Bob (Dr. Robert E. Armstrong) is retired. He sits around all day and does next to nothing. His lovely wife, Nita (Juanita M. Armstrong), is not retired. She runs helter-skelter all day long, picking up after the old geezer, washing his clothes, cooking his meals, and generally keeping track of him. The good doctor tries to maintain the appearance of busyness. He is a former Marine enlisted man, a former Air Force officer, a former veterinarian, and the former chief of Veterinary Public Health for the city of Houston, Texas. Nita is a former lady of leisure.

Bob has this crazy notion that he is related to all the other famous Armstrongs. Obviously he includes Neil Armstrong - the first man to walk on the moon, Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong - the renowned jazz trumpet player, the other Robert E. Armstrong - an obscurely famous Hollywood actor who brought both King Kong and Mighty Joe Young back from the jungle, and Gen. George Armstrong Custer - a highly respected blond cavalry officer. He also believes he is descended from one of the great Scottish Clans. We try to humor him.

Retirement is not always what it's cracked up to be. To keep from going totally bughouse, Bob builds bluebird houses which he and his family place along the Conejos River in southern Colorado. He also writes mystery novels in which the protagonist is a veterinarian and the mystery or crime to be solved involves a modern veterinary diagnostic problem and/or veterinary epidemiology. [Epidemiology being the detective work of medicine.] In real life Bob occasionally consults with attorneys and/or animal attack victims regarding the problems of determining liability.
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An abbreviated version of his curriculum vitae is available.

 Note: The doctor is not now licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Texas or other southern states, but he has life long experience in the area of animal (usually dog) attacks. He has strong opinions on the problem of animal overpopulation and you can read what he has to say in a full page article he wrote for Newsweek magazine in the March 28th, 1994 issue. He will be happy to discuss doggy issues in general and dog bite issues in particular on this page or through e-mail. Anyone who asks a question that can be answered with e-mail or here will not be charged any kind of fee.

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