mules - they're all here in the true-life stories behind the zany adventures and poignant moments that make up a practice of veterinary medicine. In a diary-like narrative, Dr.David Carlton, a native Texan with an ongoing twenty-year practice in Dallas, gives readers an irresistible peek into his topsy-turvy life through stories of his escapades with an inimitable array of clients and their engaging pets.(The first of a series in a three-book collection of down-home memoirs.)