Dr. Debbie Reynolds shares stories of being a house call veterinarian in rural Tennessee, especially concerning how God intertwines his presence on a daily basis. Dr Debbie loves to work with all dogs and cats, but especially senior and geriatric aged dogs. She practices integrative medicine and is also a veterinary chiropractor. She is a wife of 32 years, mother of 3 children (one with 22q Deletion Syndrome).
Debbie Reynolds, DVM, VSMT, CHPC
Nice episode add talk about a concept of telling the consumer what's wrong with a Veterinary industry and standing up for the truth and what is right.
In this episode, Dr. Reynolds talks about working at the emergency room versus her house call business.
This episode talks about Dr. Reynolds is dog, Carlton and how he came to live with her, and unfortunately, he didn't turn out to be much of a hero dog on this particular day.
This is a story about Dash. A dog I met for the first time, and it was for his last day. Some really beautiful things happened there.
In this episode, I talk about a patient of mine that looks like a cute little hippo named Shorty. She was rescued by a family and then ran across some more health trouble.
In this episode, I'm reminded why our business is different from many others in the veterinary profession. Mostly because of the intern that was with us and our new website hosting company.
In this episode, Dr. Reynolds is talking about a new course. She is creating for Pet parents.
Is a holistic veterinarian. We consider many other things in addition to the physical health of pets. In this episode, we talk about Cooper and how he helped him.
This episode talks about when a pet parent faces the problem of needing emergency surgery they can't afford -and actually have to consider euthanasia.
This is a story about Lassie, the collie, and her elderly mom, who drove over an hour to see us with an unexpected turn of events.
In this episode I discuss Abby and Izzy's case. It's really interesting and I still struggle with imposter syndrome in cases like this sometimes.
In this episode, I talk about a particular house call in which the couple was struggling with their decision for euthanasia. We also talk about questions that are commonly asked and the response that I give to those.
In this episode we discuss a rare kind of love and two special dog moms.
In this episode we talk about how animals allow us to do so many things. But when it comes to animals, your intention matters.
In this episode I learned a very important lesson at a euthanasia in the kindest and softest way possible.
In this episode I talk about a most unusual day beginning from the very first appointment to the very end of the day.
In this episode Dr. Reynolds speaks about her role as a mother of a daughter with special needs.
In this episode we discuss one of our patients that recently had a diagnosis of lymphoma and her chemotherapy.
Amongst the midst of devastation all around, people pull together to reach down and help this brokenhearted widow.
In this episode we talk about the huge variety of things that come at us in a day - from kittens to kingsnakes!
This episode discusses some of the struggles and setting up boundaries while trying to be a mother, wife, and all the other roles I play in my personal life.
In this episode I'll explain to you the difference between the one year and three-year rabies vaccine. I think you will be quite surprised when you find out what it is.
In this episode, I discuss this morning's emergency euthanasia.
In this episode I am digging a little deeper into the personalities of the homeless people I have met through Keeper's Mission. The human animal bond is an amazing thing. I hope this episode I provide you a glimpse inside the truly homeless population and adds a little bit of empathy to their situation.
This number has something to do with my trip for Keeper's Mission to serve pet of the homeless. If you want to know what that number means, have a listen.
Do your days ever unfold were some thing keeps happening over and over again in the same day? Friday was one of those days for us and I'm just curious if you guys experience that as well.
This episode describes the movement called not one more vet. This movement is to create awareness of the increased suicide rate among the veterinary profession.
This episode is the story of two patients in the middle of our epic snowstorm week in Northwest Tennessee and how God‘s wisdom came to our rescue.
This episode talks about one of our clients who had a sick cat, too sick for the scope of a house call, and how we handled that in a way that ended with her saying she “had the best birthday”.
In this episode I talk about influential people, which can be just the every day people that you meet that can really make a huge difference in your life.
In this episode I talk about how I sometimes struggle with imposter syndrome even though I've been practicing for over 21 years. We discussed a house call with Mitsi and how I discover, I may actually know some stuff!
This episode is concerning being a parent of a daughter with special needs and the frustrations that happen in regards to her education.
It turns out that I was wrong when I thought I would not enjoy working on horses using my Chiropractic skills. This is the story about donating my services to some hippo therapy horses that serve children with special needs.
This episode tax about two pets that we met at our first trip to the warming center in Jackson Tennessee. Bella & Happy are a source of joy for all of the patrons at the warming center.
Sometimes it takes people a little longer to get the revelation of what God wants us to do. I am just now getting the revelation of how I can do mission work locally, instead of waiting for that big mission trip to another country.
This episode talks about two experiences Jessica and I had today where God saw us in our weakness and ministered to us through our clients.
My attitude adjustment. I might work on horses after all.
This is the story about my first trip to Wisconsin to the Healing Oasis for veterinary chiropractic school. I was having a moment, questioning why I was even there,. Let me tell you this awesome story about how I know I'm supposed to be there.
And this episode we talk about a particularly difficult morning when we had to do three euthanasia's back to back. This was mentioned in a previous podcast, and we wanted to elaborate on the three families.
In this episode, my amazing guest and sidekick, Jessica, describes what it's like to experience euthanasias from our point of view.
This episode is about our personal experience this week with two rescues. My son turned 11 and we spent some time trying to find a rescue dog for him. My emotions are raw in this episode because it is fresh and that's the way I wanted it to be. A lot of my clients go through this and I did too this week.
In episode 10 I discuss the beginning of school and things that has brought to my awareness. Leaving my little comfortable nest always has some concerns. Learning about the human or animal body always leaves me and awe of our Creator God.
We discussed Cleo on a previous episode - here is the promised update.
This episode talks about how holistic care encompasses everything - including spirit, soul, body and the whole family - not just the pet. This story is about Frisco and his family.
In this episode, we discuss Cleo's devastating diagnosis of lymphoma. But - what I want to teach you is what Holistic Palliative care is - how to redeem the time, be optimistic and treasure and cherish the time that we have.
Lightning quite literally struck at our house. Here are some insights regarding that incident.
It was quite an adjustment after being in the children's hospital for two weeks to get back into the groove of my veterinary business. Here are two things that really helped me get it back quickly.
In this episode I explain why I have been absent for a bit, what we have gone through, and some nuggets of wisdom of going through a crisis and staying in a children's hospital.
A trip to Augusta Georgia where the door was cracked open and I was able to see all of the possibilities light out before me.
Just a day in the life of a country house call that. Sometimes we get to meet people and bond over similar passions.
A day in the life of a country house call veterinarian.