Veterinarian Dean Rice

Cassie Gannis

Cassie Gannis, a Desert Vista graduate, is balancing race car driving and studying to be a veterinarian techician.

Gilbert vet grows with Valley

IN SURGERY: Veterinarian Debra Nossaman, right, performs a feline ovariohysterectomy (spaying) Thursday with help from assistant Polaris Nevares at Nossaman’s Anasazi Animal Clinic in Gilbert.

Elisabetta Coletti

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, examines her own pet Cocker Spaniel Milo as two year-old Leo, the son of Carrie Dirks Amodeo and partner Julie, watches during a house call to the family's home in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Elisabetta Coletti

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, extracts Scrappy Daphne from beneath a piece of furniture before giving the cat a physical examination during a house call to the home of Carrie Dirks Amodeo in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Elisabetta Coletti

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, cuts Scrappy Daphne's toenails as part of a complete physical for the cat during a house call to the home of Julie Dirks Amodeo and her family in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Elisabeth Coletti

Veterinarian Elisabeth Coletti, left, inspects stitches she just removed from Pooch, a family Shih Tzu that had recently been neutered, during a house call to the home of Erin McCarthy and husband Patrick Petrillo in New York, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, as son Sullivan Petrillo tends to his own teddy bear with a toy stethoscope. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarian that make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Elisabetta Coletti

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Brooklyn-based veterinarian Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, right, tends to the family cat Scrappy Daphne as 2-year-old Leo, left, 6-month-old Andre, and their mother, Carrie Dirks Amodeo, watch during a house call at their home in New York. Coletti, who is part of a growing trend of veterinarians who make house calls, came to clip the cat's toe nails. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Rise in canine parvo virus hits Queen Creek

THIS WON'T HURT A BIT: Veterinarian Eric Cohen, left, administers a five-in-one shot to Josie, a Doberman pinscher, with help from Krista Parks on Thursday at the Queen Creek Veterinary Clinic.

Volunteers care for Scottsdale feral cats to help control pests

Carole Tucak prepares to refill one of the downtown Scottsdale’s feral cats’ feeding stations. Downtown businesses help pay for veterinarian bills after the cats are trapped, neutered and released.

Pets Animal Chiropractors

A 2012 photo provided by Dr. Rod Block shows Block working with an elephant, checking its breathing, at the Meadowbrook Animal Sanctuary and Haven in Perris, Calif. "You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with," said Dr. Block, who limits his work these days to house calls throughout Southern California, where he works with several veterinarians. (AP Photo/Dr. Rod Block)

Rod Block

This 2012 photo provided by Dr. Rod Block shows Block working with an elephant, adjusting its pelvis at the Meadowbrook Animal Sanctuary and Haven in Perris, Calif. "You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with," said Dr. Block, who limits his work these days to house calls throughout Southern California, where he works with several veterinarians. (AP Photo/Dr. Rod Block)