Beloved author Dr. David Perrin passed away in August. Dr. Perrin wrote five books his Adventures of a Country Vet series – all Canadian best sellers.
Born in 1948, Dr. Perrin was raised in Casino, a small town near Trail, British Columbia. He attended Selkirk College in Castlegar, the University of British Columbia, and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He graduated in 1973 and practiced in the Creston Valley until 1998.
According to his website, after a year in Hawaii where he began writing the first book about the profession he loved, he returned to his farm in Lister, B.C. He established Dave’s Press and began publishing books on his veterinary adventures: “Don’t Turn Your Back in the Barn” (2000), “Dr. Dave’s Stallside Manner” (2001), “Where Does it Hurt?” (2003), “Never Say Die” (2006), and “When the Going Gets Tough” (2010).