Real wild life: Manhattan veterinarian to the stars dishes on client affairs, private jet secrets — and a naked Cher
nypost.com“Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian,” animal doctor Amy Attas dishes on what she’s learned about the lives of New York’s wealthy and well-known by visiting their homes to care for their four-legged family members.Attas launched her mobile practice, City Pets, in 1992.
Joan Rivers, whom she had impressed with her no-nonsense approach to treating the comedian’s Yorkie, Spike, at Park East Animal Hospital, was her first client.Other notables, including Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Wayne Gretzky, Erica Jong and Steve Martin, followed.
One night in the early 2000s, the vet got a call from Cher — Rivers had recommended her — who was on a plane from Italy with a stray dog she’d adopted there, named Pippo.
Attas diagnosed him with mange, gave him with an injection and warned that the dog’s skin condition was very contagious. Cher was aghast.“Well, that explains it.
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