I was interviewed by \”The Devil\’s Lettuce Podcast\” a few weeks ago, and it\’s just gone live. I talk about how medical cannabis extracts can help pets with various health issues…. Have a listen, tell me what you think, and please ask any questions you have about using medical marijuana for your pets in the […]
Read article → Here\’s a take-home message! A study published in 2003 looked at a sample size of 552 dogs over a 5-year period. This study showed an incredible difference between dogs fed commercial processed diets as compared to dogs fed table scraps or fresh foods. The dogs in the second group (fed table scraps or fresh food lived longer on average […]
Read article → What your pet eats is the most important choice you can make for their health Good morning, and welcome to the first in a series of articles requested by you, the lovely people who are part of The Healing Vet community. I\’d love to hear what you think in the comments, and please ask any […]
Read article → Here is something for you to look at, and make up your own mind about… The selection pressures of showing are profound. To win, your dog has to stand out from the others – so breeders select to the extremes of the \’breed type\’ (a description of the original type of dog, as shown by the […]
Read article → His head was out the back window of the truck, and his tail was lashing away so hard that it shook his whole body. Forty kilograms of muscle and excitement! I\’d seen him a couple of weeks before for the first time. He was a rescue dog, super intelligent, but not so well behaved, had absolutely […]
Read article → The sun was beaming down upon us in the little vet van as we hummed along the highway. Then we turned off at the lights, before wending our way through the streets to find our destination. This was a revisit, as I\’d seen this very intelligent, bright and beautiful German Shepherd pup a week before. She […]
Read article → \”She\’s just not right, and hasn\’t been for a while,\” a familiar voice told me on the phone. \”She\’s lame in the hind legs, and it comes and goes, and she\’s worse after she plays with the ball…\” We chatted for a while, and then made a time for me to come and see her. […]
Read article → She was a bright, alert Border Collie cross called Pepper – black, white and tan. She took her mum for a bit of a walk around the yard so she could sniff about, and then had a wee. I invited them both upstairs, and soon we were both settled on the couch while she looked […]
Read article → I drove up to the gate, stopped my car, and cracked the door open. The smell of the ocean and the crash of surf on the beach oozed in, and I could feel myself relax. I took a moment to bask in the sun, with the birds and beach sounds. I hopped out, grabbed my […]
Read article → Yesterday was intense. Our cat, Parvati, has kittens – they are about 2 weeks old, eyes open now and starting to get really mobile. During the night Parvati had vomited, and when we woke up yesterday something clearly wasn\’t ok with her. Her breathing was rapid, eyes dilated, and she was twitching all over, electric […]
Read article → Mitzi, my little fluffy dog (on the outside – on the inside he thinks he is something like a huge German Shepherd or Mastiff) was making all sorts of weird noises on the deck, so I knew my clients had arrived. I popped our dogs, and cat, into the enclosure, and went out to greet […]
Read article → It\’s the hardest decision you\’ll ever have to make… We love our pets. They give to us so much unconditional affection, their presence, their heart and soul. In fact, I find that in many ways, the death of a pet is more deeply affecting for many clients than the death of a human family member […]
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