Left Hand Laurel: Nancy Bureau

Nancy Bureau has plenty of fans in Niwot, and not just of the human variety. Take, for example, one early morning patient who, when she saw Dr. Bureau across the room, made a tail-wagging beeline for her and presented a gray speckled belly for the good doctor to rub.

Bureau, of course, accommodated.

Bureau co-owns Left Hand Animal Hospital in downtown Niwot, a practice she describes as "fear-free,...