I had another one of those this week. My client turned up very worried because the damaged tendon in her dog’s front leg was starting to contract. The carpus (wrist) wasn’t able to stretch out. To laser or not to laser To cut a long story short. The wrist was…
Balls, dog parks, cruciates and more
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…
Holiday hours
Have a lovely festive season and may your pets stay as healthy and well as Bella (a young 22). The clinic will reopen on Tuesday 3rd of January 2023.
Case of the month
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….
Hugo vs Pippa. Integrative Therapies Olympics in our backyard
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…
Podcast with Dr Elaine
I really enjoyed catching up with my good friend and colleague Dr Elaine Cebuliak from Animal Wellness recently.
Kim ‘s new career as a multimedia megastar (not)
I was recently invited to participate in a couple of media promotions. The first was to promote the membership of the Australian Veterinary Association. They thought my presence would balance out the older, male demographic that they already had doing their mini promotional videos. Hmmm, I’m not exactly a spring…
Happy Kukur Tihar (Day of the Dogs)
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…
I missed out on an Aldi special recently
A few months ago, I noticed that Fisiocrem was on special at Aldi. Unfortunately/ fortunately, I only decided to buy it a couple of days later when my elbow pain was really annoying me. Of course it was sold out. We are talking about an Aldi special here. Home remedies…
The Day The Chickens Ate My Soap
Just when you thought this was a little story unrelated to Covid-19, I am sorry to disappoint you but I can almost guarantee that it will be funny. 16th March 2020 Inklings that the Coronavirus disease might actually be a big deal in Australia started to creep into our consciousness….