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I lived in Newcastle Upon Tyne for many months, with a friend who had a permanent job in a big vet hospital there. It was cold, cold and cold, and grey, and an icy wind would sneak right through to the marrow of your bones in winter. The people were warm and wonderful, so much […]

I had been working for a good 6 months or so in my first job… With the careless arrogance of youth, I thought I was a pretty damn fine vet. I had heard horror stories from other vets, young and old, but never thought that I might be caught up in any such thing. Sure,

I settled onto the couch as the old fellow chatted away to me. He really did love to tell a story, and he was full of them! A life truly well lived, he had been in the army, fought in Vietnam, been partly blown up a couple of times, came home to breed horses, and

I went away for an acupressure course a month or so ago. It was a fantastic week of learning, and even on the course I saw radical improvements in our practice animals. I have been integrating this technique into my practice, and I have seen much quicker and larger improvements in several cases than I

This lady\’s dog was huge, and had severe arthritis. I had been to see him when unable to get up because of pain and muscle spasm 3 times before, and each time he had responded well to an injection of painkiller, and managed to haul his creaking old body back up onto his feet for

I had turned up to the my new locum job, in London. It was in a pretty upmarket part of the city, lots of very wealthy clients. I was still feeling my way around, exploring the clinic, getting a feel for the staff. The boss was interesting… He didn\’t have much to say to me,

\”Could you come and see our Rotti? We can\’t get him in the car, because he\’s a bit overweight. He\’s having some trouble getting up and down…\” \”Sure I can, be happy to,\” I replied. I heard a lot of very loud, scary sounding barking going on out the back when I stopped and opened

I found four messages on my phone when I woke up… All from  the same person, sounding very worried. \”My dog has a massive hole in his shoulder, it\’s really, really bad, there\’s even some blood!!! He was out playing and running around, then he yelped, and we saw it! We need help, straight away.\”