Vet Times

Tag: Dogs

  • Sheep worrying at lambing

    Sheep worrying at lambing

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    Easter brings not only the endorphin rush associated with an abundance of chocolate eggs (perhaps more so for those of us who gave up goodies for Lent), but also the picturesque seasonal backdrop of spring lambs merrily bouncing about. If only the reality was so idyllic… Unfortunately, the lambing season brings with it a growing…

  • RCVS council election manifesto: Melissa Donald

    RCVS council election manifesto: Melissa Donald

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    MELISSA DONALD BVMS, MRCVS Otters View, Purclewan Mill, Dalrymple, East Ayrshire KA6 6AN. T 01292 560083 M 07921 384852 E melissadonald88@gmail.com PROPOSERS: Alison Lambert, Freda Scott-Park I started as a food animal intern at Iowa State University, having graduated from Glasgow (1987). After two children, my first full-time position was in a traditional mixed two-person…

  • People are strange

    People are strange

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    I think I might be right in guessing that most of us didn’t join the veterinary profession because we like talking to humans, so it comes as something of a surprise quite how much talking to the pet-owning public is involved in general practice. Communicating with the general public can be delightful, frustrating, inspiring, depressing,…

  • Lost and found: why microchipping is a must

    Lost and found: why microchipping is a must

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    One of our cats – Doogle, a home-loving feline who rarely sets foot outside the garden – recently got himself caught under my mum’s car, only to drop out when she’d driven along a few streets and run, startled, across the fields toward the next village. Posters, local press coverage and Facebook shares resulted in…

  • Barking up the right tree – with Trusty Paws

    Barking up the right tree – with Trusty Paws

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    Originally a charity set up by veterinary students for the homeless hounds of Glasgow in October 2014, Trusty Paws has become incredibly successful and has received a huge amount of public support. This success has allowed the charity to run monthly clinics at the Simon Community Scotland drop-in centre, providing free health checks, vaccinations, microchipping,…

  • We will get there – dog by dog

    We will get there – dog by dog

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    Last month I had the honour of attending a film premiere. It wasn’t a standard red carpet affair; it was held in the Houses of Parliament and the film has the backing of a number of MPs. This all sounds serious – and it is. The film was Dog by Dog, a documentary about puppy…

  • Make Christmas a time for giving

    Make Christmas a time for giving

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    We all do a lot of small and large charitable acts throughout the year, so why am I talking about more charity work at the busiest and most rota-hectic time of year? It’s because volunteering is good for you. Yes, studies have shown those who volunteer are happier and live longer than those who don’t – so…

  • Festive threats to four-legged family members

    Festive threats to four-legged family members

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    Now well into December, and getting ever closer to Christmas, there will be an abundance of “goodies” around the house that are not so good for the four-legged family members. Most owners are aware of the dangers of chocolate and so are likely to rush down to the vet on Boxing Day when their Labrador…

  • Rabbiting on at London Vet Show

    Rabbiting on at London Vet Show

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    Well, I finally did it. Like Christopher Reeve in Superman III, I am using my superpowers for evil. I’m not suggesting I am planning to melt anyone with laser eye beams (though if I had them, they would be great for amputating limbs), but I did agree to write this blog post for a pet…

  • Dog poo bag etiquette – what should we do?

    Dog poo bag etiquette – what should we do?

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    As a dog and cat owner I can recognise the irony between people’s attitudes to poo and its disposal. Although we may be slaves to our cats, many of us are happy to let them poop in other people’s gardens – regardless of whether the people like it. Yet with our dogs we are required…