Vet Stories

I saved more dogs from unnecessary vaccinations this week. And I\’ve had people asking me questions on the facebook page about thing vets have told them about puppy vaccinations – things that are flat out wrong. Are these vets lying, or have they been brainwashed by the vaccination industry? I\’d like to think it\’s the […]

I visited an old friend yesterday, a poodle I\’ve seen many times over the last 3 years. I was curious, as the last time I\’d been there his mum had been having all sorts of trouble with the relationship between him and the young buck – a big, black, lovely and very boisterous 2 year

The week before last I went to see a Staffy dog. I pulled up and went up the hill, to the back of the house, and went inside. Well, it was like a tsunami of dog, jumping all over me, wanting to play, mouthing my hands… She was big and chunky, a very strong dog,

I\’ve seen a few of my older, more rickety patients this last week or two. Grey faces, stiff in the joints, but waggy old tails and happy to see me. Two of the three had cartrophen injections to help with arthritis pain. It\’s often necessary with our older pets to have them on an ongoing treatment

Before I get to today\’s story – the post I shared from another holistic vet about a dog who died from being given nexgard stirred up a lot of comments, and some confusion about how to prevent ticks etc. It\’s an impossible situation! With any of these long-lasting tick/flea prevention products, a very small percentage of

I pulled up beside the house, and hopped out to be greeted by a chorus of barking – a big deep woof from the rangy blue cattle dog, ad a more high pitched, frantically excited spatter from the little miniature foxie. Their mum gave me a cheery wave from the door, and invited me inside.

I went downstairs after I heard the car pull in – my dogs were whimpering with excitement above on the deck. I\’d seen this little fellow a week before, in severe pain with a hurt back. He\’d had a stretch while out walking, and obviously something went clunk somewhere in there in a bad way,

  What do your pets mean to you?   I often think about this – I see so many pets (and their people). I can see and feel how their furry friends fill up their lives with love and companionship. Indeed, their pets are more than friends, they are members of the family.   This

There\’s something special about truly old dogs – they may be rickety in the legs, and as grey as grey can be, the milky tide of age spreading all over their bodies – but they hold a deep wisdom that shines out of their eyes. I really enjoy tending to the old ones, the dog

I rolled into the park – a place I see some clients who live a little too far away from me for a home visit. The river rests, wide and shining, people walking past in the bright, clear sun, boats being launched and landed at the boat ramp, Big trees shading us all. Before too