House calls a growing trend among veterinarians
Elisabeth Coletti
Veterinarian Elisabeth Coletti, left, inspects stitches she just removed from Pooch, a family Shih Tzu that had recently been neutered, during a house call to the home of Erin McCarthy and husband Patrick Petrillo in New York, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, as son Sullivan Petrillo tends to his own teddy bear with a toy stethoscope. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarian that make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, cuts Scrappy Daphne's toenails as part of a complete physical for the cat during a house call to the home of Julie Dirks Amodeo and her family in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabeth Coletti
This Aug. 9, 2012 photo shows Dr. Elisabeth Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, arriving by bicycle to an appointment in New York. Coletti brings her own dog, Milo, a cocker spaniel who rides in her front basket, with her on the job. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Duke, an orange tabby, rests beneath an image of a tomato in his family's Brooklyn apartment in New York, during a visit by Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a veterinarian who makes house calls. Duke is so afraid of the vet he has to be tranquilized when he goes so he didn't get there as often as he should. Now the family relies on Coletti for Duke's medical needs. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, examines her own pet Cocker Spaniel Milo as two year-old Leo, the son of Carrie Dirks Amodeo and partner Julie, watches during a house call to the family's home in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of family veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabeth Coletti
This Aug. 9, 2012 photo shows Dr. Elisabeth Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, commuting to an appointment with her own pet, Milo, a Cocker Spaniel, in the front basket of her bicycle as she stops to chat with some youngsters in Prospect Park en route in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, extracts Scrappy Daphne from beneath a piece of furniture before giving the cat a physical examination during a house call to the home of Carrie Dirks Amodeo in New York. Coletti is part of a growing trend of veterinarians who make house calls. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Leo Dirks Amodeo, 2, watches as Brooklyn-based veterinarian Dr. Elisabetta Coletti weights the family cat on the family's bathroom scale in New York. Cioletti, who makes house calls, brings her own dog, Milo, a Cocker Spaniel, with her on the job, recommended the 28-pound cat be put on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabetta Coletti
In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo, Brooklyn-based veterinarian Dr. Elisabetta Coletti, right, tends to the family cat Scrappy Daphne as 2-year-old Leo, left, 6-month-old Andre, and their mother, Carrie Dirks Amodeo, watch during a house call at their home in New York. Coletti, who is part of a growing trend of veterinarians who make house calls, came to clip the cat's toe nails. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Elisabeth Coletti
This Aug. 9, 2012 photo shows Dr. Elisabeth Coletti, a Brooklyn-based veterinarian who makes house calls, arriving by bicycle to an appointment in New York. Coletti brings her own dog, Milo, a cocker spaniel who rides in her front basket, with her on the job. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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