"Free to a bad home"

As a vet nurse, you work through a range of emotions on a daily basis. There are wonderful highs, and tear-jerking lows. We think we've seen it all before, but then we come across a case that takes our breath away.

Daisy arrived at a practice where one of my friends, a fellow vet nurse, works. She was found straying round a notorious area of Birmingham. She sits and gives paw and loves having her tummy tickled.  She's sweet and gentle, and was clearly a much loved pet at one point. But somewhere along her timeline, her fortune took a turn for the worse.

Lungworm's growing threat to canine lives

A few years ago, a parasite started filtering through the veterinary grapevine called Lungworm. I have to be honest, I don't think many of us took is serious at first, it sounded a bit like scare mongering to sell parasite protection products! Lungworm was a parasite that was common place in Europe, but rarely seen in the UK.

How times have changed...........

Could the puppy boom be the end of the rescue dog?

I've been nursing for nearly 10 years (already!), so I've seen many puppies in my time! From the large to the

tiny, cute and cuddly balls of fluff that instantly melt my heart when we have a cuddle in the consult room. But within the last couple of years, every tingle of warmth I've felt at meeting a new puppy, has been met with a small sense of dread for the poor dogs that remain homeless as another home vanishes from the market.

New Year, New Price List!

Well, it's only the 7th of January and I'm already exhausted! Vets and vet nurses around the country have little or no Christmas or New Year break! Sadly pets never cease to be poorly so we have to be on call around the clock for the seasonal mishaps!

These mishaps often involve pets either eating things they shouldn't (bones, toys and even a pair of glasses!) and the repercussions of those little "treats" (the runs from too much turkey basically!). It's our responsibility to deal with them all, whenever they occur, night or day.