Vet Times

Tag: Dogs

  • Remembering Ebony

    Remembering Ebony

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    Are there are times when you look at your pet and think “I wish I could sail through life like you, living in the present and exuding joy at the simplest of things?” Well, I’d been having that with Ebony… until those semi-serious feelings of envy were tempered by sadness when a trip to the…

  • Sustainable pet ownership

    Sustainable pet ownership

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    Pet owning is carbon costly – not just in terms of veterinary care and treatment, but also due to their diet and the products we buy for them. But if we look at the bigger picture, we may find that pets could, in fact, reduce an individual’s carbon footprint due to the type of lifestyle…

  • Types of tumour

    Types of tumour

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    I’ve talked about “The Big C” before, and how “cancer” – despite the fear the word induces – is a broad term for a wide variety of diseases that share a similar cause (uncontrolled cell division). As descriptive terms go, it’s not much more specific than “virus”. Today, I’d like to dig into that a…

  • New Year’s resolutions

    New Year’s resolutions

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    According to a study conducted by the team behind fitness app Strava, the day people are most likely to give up on their New Year’s resolutions is 19 January. I’m not usually one for resolutions; I’m more inclined to give something up for lent, because that has a finite time period – unless, like last…

  • A Merry Christmas for all the family

    A Merry Christmas for all the family

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    Little things you don’t consider until you spend every waking moment looking at, thinking about, or learning about animals, is how one of our favourite times of year might impact the smaller members of our families. Awareness is rising on just how traumatic Guy Fawkes night can be for our furry friends, but there is…

  • With teeth marks

    With teeth marks

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    Christmas blog number two, and what is there left to consider after the chocolates of last time? Well, this is going to focus on the issues around turkeys. Huge, frozen turkeys – the symbol of all that is wrong with the festive season. A species defined by a single day. As I write this, thousands…

  • Pet vs medical insurance

    Pet vs medical insurance

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    Vets deal with insurance on an almost daily basis and are used to discussing pet insurance with owners. Whether it’s offering free insurance with a puppy package, asking whether an owner has insurance when deciding treatment plans, or filling out continuation insurance forms for on-going cases, we all understand both the value and the pitfalls of…

  • The only way is ethics: neutering

    The only way is ethics: neutering

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    I thought now would be a good time for a brief reprise on my series about ethical dilemmas involving animals, and not because I like the pun in the title. Okay, a bit because of that… In the UK and US, at least, we regard the neutering of canine and feline patients as routine (as…

  • Managing client expectations

    Managing client expectations

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    After last month‘s look at consent and jigsaw identification, I thought it would be good to share something I edited out of that blog. Namely, besides navigating the law and the code of conduct, you also need to manage clients’ expectations of how you use their case online. Firstly, I’ll say you can run a…

  • A different kind of exam

    A different kind of exam

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    A veterinary career and examinations go hand in hand. I can’t count the number of papers I’ve sat over the last quarter of my life that have opened the doors to where I am now. If you manage to make it even half way through the vet course it can be assumed you have mastered…