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for those with Facebook, here’s the link A good goodbye. One of the sad jobs we vets have to deal with is when our patients have reached the end of their life and we have to say goodbye. It is quite common for vets to send a sympathy card in…
The number one son is back from the wilderness and has fixed my website so I can post again. Many people complain that Melbourne can have four seasons in one day. When the weather changes in autumn and Spring in colder climates, we tend to see more intervertebral disease and…
It was so lovely to be back as one of the teachers of the Graduate Diploma in Animal Biomechanical Medicine. It’s been three and a half years since the last course finished. Yesterday I turned up to be greeted by so many smiles and welcomes from my fellow teachers and…
I meant to write this blog back in January when our local dog park reopened after the floods. There was plenty of excitement and I saw many carks parked in front of the gate and lots of dogs running around. This got me thinking about the general advise I give…
A big shout out to the amazing vet nurse Ebony and to laser therapy.I’ve seen Randy for the last three and a half years for his arthritis after cruciate surgery. By the way, he is also 14 years old which is not bad for a Beagle x Labrador with diabetes….
Last Wednesday, an extraordinary coincidence happened. Hugo A client came in with her elderly pointer for a follow up visit. She then mentioned that she had her ‘granddog’ Hugo with her. Could possibly have a look as he hadn’t been able to walk for about one month despite numerous vets…
I learnt that pigs are not all the same this week. A regular client of mine brought her itchy dog in. There had been a flare up. It had previously responded nicely to a diet of a cooked wild boar as the sole protein souce in a commercial dog roll….
It was lovely learn from the news tonight that today is the Day of the Dogs. This is the second day of the five day Nepalese Hindu celebrations Deepawali. It is analogous to the festival of lights, the Indian Diwali. Dogs are honoured for their importance to humans in Hindu…
What a day. Thank goodness there’s a long weekend starting tomorrow. All my doggy patients must have known this and decided to test my sanity today. Here’s Wellington. ‘Your driveway is too long Dr Kim, I’m done. Unless there’s maybe a treat or two to make it worth my while…’…
I have had a crazy, busy week adding a mentoring role to the clinic with my first two interns. Ebony and Rebecca are both veterinary nurses with an interest in canine rehabilitation. They have just completed their 40 hour internship with me and it has been a real pleasure to…