Vet Times

Tag: RSPCA

  • Moxie’s milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

    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…

  • Baby, it’s cold outside

    Baby, it’s cold outside

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    I’ve written at length about the dangers of heat and the sometimes unforeseen risks of walking your dogs during the hazy summer days, but now the cold has well and truly crept in, it is time to consider how we keep our puppies happy and healthy this winter. Toxins With the recent snow, we’re used…

  • Hot dogs belong on a barbecue, not in the car

    Hot dogs belong on a barbecue, not in the car

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    We’ve all heard horror stories of dogs left in hot cars by their owners; it’s an issue that comes around every year like the warnings of dangers of chocolate at Easter and mistletoe in December. Luckily, I’ve never seen a case brought into practice or even witnessed a dog shut into a car on a…

  • Levels of care: charity versus private practice

    Levels of care: charity versus private practice

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    Following on from the previous piece on gold-standard care, I wanted to focus on an issue that seems to exist, but isn’t often acknowledged or explained. I think you all know I am a huge supporter of the vet care provided by charities; I’ve worked at RSPCA Harmsworth, Battersea and Mayhew, and I know the…

  • Diversification – from historian to vaccination

    Diversification – from historian to vaccination

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    In my recent interview on VN Happy Hour I was asked an interesting question on diversifying. The question was about how I remained connected with being an RVN now I’m technically a historian. This is a question I’ve asked myself a number of times across my career. I have diversified in several ways – and…

  • Seaside welfare

    Seaside welfare

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    Warm weather and cool breezes mean living by the beach in summer can be a lot of fun. However, there is always an animal welfare situation to consider, and it’s not just about overheating pooches on the beach. A video of a child harassing a seal was shared online recently. Thankfully, many of the comments…

  • Hidden heroes

    Hidden heroes

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    I’m sure we all know some of the crazy places “stray” animals end up – ducks nest in strange areas, cats crawl into tiny hidden spaces and can’t get back out, and, recently, a stray dog shut down Waterloo train station. I’m sure you all have more stories on where pets and wildlife have been…

  • Don’t tar all dogs with the same brush

    Don’t tar all dogs with the same brush

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    Pit bulls, mastiffs and German shepherds are some of the breeds regarded by many as being aggressive and dangerous. In the same way some dogs are best known for shedding on beloved white furniture or having deep, dreamy puppy dog eyes, these breeds have an established reputation as dogs to be feared and not raised…

  • ’Tis the season to (not) be shopping…

    ’Tis the season to (not) be shopping…

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    There are many traditions with Christmas – some you like and some you don’t. The annual onslaught of impulse puppy and kitten purchases hits us all in one way or another: there’s the heart-stopping emergency consults with the sickliest ones, the vaccine consults where you question the validity of that rabies certificate, and the disappearance…

  • Where is your Eden?

    Where is your Eden?

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    August is a time coined by the newspapers as “silly season” – everyone is on holiday and quality news is thin on the ground. This means unusual news stories that might not otherwise get coverage come to the fore. It’s not been that way in the animal world. There were so many things going on…