Bloat

‘Bloat’, also called ‘twisted stomach’, ‘twisted gut’ or ‘stomach torsion’, is officially called ‘gastric dilatation/volvulus'(GDV). It is a major emergency that could happen to your dog. It is one of your...

Raw Feed Diets

The practice of feeding a raw meat based diet has seen significant growth over the past decade. It is a subject that divides opinion, even in the veterinary industry, with varying arguments from nutritional implications to wider health impacts. The lack of any...

First Aid

Trained first aiders will not be surprised to learn that similar techniques apply to their dogs too. First and foremost is to ensure that the airway is free of loose teeth or foreign bodies in the case of choking, accident or of blow to the head. Lie the dog on his...

missing or stolen sighthounds

Don’t Risk It!!Please do not leave greyhounds and lurchers in unlocked cars, or tied up outside shops or unobserved in your garden! They get stolen. Many, sadly, have been reported missing from all over the country.If your dog is lost there is one organisation...

the last years and bereavement

We who choose to surround ourselveswith lives even moretemporary than our ownlive within a fragile circle,easily and often breached.Unable to accept its awful gaps,we still would live no other way”Irving Townsend  Last years(Taken from Anne Finch’s book...