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\”Come on in,\” she said with a smile. \”Thanks so much for coming around to see our old friend.\” I walked in through the gate, and up a few steps onto a little deck. I chose a chair in the sun, and opened my bag, getting out my computer while soaking up the warmth. I […]

\”How\’s he been since his first WEBB session last week?\” I asked. I\’d been called in because of behavioural issues – he had been unpredictable, snapping at other dogs on the lead, and occasionally snapping at people who gave him too much eye contact as well – though he\’d never actually bitten anyone, or the

You might have wondered why I no longer do large animal work- well… When I first worked in England, I was called out to attend to a weaner cow. I got lost two or three times on the way (pretty good, considering how hard it was to understand this blokes accent when I rang up

I\’m very proud to share this, my first published article, in Dogs Naturally magazine. If you want to sign up/subscribe to them, go here! dogsnaturallymagazine.com To Read the article, click on the link, and it will download the pdf to your computer…   EB Back Pain March 2015     dogsnaturallymagazine.com https://www.facebook.com/TheHealingVet?fref=nf

What do vets say about vaccinations? And what\’s the truth of the matter? This article comes from 27 comments on a post where I asked people on my Facebook page what vets have been telling them about vaccination. I saw a lot of misunderstanding (and perhaps misdirection?) in the information coming from vets. This concerns

I walked out to the consult room and called my next client in – a bull terrier puppy with skin troubles. He was in a bit of a state, I could see that at a glance – his legs and tummy all red and angry – his mum looked tense and worried, too. we all

The rain was pouring down in sheets, beating on the tin roof with a million little fingers, gushing and pouring and gurgling through the gutters, our front garden a flowing stream out under the gate. The wet season in Townsville, grey sky looming above, the horizon whited out in veils of  raindrops, and a busy day

We were sitting in the tea room, a narrow space between the consult rooms and the front office. I was opposite a desk with a gap about two inches wide between it and the wall, leaning back on my chair, pondering the pile of dust bunnies and fluff and hair from the perpetual pack of

\”G\’day – you the vet who comes to the home?\” She asked me. \”I am,\” I replied. \”Me puppy\’s been to the vets on a drip over the long weekend, and I\’m not happy about how they treated him, he\’s got  a huge bloody sore on his foot, can you come and check it out?\”

I was greeted by a furious storm of barking at the gate… \”Sit, sit,\” their mum said, patiently, treats in hand. After a few moments they both settled down and sat obediently, tails wagging, totally focused on the treats. Then she let me in, and they excitedly jumped all around and on me for a