Customer Reviews

A Friend of the Flock: Tales of a Country Veterinarian

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I was raised about 60 miles from Choctaw county, Alabama. As a practicing veterinarian, I found so many of Dr. John's experiences similar to my own. This is a facinating profession and it is wonderful to see that it is the same most everywhere. Dr. McCormack seems to find the humor in most all situations that would be at the least frustrating for the rest of us. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good belly laugh. It pokes fun at the rural South, but I can say from experience, he doesn't exaggerate all that much!!!

Nice follow-up to "Fields and Pastures New". As a Rural Southerner I particularly appreciated the way he delt with the issue of hunting. He is able to get away with "poking fun" at the rural South because he does so in a honest and respectful manner. You can tell he has "been there, done that".

I loved this book. I am an animal lover and John McCormacks detication to his work just amazed me. I loved a Friend of the Flock, and it made a great topic for the essay I had to write for my english class. I hope more people are able to read it. I also hope my review is helpful to them.

If you're a veterinarian or really like to read about cattle, horses and other animals, you might like this.

I got this for a buck at a fund raiser where the only other choices were romance novels, a Johnny Cochran book and one by Charles Barkley. Hey, I was desperate to help the fund raiser.

I only made it through about 50 pages. It's 266 pages of Dr. McCormack telling about his life as a rural veterinarian in Alabama. No engaging story line, IMO anyway, just page after page of stories about him establishing his business, helping animals and talking with locals in southern, country lingo.

The story starts with him coming to the rescue of a cow nearly dead from some gas causing it to bloat excessively, which caused its uterus to protrude. He saved it by releasing the gas, giving it medicine and reinserting its uterus....all in the cold, rain and mud.

Pretty amazing doctoring, but not something I care to do or read about. If that's interesting to you, buy it.