The Family Veterinarian for Dogs [CD-ROM]

James W. Day (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 14, 1999

The Family Veterinarian for Dogs provides users with detailed information on over 500 canine diseases, how they are diagnosed and treated, as well as information on cancer and tumors, descriptions of veterinary procedures, dog anatomy, first aid, preventative care and chemical and plant poisons.

Pictures, illustrations, a veterinary dictionary and a personal pet health records program are also included. All information is presented in a browser format with over 18,000 internal hyperlinks making movement between topics and images easy and fluid. Searches can be based on medical or every-day language. A powerful diagnostic database, also included, allows users the ability to enter their dog's symptoms and explore possible diagnoses. Available for Windows 95/98/NT users.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This program makes all other pet care books obsolete. It provides understandable but detailed medical information to concerned dog owners. The search and hyperlink capabilities of the program will amaze even the most seasoned users, yet will be understood by all dog owners. This is not meant to be a do-it-yourself manual but rather, to serve as a tool to improve the relationship and understanding between dog owner and veterinarian in providing the very best care for the dog.

From the Author

I think this program will give dog owners the kind of information they need to best care for their dogs, and to make the very best medical and health care decisions along with their veterinarian for their best friends.

While there are numerous programs of this type providing human medical and health information, this program is the only one of its kind for dogs. Moreover, I think users will find that the arrangement, quantity and quality of the information therein to be excellent, easy to understand and quick to access.

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Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: All Pets Publishing (February 14, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1929019009
• ISBN-13: 978-1929019007
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,540,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have never seen such a complete work, July 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Family Veterinarian for Dogs (CD-ROM)

As owner of 5 cats and 3 dogs I am always looking for useful references and this beats them all! I was a little afraid to buy the cds after reading one review but I took a chance and boy ohh boy am I glad I did. It is super easy to use, written for normal people (like meself) and it has everything. The pictures and graphics are fantastic and I found the pet records keeper a very nice bonus an worked great..I have all my pets info in in an hour or so. I agree with the other good reviews and guess the guy/girl with the bad review just was having a bad day or something. For us average folk this was increadible. I have the cat cd too..I feel the cost is very reasonable for all you get. I am going to review the cat cd also.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a resource! I was impressed, and that is not easy!, October 15, 1999

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Jeremy Ward (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Family Veterinarian for Dogs (CD-ROM)

Review of Family Vet:

I have never seen anything like this before. What a resource! I found this software to be very interesting and informative. I think my favorite part is the picture database. There were so many I couldn't believe they were all on that one CD. I mean I was just overwhelmed. If you have an interest at all in this subject or if you just have a dog you want to be better informed about his health this is for you, I think. It impressed me and I am not all that easy to impress. I mean when you can put in some symptoms and the software can give you potential diagnoses to ask your vet about...way cool! One way I found this practical was when I took my Pug in to see the vet. He was having some breathing difficulties, and my vet mentioned a couple things about the breed that I was able to go home and look up in the Family Vet. I mean, my vet is thorough and all but there is a difference between hearing something one time and being able to read and understand something at your leisure. Another cool thing is when my mother was thinking about getting a bulldog. I looked the breed up and was able to tell her what kinds of things the breed is known for like what diseases and conditions they are prone to. It was interesting to me just to read about the different breeds and see what the Family Vet has to say about them. If you want to know if a particularly pretty plant at the nursery would be harmful to your pet you can probably find it in the Family Vet too, and it will tell you whether or not it is safe. I mean, the list of things just goes on and on. My favorite part is still all the pictures, though, especially the x-rays (they are so neat!). I recommend this software. I think it is very inexpensive for all you get.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am so happy there is something like this out there for me., June 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Family Veterinarian for Dogs (CD-ROM)

I have this CD. It has been so wonderful in helping me with any problems with my 3 dogs. Even if there are no problems..I refer to it. I've never come across anything more helpful than this CD. Even my own Veterinarian likes it. (I think I'll get him one) ;) There's even a place for their "health records" to be stored. That is a real help to me.