Not since Dr. James Herriot have the life and times of a country veterinarian given us a first hand look at the miracle of medicine and compassion, the formula for the healing art. Tending Critters in the Ridges carries the reader from the hustle and bustle of a fast-paced America to a small rural town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is the story of a veterinarian who moves his family of five from the low country of South Carolina where the heat and humidity are unbearable to the cool mountains of Western North Carolina.