Captain Doctor Dave is the author of two veterinary books for pet-owning sailors: Where There Is No Pet Doctor and Pets On Board? Adapting Your Pet to Travel By Boat or RV and he also coauthored the cruising book Island Hopping to the Caribbean with wife Annie.
Over the years he has given numerous seminars at boat shows across the country, has written articles for the SSCA, and was an instructor with SevenSeasU, the on-line educational arm of the SSCA and also GLCC School (the educational portion of the Great Lakes Cruising Club). Prior to heading off cruising, he owned his own veterinary general practice in Michigan for twenty years where he treated everything from pets to wildlife to farm animals. He presently lives in northern Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan where he still practices in the demanding field of veterinary emergency and critical care medicine. Before moving back to Michigan, he lived and practiced emergency medicine for fifteen years on the gulf coast of Florida . You can check out his websites at islandhoppingtothecaribbean.com as well as at captdrdave.com.
David W. LaVigne, D.V.M. is a 1979 graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has practiced veterinary medicine now for over 40 years, and was a USCG licensed master for 10 years and a Commodore and Rear Commodore in the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) for a number of years. He and wife Annie lived aboard their 37 foot CSY sailboat for over eight years as they cruised Chesapeake Bay and the northern Caribbean.