A number of years ago a call came into my office. A biologist from the local fish and game office was on the line enquiring if I had a tranquilizer
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posted: Feb. 03, 2022.
A number of years ago a call came into my office. A biologist from the local fish and game office was on the line enquiring if I had a tranquilizer
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posted: Oct. 23, 2021.
When I pulled into the place, it felt like I’d stepped into a scene straight out of “Deliverance.” I parked next to the old toilet in the yard, that had
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posted: Jul. 08, 2021.
Stories from the life of Dr. Michael Mathis who has a practice in Greeley, CO.
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posted: Feb. 16, 2021.
Stories from the life and practice of Dr. Michael Mathis. Michael works in Greeley Colorado and is the son of Dr. John Mathis
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posted: Nov. 11, 2020.
As the phone buzzed in my pocket, I silently slipped out of the back of Sunday School class to take the call in the foyer. A friend was sitting there,
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posted: Aug. 01, 2020.
As a Veterinarian I try to be proactive in preventing problems from happening. I spend large portions of my day preg-checking cattle, so that important management decisions can be made
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posted: Jun. 09, 2020.
Spring time at the Mathis home means track and field. This past week I’ve been able to watch my daughter run in multiple track meets. I used to think I
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posted: May 02, 2020.
As I blinked my eyes open, I thought “It seems to early for the alarm to be going off.” The numbers on the alarm clock read 10:45. That’s when it
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posted: Mar. 27, 2020.
As I walked into the bathroom on the dairy, I was once again struck by the smell. Not necessarily a bad smell, but kind of a sweet musty smell. When
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posted: Mar. 05, 2020.
The man on the radio was apologizing for a technical glitch, and explaining that due to the impending “Bomb Cyclone Blizzard” that all nonessential personnel had been instructed to stay
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posted: Jan. 14, 2020.
In his book “Outliers” Malcolm Gladwell popularizes the “10,000 hour rule.” Claiming that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is, to a large extent, a matter of
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posted: Nov. 04, 2019.
As a kid whenever I went to the doctor, my doctor would tell me the same story. It was about how he really wanted to be a Veterinarian but was
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posted: Oct. 02, 2019.
Yesterday afternoon I tried taking my kids fishing. “It will be
relaxing” my wife had said about the excursion. After an hour and a half of constant
“un-snagging” of lines, with non-stop
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posted: Sep. 05, 2019.
The dairy was
about a 40 minute drive from home. There was supposed to be someone there
waiting for me to help put in a prolapsed uterus when I arrived. As I
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posted: Aug. 01, 2019.
Last night an individual asked my kids if any of them wanted to
be a Veterinarian. They all promptly replied “No way! His job is too gross.”
I’ve heard this from lots
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posted: Jul. 04, 2019.
As our thoughts turn to this wonderful country and the freedoms and liberties we have on this Independence Day. We would like to share the thoughts of Joyce Barnson (Dr.
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