Faust, Drew G

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Tucker, a Penn Dog

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Bellwether MagazineVolume 1Number 17 Spring 1986 Article 54-1-1986Tucker, a Penn DogDrew G. FaustUniversity of PennsylvaniaThis paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/bellwether/vol1/iss17/5For more information, please contact libraryrepository@pobox.upenn.edu.Tucker, a Penn Dog All hi::. life, Tucker was a Penn dog. When l first started to teach in 1975. he ran away from the house and showed up in my class. and from then on. I just took him with me. He got to knov\ how long 50 mtnutes was and would stand up and shake to signal me that it was time to top. And if for some reason 1 left him home, I'd more often than not fmd him on the steps of College Hall-or get a call from the Dean's Office to come pick btm up. He had earlv contacts with the Vet School, too abdominal surgery after he impaled him­self JUmping a fence and Lreaunent after a bicyclist hit us both crossing a street. A genera­tion of Penn history and Am Civ students knew Tucker and in 1979 even tried to get him to march in the graduation procession. Right up until his death J !ilill had people l didn't know come up and greet him when we were walking together. By the time you met him, he had stopped coming to class the walk to campus was too much (the lecture� too repetitive'!). And he kne\\ Jessica had pushed him out of the central �pot m famil} Life. But you helped give his life the proper finish we had a few months to make a fus of him and help him forget he had lost the center. as well a� ume to get used to los­ing hun. I'll never have another dog like Tucker. I'll probably never e\cr meet one. and I have kno" n and O\\ ned a lot of dogs. As one of my colleagues put it year::. ago. Tucl.er \\as "a per­�on 111 t.l dog �uit: HL dtdn't e\en kno\\. hO\\ to bark. �ome of his fncnth asked how they could remember him. �o I thought that given his Penn connections and his ::.pedal connection with you in the end. sending contributions through you ''a" the most appropriate gesture. 1\nd 1 shall jom them in hopes that �orne other deserving mutt�, may be treated �o well--Dre11 G. Faust f dnor-, note: Tw l..t'r\ tmllt'f 11 rme tim lt·tu!r '" f>r. Wu·ltltm .�lc'lnher�. Prr•/t''"" uml Clue/ aj tilt' ,\t·t mm of \,.,,,,,.){, m tht· Sclwal. Tht• Sdmnl ha\ t\luhlislred cJ mt·moriui prugrom (or dt•t t"ll!>t>d pc>rs. and tire comrihu­liWI\ lwlp 1n pm\'idt• httllt'r fOre fm the ummolpuu�nts hrtliiKhl to 1he Jwsptlal. Dran Rob«t R. Manhak (c�nter) &lftlllh� IU�h at a lunchfnn held in honor or the �lablisb­ment or the Marylin M. Simpcwn Proreuonhip in Equine Medicine. Seated to bi'i riaht i!l William k. Slmp\on and to bb, ldt tTniverslty PrHident Sheldon Hadmey. 8 Bellwether ----... - - -- -= I �-- --- -Dear Friend of the Veterinary School, You have been our faithful allv. as either a Friend of '!'ew Bolton Center. the Small Animal Ho�pital. or perhaps both. Your gifts have helped save and protect thou­sands of large and small animal patients from life threatening disease or injury. As owners. we ha\e aU reaped the benefits of your compassion. You have re�ponded enthusiasticaJty and unselfishly to our requests for support. We know that those of you \\ ho have given recently will understand our need for additional support and will accept our thanks for your previous givtng. But {f 1 vu hal'en 't f(iwn recemlr. '' lry nut now? At this time of the year the phenomena of ncv. animal life at New Bolton and the Small Animal Hospital arc a fascinating and happy counterpoint to the work of healing. But accompanying thi� spate of life begin­nings is an increase in injuries. Warm weather alway� mean� more activity. All of us feel a little friskier. 1\nd both our hospitals experience an upsurge in cases. Your dogs and cats begin spending more time out of doors and are v ulncrable to a multitude of maJor and minor hazards to their health: paw injury. automo­bih:s. poi::.oning, hotulism. Fleas. Even a fight. Routine visits for testing for such �crious affiic­tions as heartworm and Rocky Mcluntain Fever account for a significant increase in the Small Animal Hospital's cascload. Spring also brings renewed anxieties to farmers who ma� face a devastating year if di<;­ea.-.e runs unchecked. fhe latest outbreak of avian flu this past fall continue:s to haunt the Pennsylvania and regional agricultural economics. �C\\' Bolton Center has been working hard on thi� major threat. Our researchers are under enormous pre.,surcs to accelerate cffons to halt the problem. Spring is. of course, the time for horse owners to redi�cover the pleasures of the track. fteld. or ring. But here. too. renewed activtty brmgs painful reminders of fragilitic::. in animals of all ages and sites. h seems like onl} yesterday we remember v. ht:n beloved and celebrated horses were put down for injuries as heartbreakingly 11oimple in humans ru; bone fractures. But today, orthopedic rehabilitation ::.urgical techniques developed at �e\\ Bolton have large-Scholarships The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Antmab recently made a contribu­tion of $10.000 to the ::.tudent loan fund for the 1985-86 academic year. A donation to the scholarship fund was received from the Chester Valley Kennel Club. Wayne Johnson and Evelyn Crish, both third­year students. are the recipients of a cholarship from the Plamfield Kennel Club. Martin McGuire, a fourth-year :;tudenL ts the recipient of a scholarship from the Mid Susque­hanna Valley Kennel Club. Beth Ann Ferry. a fourth-year �tudent, received the Dr. Samuel F. Scheidy Memorial ly eliminated the need for such drastic measures. Yet ahvays new perils arise. The �pring of 1986. for instance. marks the beginning of another \\'arm weather cycle we must face with Potomac Horse Fever looming ahead and no proven antidote� to this mysterious killer in sight. Spring is indeed. a mixed blesstng for l\e\\ Bolton Center and the Small Animal Hospital. Perhaps you have brought your animal to us at thi::. time last year or maybe the year before. In the two years since then our case load has increased bv over 3.000! No \\onder our clinical teaching, and research resources arc pushed to the breaking point. We need your help. For our part we pledged that your gtfts would be used directly to treat and protect the animals you ha\e entru�ted to our care. But sadly, in accord with this pledge, we will soon have to suspend mailing Bellwether to you if you have not contributed to either Friends program in 1985-86. We would love to contmue sendtng you every issue of Bellwether. but due to its popularity the mailing list has grov. n huge. Printing and pos­tage costs have ri�en so steeply as a consequence that we cannot afford to �end you Bellwelher, unless we have your continuing support. Please take a fev. moments right now and write a check to Friends of New Bolton Center or rricnds of the Small Animal Hospllal. You will lind a return envelope secured in the center­fold of &1/wethf'r. 't ou may be an equestrian. cat fancier. dairy farmer, dog breeder. birdwatcher. first time puppy owner, or elder with a trusted animal companion. but as a Friend of the Veterinary School we think you11 agree that there arc no places quite like Ne\1. Bolton and the Small Animal Hospital. Your steadfa11ot support will ensure the con­tinued cffecti\eness of these unique enterprises dedicated to your animals' health. Thank you very much. Sincerely. Ridrard A. McFt·e/.1, V.M.D. A-.sociate Dean For ew Bolton and Hospital Director Barry J. Stupim• Director Small Animal Hospital Scholarship from the Pennsylvama Veterinary Foundation. The Dr. Samuel B. Guss Memorial Scholarship. made available by the same organi-7ation. was awarded to teven A. take, a fourth-year student. teveo Wilson, a second-year student. received a scholarship from the Burlington County Kennel Club. Carolyn M. Glass. a second-year student. wa::. awarded a scholarship offered by the Auxiliary to the Massachusetts Veterinaf) Medical Association. A Salsbury Scholarship in lhe amount of $1,000 each was awarded to five enior students: Jocelyn L. Bezner, Margaret N. Bli�. Doris A. Cappiello, Giancarla Chieffo, Bonita E. Conard. 

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