The retirement of Dr. Elizabeth Wolfe last year has sent veterinary care calls to Juneau and Whitehorse, Y.T., adding expense and stress for animal owners.

Resident Marilyn Wilson recently spent $2,000 to have her 12-year-old dog Buddy, a pug mix, seen by a Juneau veterinarian after the dog started having trouble breathing. Buddy was sick two days before Wilson sent him south. The dog died in Juneau of apparent hemorrhaging.

Wilson suspects Buddy ate her…