ABOUT ME First off, I want to say thank you to all who are taking the time to read my blogs. I am excited to be able to offer you new and exciting information and hope to increase my interactions with you over time through this platform. I wanted to start this blog with a little background about myself and my journey. My name is Dr. Alicia Marquart (Dr. Alicia) and I decided I was going to be a veterinarian at the age of five. My next door neighbor's dog had puppies and my parents agreed to take one! Her name was "She Dog" and we changed that to Contessa, Tessa, She Dog, Shadow, Taffy, Junior, Rueschhoff; Tessa for short. My mom agreed that I tag along to the veterinarian office for Tessa's first examination. At this appointment, the veterinarian diagnosed Tessa with a yeast infection of her ears, and let me look at the bowling pin-like fungus under the microscope. It was at that moment I knew that is what I wanted to do. Throughout the years, I continued to grow m