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Tag Archives: dog
Holidays with your pet: Pet Passports
The Pet Travel Scheme: Introduced to the UK in 2000, the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS), allows pet owners to take their animals to specific overseas countries and bring them back into the UK without having to go through quarantine. In … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, dog, Passport, pets, travel
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Obesity – helping your pet to loose weight
It is well worth involving your vets in any weight loss program you decide to implement, especially if your dog is severely overweight, as losing weight can be a hazardous process with some health risks to be considered. The main … Continue reading
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Obesity – is my pet overweight?
There are various methods of finding out whether your pet is overweight or not, including the obvious route of simply weighing your pet, but the most accurate and reliable technique is what’s known as condition scoring. This process has the … Continue reading
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Obesity – why are pets overweight?
There are two main contributing factors to obesity in pets, and they are both directly related to their owners – too much food and not enough exercise. Pet owners always bring up other mitigating factors such as neutering or ‘genetics’, … Continue reading
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Obesity – the biggest pet health challenge
Official figures from animal welfare organisations suggest that between a third and half of all dogs are now either overweight or obese, and from my personal experience in the surgery, I would suggest that these may even be conservative estimates. … Continue reading
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Filming spaniels for The One Show
I had a great day last week filming for The One Show all about spaniels. It’s for a series of films about the history of different breeds, and so far we’ve done Dalmations, Border Collies and Spaniels. It’s been fascinating … Continue reading
Vet’s Kitchen Health Scan Roadshow
We’ve just finalised plans for our first ever national roadshow tour, taking our campaign for healthier pets on the road this summer attending top County Shows throughout England with the Vet’s Kitchen Health Scan Roadshow. We’ve got a brand new new … Continue reading
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Strays of Greece
We recently donated some food to the charity ‘Strays of Greece’ and gave them some samples of Vet’s Kitchen food to give out at their fundraising show – and we’ve just had a lovely letter back from Nell the organiser: … Continue reading
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Planning your own local ‘fun’ dog show?
If so, visit my new Run a Fun Dog Show site, which can help you run your own unique event or to run one as part of a larger event such as a Village Fete, using a simple free online … Continue reading
What is diabetes?
There are various forms of diabetes but the most common type is diabetes mellitus which is also known as ‘sugar diabetes’. This disease affects the body’s system for regulating the level of sugar or glucose in the bloodstream. The main … Continue reading
