Tag: microchip
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Moxie’s milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
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VN Times has recently been accepting images and details of animals where you have been part of their rescue story. I have already entered my lovely hospice foster Moxie, but I thought I would expand on her rescue journey as she has helped others along her way. Moxie was found about a year ago in…
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Disillusionment
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“Have we had the suicide talk?” I was 16 or 17, seeing practice at my local vets’, as I did every Thursday evening. One of the vets would often fill gaps in consults by grilling me on the ins and outs of the profession, but this topic had not been covered before. When I blinked…
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Copyright: who owns what and where?
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We hear often about the difficulties of establishing ownership of a pet – is a vets record and a microchip enough to say “this is mine”? The law in this area requires multiple ways to prove ownership, but it is a lot simpler with research, writing and images – the creator is the owner. No…
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2018 – finishing the year strong
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How often do you hear people say “I will start it in the new year” or “next year I will start this”? Well I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions as there is no benefit in waiting four weeks to start, change or act on something you can be doing now. In essence, waiting is…
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If only they could talk
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“It must be so difficult,” the old woman says, as I listen to her cat’s chest. As ever, this puts me in the awkward position of either taking the stethoscope out of my ears and interrupting my clinical exam, or politely ignoring her so I can listen. As usual, I opt for the third, least…
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Cats reunited
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The day-to-day working life of a vet can be tough for a multitude of reasons, but sometimes it’s the simple things that make it all worthwhile – for example, something as simple as a microchip. While dog microchipping is now compulsory, cat owners retain the freedom to decide whether they wish to chip their beloved…
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VIDEO: Patricia Colville @ BSAVA Congress 2016
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Rebecca Hubbard speaks to outgoing BSAVA president Patricia Colville during the association’s 2016 congress. Dr Colville speaks briefly on a number of topics, including the highlight of her presidency, the launch of the association’s PDP resource and microchipping regulations. She also reveals the thing she’ll miss most about being involved in the day-to-day running of…
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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…
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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,…
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Helping the hounds of the homeless
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The homeless come with a certain stigma – particularly those with pets at their side. Should we be concerned for the welfare of those animals, whose owners cannot afford to feed themselves so surely cannot adequately care for a companion? Of course we should. However, instead of claiming these pets should be removed from their owners, Ruby…