Dr. Michael Richards

Michael Richards, D.V.M. co-owns a small animal general veterinary practice in rural tidewater Virginia. Dr. Richards graduated from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1979, and has been in private practice ever since.

Dr. Richards has been the director of the PetCare Forum (tm) on America Online (tm) and co-founded TierCom, Inc., the company that produces the VetInfo Digest and created VetInfo.com in 1996. Dr. Richards is married to and practices with Maureen Richards, D.V.M., a graduate of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. 



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  • Haircoat Problems in Dogs

    Hairloss Question: I have a beagle mix whose hair has been comming out by the hands full for the last 6 mos. We brush him often and we get gobs of hair off him. The skin is very flacky under his hair the hair loss is the worst on his back from the neck area to his tail. Some of the hair did not...

  • Hair Loss Problems in Dogs

    Hairloss Question: I have a beagle mix whose hair has been coming out by the hands full for the last 6 mos. We brush him often and we get gobs of hair off him. The skin is very flacky under his hair the hair loss is the worst on his back from the neck area to his tail. Some of the hair did not grow...

  • Head Tremoring

    Phenobarbital for head tremoring in Bulldog Question: Dr. Mike-- I'm sorry I keep bugging you but I want to give you as much info as possible. Tubby had another seizure about an hour ago. It again lasted about 8-10 min. and was the same kind as before. An intermintant shaking of the head in an up...

  • Healthy Dog - Normal Values

    These are some of the guidelines used by your vet to assess your dogs health. Temperature - 100.5 to 102.5 Heart rate - 180 beats a minute for puppies 60-160 beats per minute for most adult dogs 180 beats a minute for toy breeds Respiration -10 to 30 The normal respiratory rate for dogs is 16 to 20...

  • Healthy Dog - Routine Maintenance

    Daily Water intake, feeding schedule and salt water drinking while at the beach and urine killing the grass Question: Dr. Richards, I own a 1 year old neutered male Cairn Terrier. He is very active and drinks huge amounts of water for a small dog (goes through a medium size bowl of water a day...

  • Heart - Cardiomyopathy

    Heart - Cardiomyopathy vetinfo.com Vomiting with Cardizem Question: Dear Dr. Richards, My nine year old male cat Kitty was diagnosed a few months ago with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. It was caught early before any damage to the heart developed. He was put on Cardizem 30mg capsule once a day dose...

  • Heart Murmur in Cats

    Heart Murmur in Cats Heart Murmur in Devon Rex Question: Hello Dr. Mike, I feel almost in desperate need for someadvice. I just got a new kitten, and he's a devon rex named Larry. He's only about 15 weeks old and was just diagnosed by his vet as having a heart murmur. The vet wasn't sure how...

  • Heart Murmur in Dogs

    Heart murmur and arthritis in older Poodle Question: Hello Dr. Richards, I have a poodle mix, Bonni, that is 11 years old. She is my baby and I am very concerned about her. I adopted her (at 6-8 months) from the Humane Society in Texas, she had been abused and was aggressive towards men, but they...

  • Heart Tumors and Cancers in Dogs

    Heart tumor in Rottweiler,Chemodectomas, Heart-lung bypass machines Question: Thank you, Dr., I've asked for a further clarification as some Dr.'s feel it was more likely a chemodectoma rather than a pheo. They feel you can't call it a pheo if the adrenal glands were not examined. I don't find...

  • Heartworm and flea control medication and Your Dog

    Collies and Monthly heartworm Preventative Question: I have recently been informed that collies should not be given once a month heartworm preventative because it can cause organ damage, seizures and even death in some collies. Would this also apply to shelties or any other breeds? My source was...

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