Christmas in Blue Dog Valley. A Novel

For anyone who ever loved All Creatures Great and Small, Annie England Noblin's newest novel-about a big city vet transplanted to a small Wisconsin town-is pure delight as we meet aging alpacas, stump-tailed cats, goats in tutus, a vagabond border collie named Kevin, and the people who think they own them. And through it all, Goldie McKenzie, DVM, navigating the small town of Blue Dog, Wisconsin. Welcome to Blue Dog Valley.
Home of the Fighting Elk. Population 3, 411. When Goldie McKenzie, DVM, vet to the L. A. pet stars, arrives from Los Angeles to Blue Dog Valley she realizes three things. Never agree to upend your life when you're hungover Pot-belly pigs are not true farm animals She's going to need a warmer coat At first Goldie is nothing more than a fish out of water, with few clients and few friends. But after a less than pleasant encounter with a man whose dog is suffering from a possibly fatal case of bloat, she's finally earning the trust and goodwill from her fellow Blue Dog Valley citizens.
Her clientele grows to include the many farm animals in the town, including a horse named Large Marge, a cape-wearing therapy alpaca, and a yardful of sweater-wearing goats. Add in Kevin, the "worst sheepdog in Blue Dog Valley, " and a Sphinx cat named Airport, and Goldie is having the best time a vet can have.