Island Voices features a collection of articles for seniors and their families by Vancouver Island authors and authorities on a wide range of subjects.
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2014 From a student in Dr. Jeff’s classes for veterinary assistants (http://www.veterinaryassistantlearningcenter.com/) I saw that you included xylitol in the list of poison, and that 2 sticks can kill a Doberman. I know all too well about this and do everything I can to get the word out about it. In 2009…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices February 2014 Family Caregiving is a part of daily life for many. It’s been said that over three-quarters of all Caregiving is done by family members. Caregiving is a demanding, sometimes very difficult job and no one is equipped to do it alone. If you are doing it alone, consider some…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices February 2014 Look at the picture above. Which one is fat and which one is just right? If your dog is 10 percent over his ideal body weight, he is overweight. If he’s more than 30 percent over his optimal weight, we call him obese. Unbelievably, obesity strikes more than 30…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices January 2014 Acral lick dermatitis (ALD), also known as a lick granuloma, is a frustrating disease. Typically, these skin lesions appear on the front of the foreleg, close to the carpus. Though ALD was historically considered to be a boredom and stress induced disease, a wide array of inciting causes are…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices Book Review: Hostile Seas: A Mission In Pirate Waters (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2013, 253 pages) Former Victoria resident, Jen L. Savidge, with her first book, has offered readers a glimpse into life on a Canadian Navy deployment that is both informative and personal. Her book effectively combines the parameters of life…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2013 Making Dreams Come True Back in summer we wrote about ‘Celebrating Aging’. In that column I wrote about the Dream On Seniors Wish Foundation and how the mission of this foundation is to make the dreams of seniors come true; to celebrate aging. Well, that isn’t the end of…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices December 2013 Top 10 Greatest Things About Aging “Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn the way from them.” – Joseph Joubert Aging is great! We all do it, albeit at seemingly different rates,…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices December 2013 At the recent North American Veterinary Conference held in Florida, Dr. John Symes spoke about pet food and the impact of gluten. The question he raised was whether expensive pet food provided high quality nutrition. The answer will surprise you. He thinks that many of the ingredients are unnatural…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices Victoria’s Welsh Society: The Long Reach of the Welsh What have Hong Kong, Patagonia, Oslo, and Victoria have in common? They all have Welsh Societies! There are almost 500 societies worldwide and they include choirs, language groups, and dance clubs, from Arizona and Australia to Zimbabwe. Canada alone has 43…