I never actually had a class with Miss Parrott but if you saw her in the halls as a 16 year old boy, you would remember her forty years later, too! I remember Miss Haley and Miss Weinberg at East Valley, Mrs Manley (Science Teacher) at Dodgen, and then at Walton, Miss Parrott, Miss Kendrick, Dr Stephens, Dr Hansen, Bob Cowles, Carol Bowen, so many quality influences. I had great teachers in all of those schools. I went to East Valley Elementary, Dodgen Middle School and Walton High School. I lived in Marietta Georgia since I was 10 years old. That’s how my mentor Dr Mason used to do it, too. Except I always wondered what they were doing, and I thought “If they can’t do this in front of us, do we want them to do it?” (What’s so secretive?) So I decided that when I opened my own place, I’d do as much as I could with owner-present for the reassurance of the pet AND the owner. When I was a kid we used to go to a vet who took the animals into the “back area” for everything. I entered practice in 1991 and finally opened my own clinic in 1996. I attended University of Georgia Veterinary School from 1987 through 1991. I attended undergraduate school at University of Georgia where I got my Bachelor’s degree in Poultry Science in 1987. I own three dogs, and innumerable fish and turtles. Got my doctorate in 1991 and opened my own place in 1996. I’m Georgia-native since 1975 and went all eight years of college to University of Georgia. We’re at the corner of Old Canton Road and Roswell/120 in East Cobb, Marietta Georgia 30062įrankie’s Italian Restaurant is in our shopping center. So before you drop by, please call ahead. Other times, we stay til 6pm and even a little after. Some afternoons it seems everyone’s gone fishing, so I do, too. The closing hours are determined by the “last appointment” time. Hours set by appointment and are subject to change Hours Are Subject to Change Based on Demand til 12:00 p.m (Sometimes we close later, please call) til 5:00 p.m. (Sometimes we close a little earlier or a little later, please call) Frankie’s Italian is in the same shopping center with us. That’s the corner of Roswell Road and Old Canton Road. Thank you for considering my clinic for your pet’s needs. Practicality: Giving you ALL your options from “top-shelf-spare-no-expense” across the board to “this is what happens if you do nothing” …And then I’ll share with you exactly what I would do if your pet is actually my own “ Ajax“. Practicality: Approaching a work-up by beginning with the most common disorder and working your way down instead of dumping the whole lab and pharmacy on every remote possibility on the first day. Practicality: Stopping the costly diagnostic algorithm as soon as you know there are no more TREATABLE conditions to find. Veterinary medicine is fraught with fads and “ the latest and greatest” and sadly, the simpler, older approaches oftenhave the most predictably successful results. We’re talking about experience, and not wasting a poor dog’s time-suffering, or an owner’s finances. For example, if your pet has an inoperable brain tumor, what logic (or what vet) compels you to spend another two thousand dollars finding out the tumor’s latin name? Do we really need to know exactly how deadly the tumor is, once we know that by its location and impact alone, it’s imminently deadly?Īnother example: If your pet is 17 years old, are we worried about putting it on a medication that has long-range side effects as long as it creates immediate comfort?Īnother example: Do you want your epileptic dog on the “latest-and-greatest-Western-fad” Keppra (which barely works at all) only to spend a few thousand dollars to figure out why it’s not working when (and until) Phenobarbital would work perfectly well, as it has for fifty years? Or thinking outside the box with zonisamide (which really works and is also ‘new’?) My specialty in treating your companion dogs and cats, is a logical / practical approaches to cases. Some have been here for 20+ years, and most of my nurses stay until they start families, and babiesruin it up. They are the best support team in Marietta, bar none. Erik Johnson and I’m proud of my knowledgeable, dedicated staff of techs / nurses. Help and Advice for small animals, companion animals, koi, pond fish, reptiles and more. Johnson Veterinary Services, Home to Marietta East Cobb Veterinarian Dr.
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