Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 7, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba L pfc f uni sukh 7f 1978 skills of an animal doctor Are tailored to his needs of Lulfs a Zoneff Lelce w t Man Friy beef a la two of Tewfic a in Fate of Csc am we Tiff Ferenee is Mere evident of fish a tray in tie Ftfe of a vet and one to psf is is so fails Rural Floress spent several Days at challenges am of a erty and a Rural by Jim Haggarty its 2s30 tits Andy in at a table in the provincial cd Lyle a Eup of he is a Rugge Mooking in his 50s you would take to be diesel Mechanic rather than an animal the Only thing average about the crusty veterinarian is his his shoulders seem As wide As a and his huge hands hang from a brusque greeting Hodge his younger partner is on an unusual several Young wild and have to be Given physicals for Allan his Young went because the experience will be Good for Hodge part Way through his afternoon the phone a local Farmer thinks his cow is having trouble delivering a within Hodge is whipping Down country dirt roads in his pickup the barn on the Small farm is the cow is standing in her her sides to even the uninitiated something is without hesitation Hodge strips to the tying the coveralls around his he pours a Small bottle of disinfectant into a pail of water for a thorough slides his Arm into a plastic he lifts the Tail of the six year old slides his hand inside up to his shoulder to feel the calf he strains until sweat Rolls from his Bare but Hes unable to achieve he he tells the worried Farmer cow has to come to the clinic for a caesarean Section because the calf is and upside to save the cow and calf he will have to open the go and pull the its 10 at Corydon animal clinic in Winnipeg and Merv in White his hair is ready to receive since the staff has been Active booking appointments and looking after animals in the infer in his examining Madill receives his patients old dogs and Young cats and Young cats and old some Are others in his 6 years treating animals Hes come across every personality trait found in his technique for making friends with animals in a strange Environ ment is a soft kind and a nose to nose even the crappiest Mon Grels fall for Madill s soft even after the Needle comes swiftly from a cuddle by the Young doctor is usually rewarded with a lick from a dog or a rub from a during a a colleague hails Madill and shows him some the images Are the vets decide its a technical problem and the animals will to be x Rayed interruptions Are constant and a bombarded by a steady Stream photos by Jim Haggarty Rural vets Allan Preston upper left and Andy Hodge lower left differ from City vets Frank Beheller upper right and Merv Madill lower of consultation Calls from concerned pet the two Way radio in the Hamiota clinic crackles with and Hodge informs his Young partner that the cow is on the Hodge grins and informs Preston hed be doing the caesarean but agrees to provide the color commentary for the when the Farmer and his ailing cow Hodge quickly preps the Ani Mal for in the Chute inside the Concrete operating room for Large the cow looks As if understands who the veterinarians Are and Why Shes injections quickly desensitize nerve endings and Shes shaved and grabbing a pair of knee High rub Ber Preston strips to the washes up and grabs a with Short Swift strokes the cows hide parts and Preston goes the physical size of the cow die tates that a Veteri Nairian must reach at arms length inside the cow to get to the the calf Preston he begins the race to save the Hodge quickly scrubs after Chretien campaigns in Boniface preparation for 16 by election minister Jean Chretien budget in a restraint exercise and during a standup question Ai Ine flesh in Boniface exempt some answer period Friday Chr extracting the dead the two team up to stitch and repair the hours after the internal dam age is and Preston is stitch ing the the cow decides she has had enough and lies running behind the Hodge and the Fanner grab the hindquarters and pull the cow on her Side As not missing a contus us surgery the cow is led to the truck to be taken but she balks at the with the Cun Ning that comes from years of ing with Hodge bends Hind the backside to with a Quick straightening movement he propels the cow into the truck As if she is on both vets feel the operation was a Success because they were Able to do the Surguree in their sponsored clinic with constant Tern Pera Tures and medication immediately at operations such As this were done in the Bam or an open Field before Madill is verbally soothing nervous animals coming in for checkups and reassuring even More nervous Kebelko Fps i room Terss sad i operating of Stuffl tits a Young is on the table under a general possibly hit by a ear one the most common cause of letter and Madill the Pup had a broken leg and the Bones were joined and pinned in two tie leg had mended and the pins Are to be straggling with the Kelleher finally reaches for a pair of unscrews the slips it and stitches up the quickly the procedure is repeated and the second pin in the examination the Parade of patients a husky with a weak leg is in for a a eat arrives for a eat whose Eye had been Terizer twice before to heal an ulcer is there to have stitches never does a vet know what the Day will Madill the greatest feeling in the world is when you know you have done something and the animal is bet the morning following the cae Preston Cheeks an old family pet who had had an operation earlier id the week and then finishes re later in the on a Dairy he swings a rope Over a barn loops it around a cows Hind raises cleans and diag noses foot a Liberal application of fluid Over the a couple of shots into the and the necessary care of the animal is explained to the Between Madill discusses apparent differences in the two styles of veterinary in the presentation of the neatly groomed doctor in a White uniform is not Only expected by the its clients dont hesitate to complain about he the same demands in Rural area would be he wearing a White uniform on farm visits would be Rural clients understand he its after lunch and Hodge is off on a reconnaissance visit to a new Cli he says it would be More efficient for Farmers to bring their animals into the clinic for but he likes to get out to the farms at least once to see the facilities and to form opinions on Farmers managerial the cows to be tested Are Charo fire he at the farm troubles begin imme the animals have turned wild and Are difficult to put into the Chute for Hodge finds a Bull has an umbilical ulcer on layers of scar tissue which will be if not to he the Bull May never be much Good for blood tests Are taken while dodging cows horns and a pregnancy test dispatched in Short then the vets description of charolais returned to haunt while kneeling at the head Gate to take a blood a 800poundcow rams the smashes it open and sends the vet flying about 10 rather than give Hodge accepts it As the knocks he takes on his when a second try is still he suggests the owner have the cows blood tested at the Slaughter Back to the clinic for an other cup of finance minister Jean Chretien was pressing flesh in Boniface Friday one in a string of government leaders to come to Winnipeg during the Boniface Federal by election Baring a Brief press conference before he was to join Liberal Candi Date Robert Bockstael for an eve Ning of door knocking in apartment the gregarious said he Felt it was Bis duty 19 love Friday Manitoba i Nanee minister pop Craik met or two hours with but emerged without any assurances that the inv a fact of the Federal program on rom fix Vince would be Wop Al ppr pal Flwler we s1 Wjk i v cml has estimated Manitoba will budget in a restraint exercise exempt some Craik said he had told Chretien that Manitoba has just come through a year of restraint and if the Federal government on the Cost of its cuts to the provinces we will have to wring the Towel that much Chretien had agreed to consider allowing the few evinces More Tion in where to apply the losses of Federal rather than tying them to specific such As health care or regional its sort of like picking your own Craik he said Manitoba favors per capita cuts in lateral fun dog across the rather than through equalization under which Mani Toba receives Rauzon this the two who Muon in the 187ww fiscal year a res Jiu of lad Wal of Lacurts to Cut us said up Federal gov red to give cuts i feel we Fuff Jbf 19 i3s mini to in v one nit their discussions As wide ranging Darough a whole series of economic that in the of wage negotiations there win he a lot of pressure m up pubic it Djit Ticus the set the fetus a Ial economic Cotter that per average a Ter Sartor during a standup question and answer period Friday Tien declined comment on the future of the Canadian i dont ulate on the its a floating currency and will find its own level in the he said he was pleased with the slight upswing by the Dollar late this asked to comment on opposition suggestions that uncertainty in Call ing a Federal general election had contributed to the fall of the Dollar in the last 10 Chretien sad that question had not been raised during recent discussions with the interaction Al monetary fund and the world 4n election was Dpi raised As an Issue to stabilize the he Chretien said despite real eco nomic Are not that he sad 4ir Canada was already booked of lid for Holiday South March canadians tend to exaggerate Oyer Job having our Pramme tall Trade spy web the t any Otho Alexandria Block to be razed owners by Alan Wilson the owners of the Alexandria Block at Graham Avenue and Edmonton Street have decided to demolish according to an affidavit filed with county court this lie information was revealed Dur ing a court hearing to determine if the notice Given tenants of the build ing 7 was tip tenants Sam More than seven weeks notice should have been Given in Teg Tern residents of the legally they the contents of the notice were not the Antiro Capri Tho Larf Lmeda ppr whip Fri Avam Mno Niit in Fth pm Collid under if whip take major structural renova Vic lawyer for tenants Carol ital Saa Ana Catherine puff if lbs thus did Ait include Demoli in plans for the building is enough to allow the eviction if the court finds the eviction order illegal a new one will be issued which would mean the eviction deadline would be extended from 1 to Berg said Savin said if the owners ask the City for a dem Luion permit the ten ants will file an objection saying the building is of historic value and Valu Able for downtown Houshe if this objection is accepted by the City demolition would not be Al Savin said owners should have tried to gel the Dre volition permit before evicting the Berg said the owners Felt it would be easier to be dem opium permit if up Teaf Taw were first he aug asked the court to consider the nights of tenants wild have Al ready moved and to consider the owners net for the us stud the Ibe 1mm Sterg test two 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