Veterinary News & Pet Care Advice - Page 21

December is always a fun time of year as the staff get to choose their favourite from the past 12 months and spoil them with a new toy in time for Christmas

This year has been a very busy one at the practice and we've been lucky enough to meet and take care of so many wonderful pets during the year. It's a really tough decision for the staff to choose only one!

Every client coming into the practice will have no doubt seen or spoken to one of our veterinary nurses... but who are they and what do they do?

The veterinary industry is sadly lingering a little behind human medicine when it comes to titles and job roles. In order to call yourself a nurse in the NHS you must hold the relevant qualifications, sadly within the veterinary industry anyone can call themselves a veterinary nurse because the title isn't protected.

It's a difficult time to think about anything, but most pet owners will be faced with a decision to make at the end of their pets life 

Home burial

Remember remember the 5th of November.... and in fact most of October and November!

Fireworks are no longer a once a year occurrence, much to the dismay of our nervous pets at home. The popularity of fireworks has seen more and more people holding their own displays at home in their gardens and the close proximity can be a nightmare for animals living nearby.

Labradors are known for their love of the water and this is true for gorgeous Jack, but this water baby unfortunately found himself in hot water one day whilst enjoying his usual splash.

Many of us have been in the awkward situation when our dogs begin humping another dog, their toys or even a human; it's a common cause for embarrassment but are we simply misunderstanding this doggy behaviour?

Is my dogs humping a sexual thing?

We often assume that when dogs hump it is sexually driven, this is sometimes the case, but depending on your dogs age and gender it can also be a reaction to excitement or a response to being touched in certain areas of the body that cause arousal.

With major advances in treating serious infectious and other pet diseases, oral disease - most importantly periodontal or gum disease caused by the build-up of plaque and tartar - has become the number-one health problem for dogs.

It's a time we all dread although we've always known the day would come.

For a pet owner, approaching the end of your dear friend's life is not something that we like to contemplate. We've found that having a better understanding of the procedure and the options available can help make this difficult time easier.

Members of the Brentknoll team attended the Animals r Magic event this July and what a day we had!

The annual event brings together animals of all kinds from ferrets to Alpacas and celebrates all things animal. The event is ran by the Cinnamon trust and their wonderful volunteer Janet Morgan, who sadly informed us that this will be her last year as organiser whilst she enjoys retirement from event planning.