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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  • Behavior - Aggression in Cats

    Behavior - Aggression in Cats vetinfo.com Aggressive kitten Q: Dear Dr. Mike- I would appreciate your advice regarding how to best handle aggressive behavior in kittens. I adopted a female kitten five weeks ago who alternates between being a very sweet, purring, affectionate lap cat and being an...

  • Behavioral Changes In Dogs

    Behavior changes in German Shepherd Q: About a month ago our shepherd started changing for no apparent reason. At first she refused to go outside . If we tried to be stern and insist by going toward her, she would snarl a little. It was torture just to get her to go out. Now she is doing just the...

  • Behavior in Cats - Hair Damaging, Self Damaging

    Behavior in Cats - Hair Damaging, Self Damaging Tail Damaging Question: Dear Dr. Richards. I have a four year old, long haired cat (I have been told he looks like a Maincoon). Last August he had fleas and I treated him with a flea dip. Afterward he kept twitching his tail and seemed to be annoyed...

  • Behavior - Mounting and Humping

    Humping behavior in female German Shepherd Question: I have a female German Shepherd who will be 3 years in February 2000, and who recently started demonstrating some strange humping behavior . I didn't think female dogs exhibited this behavior at all, but as of late, she seems determined to hump...

  • Behavior or Medical problem - Litterbox and Elimination

    Behavior or Medical problem - Litterbox and Elimination vetinfo.com Toxoplasmosis vetinfo.com Cats may transmit Toxoplasmosis through their stools. This can cause serious problems if a woman is infected during pregnancy and can lead to neurological disease or eye damage in humans. Toxoplasmosis is...

  • Behavior Problem - Canine Aggression

    Dominance Aggression Treatment Question: Hi, I was browsing the net when I came across your site (www.vetinfo.com), where I found some information about dominance agression. I have a 3 year old male springer spaniel which has been showing signs of dominance agression for a couple of years. It gets...

  • Behavior Problem - Dominance Aggression

    Dominance aggression treatment Question: Hi, I was browsing the net when I came across your site (www.vetinfo.com), where I found some information about dominance agression. I have a 3 year old male springer spaniel which has been showing signs of dominance agression for a couple of years. It gets...

  • Biographical Information

    A Little Bit About Us, Our Website and the VetInfo Digest 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. He has been in private practice since...

  • Biopsy in Dogs

    Lymph node biopsy and needle biopsy Question: Dr. Richards, Our old lab dog saga continues...We, both my husband and I scheduled a visit with our vet to discuss our concerns over the continued use of Prednisone to treat liver dysfunction following heartworm treatment. I felt our dog had ascites but...

  • Biting Behavior in Dogs

    Untitled Document Biting and snapping behavior in puppy Question: Dr. Mike, Bebe, our 20 week old Lab X has started snapping at us when we do something she doesn't like. Tonight it happened twice.....first while trying to trim her nails (she is fearful of the clippers), and then again at bedtime...

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