"Kitchen Confidential" meets "All Creatures Great and Small." Using stories as a backdrop, the book delivers current veterinary information that every pet owner can use. Dr. Benaryeh takes readers behind the scenes of a veterinary examination room, telling them what veterinarians really think and what happens when you walk through the “Employees Only” door to the other side.

The stories are irreverent, bitingly satirical, often humorous, and sometimes tragic. Each tale is purposeful in nature and relates to the topic at hand. The two beginning chapters address adding a pet to a household, and further chapters move through topics like recognizing emergencies, choosing a veterinarian, treating cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, and more. The final chapter deals with the last and most difficult decision every pet owner will eventually face: euthanasia. In a rapidly changing profession, readers ride shotgun with a veterinarian and hear an insider’s view of the veterinary profession, learning how to be a better consumer as they go. Dr. Benaryeh draws on his own vast experience with personal pets as the book moves through the life cycle of animals and his life as a veterinarian and pet owner.

Some stories are outlandish; not the type you expect in your ordinary book by a veterinarian. They range from dead pets that aren’t dead, fake testicles, dog food mishaps, and other events that give meaning to the phrase: truth is stranger than fiction. Whether you seek veterinary information or pure entertainment, this book will not disappoint.