How do I know if my pet is in pain? This is a question I get asked almost every single day. If only they could tell us. The thing is - they do! Just not with words. Pets have so many ways to show us that they’re in pain, but they might be different to what we expect....

Recipe for Chicken Soup à la Mama Londa (This is how my mum, Traudel, makes it, and what I’ve grown up with- adapted ever so slightly, to show the difference between serving it to people or pets)   1 whole chicken (ideally organic and local, but in any case the...

How to help a coughing dog   Just like us, most dogs will pick up a cough at least once (but probably several times) in their lives. Usually this is nothing to worry about. Just like us, when we get a cold, the cough is irritating, sometimes painful, but...

Laser Therapy - Could your pet benefit from it?   Laser therapy is an exciting treatment option for a vast range of conditions involving pain or inflammation. Probably most often used for chronic arthritis, when traditional treatments alone don’t give a good...

New Year Intentions with our pets in mind It’s a brand new year- hurray!! Everybody is setting New Year Resolutions- and more often than not, they end up being abandoned after the first few weeks (at least, that’s what used to happen to mine). A while back, I went to...

Titre testing in cats We vaccinate cats against Cat Flu, Panleucopenia (the cat version of Parvo) +/- Leucaemia (FeLV) and we tend to give these every year. It’s not really clear why! Protection against the Cat Flu viruses lasts for up to a year, possibly less, so...

Puppies and Titre Testing   What about puppy vaccinations? Can we be sure they work every time? Surprisingly: We can’t! And strangely enough, we very rarely do anything about it. Puppies are protected against diseases through antibodies that they get from their...

It's that time of year again- fun for some, but dreaded by many dogs and their families. Lots has already been written about this, and for the usual and very good advice, I recommend you check out Dogs Trust and RSPCA websites (links below). Once you have implemented...