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Our vets, Matt Smith and David Melleney, visited Shelley First School this week to meet with the pupils.
The pupils have been learning about different careers and were keen for Matt and David to talk about what life is like being a vet!👨🏼⚕️🧑🏻⚕️🐶🐱🐰🐮
As well as learning more about the profession, the pupils also got to meet Matt’s pet cornsnake Sid and Bearded Dragon, Dennis! 🦎🐍
Omg! My Max would have LOVED this!!!! Xx
Yogi the springador went too!
This pooch had an unfortunate incident with a stick last week! ☹️
Whilst carrying in his mouth, the stick had snapped and part was lodged between the teeth on his top jaw! 🤭😮ouch!!
This patient was sedated in order for his mouth to be safely examined and the stick removed.
Thankfully, the damage in this case was minor and he will make a quick recovery! 🙂
We regularly treat dogs who have sustained injuries whilst playing with sticks, sometimes very severe!
We always advise to try and discourage your dogs from playing with sticks and instead opt for safer purpose-made alternatives 👍🏻🐶
Oh dear, had this with my terrier, no more stick throwing now
Lynne Ryan
Some very useful information if you are bringing flowers into your home 🌹🌷💐🌺Are you buying flowers for your loved one this valentines day?
Remember to check they are cat friendly flowers if your partner has a cat. Florists can often advise on cat friendly plants and some supermarkets include warnings on the labels.
Lilies, that is, Lilium (true lily) and Hemerocallis (day lily) species, are poisonous to cats and cause kidney failure.
The toxic chemicals and the mechanism of lily poisoning are unknown but all parts of the plant are thought to be toxic including the leaves, flowers
and pollen.
Ingestion of even a small quantity (e.g. less than one leaf or part of a flower), as well as grooming pollen from the fur, is enough to potentially cause severe poisoning in a cat.
If you need advise regarding a plant your pet has ingested or is exposed to you can call the Animal PoisonLine on 01202 509 000.
Veterinary professionals can all us on 0207 305 5055 for treatment advice.
Lots of fun during the Wednesday training classes! 🐶🐕🦺🦮🐕😃
This week the pups were introduced to muzzles and buster collars. These items can seem scary to some dogs. Desensitisation when they are young is a really good idea, so if they are required to be worn in the future, the experience won’t be so daunting.
Holly Ogorzalek
Ben Carter
#ThrowbackThursday
We recently discovered this image of our Sowerby Bridge practice from many moons ago 📸
Was a pub back then,,,,in 1910/11 a trolley bus was passing by the prospect you can see the tram lines on the old picture ,,,,and something happened, and the trolley bus rolled back , terrible, some died,,,,
It then became a bridal shop, I don’t remember the year but I bought my 5 bridesmaids dressers from the shop in 1984.
A good few weeks ago, Lola, a beautiful Newfoundland was brought to our Shepley branch by her concerned owner.
Lola was in the process of whelping (giving birth) but seemed to be having some difficulty.
A caesarean had to be performed and 6 healthy puppies were delivered! 😃🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
Over the last few weeks, Lola’s owner has kept us up to date with some lovely pictures of the pups. This week all the pups returned to Shepley to see vet Richi for their health check and vaccinations! 🩺💉
As you can see from the photos below, they have certainly grown well!
Aren’t they just amazing?!😍
I will always be eternally grateful to all of you ❤️
They a real bundle of cuteness. We are so excited to be bringing Florence home to Helmsley on Thursday. A massive thank you to all who have taken care of these beautiful puppies.
If I could have a dog... gorgeous photos! Xx 🐶
Good grief! What gorgeous little babies
They are so gorgeous xx
Absolutely gorgeous xxx
Awww they are adorable
Stunning pups
Big fluffy cuties x
They are beautiful
Steve Parry look at these little cuties x
Gorgeous 💙💙💙
I’m desperate for a Newfie I love them 😍
Nicola Burns you missed these little beauties
Absolutely beautiful. Jacob Harman??
Emily Land, Dan Davies just look at these baby giants
Lisa Battye
Samantha Griffiths
Graeme Paterson 😍
Veterinary practices across the country have noticed a substantial increase in cases of vomiting in dogs. At Donaldson’s, we too have noticed this.
The University of Liverpool has launched an investigation into this as it appears to be a nationwide outbreak.
Symptoms to look out for include vomiting (often several times), lethargy, not eating and in some cases diarrhoea 🤢
Most dogs seem to improve with very conservative treatment and TLC at home but a small number do require hospitalisation.
If your dog starts to show symptoms, please consider the following......🤔
▪️Refrain from bringing your dog to us straight away. Please phone us for advice.
▪️If you bring your dog to us, waiting with them in the car rather than in the waiting room will reduce the risk of infecting others.
▪️Don’t take your dog for their usual walks. Exercising your dog will risk leaving them exhausted and dehydrated, as well as potentially infecting other dogs!
For more information about the study by the University of Liverpool, please follow this link
www.liverpool.ac.uk/savsnet/dog_vomiting_potential_outbreak/
Anita Lawrence-Beet there’s a questionnaire in the link if you fancy taking part in the survey
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Sally, I wasn’t sure if you had seen this.
Janet Kimberlin keep your eye on little Tommy xx
Isobel Haigh. Molly Jane Brennan could be what’s up with piper???
Valerie Gaunt 😕 xx
Jennifer Firth
Maxine Wragg
Richard Ellis
Rachael Pinder
Jake 'jd' Dixon
Martin
Ian Leaver
Andrea Stocks
Eddie Lloyd
Kevin Freeman
Think we can all relate to this! 🐾🐕🐈
Definitely! I had 4 nights on the settee recently with my dog Freddie xx
That reminds me of myself and Remy in your living room floor 💕💕💕🙀
Haha I do it with my dogs and one of my kitties all the time not just when there under weather 🥰🥰
Except when you have bunnies there’s no sleeping. Just staying up all night pleading desperately with them to eat ❤️
Yep slept like this many times
I'v done this before and probably will again xx
I slept on the sofa for 10 nights after my dog got spayed
An often occurrence for us 🐶💕
nope - the dog would have been in bed!
😂 so true I had to do this about 2 weeks ago after a operation
Aww that was me when my cat Peggy got run over
Oh yes many times . 🐶xx
Ryan you and Ella
Quite a few times 💖🥰
Oh yes♥️
We have done this
Oh yes!
We did this last weekend
Many times .x
Noooo dog in bed me on floor 😂😂😂
Luisa Mellor this is us x
Carly Macdonald how I imagine Richard was this weekend
Paul Lancaster!! You too could be a dog lover!! X
Congratulations to two of our receptionists at Shepley, Louise Dracup and Jenna Raynes. They have both been nominated for Petplan UK Veterinary Awards 2020 support staff of the year!! 😃🥳
Huge congratulations ladies! Well deserved xx
Congratulations to both of you xx
Well done ladies 👏🏼
Well done to you both xxx
Well done ladies x
Congratulations 🥳
Congratulations xxx
Well done 👍
Well dererved ! xx
Well done. Always so helpful.
Well done!!
Brilliant 👏👏👏
Louise Dracup Jen Raynes 😉
Congratulations, well done ladies. Xxx
According to the Chinese zodiac..... 2020 is officially the year of the Rat! 🐀🐁 🇨🇳
Rats sadly have historically been portrayed in a negative light, said to be unclean and unsociable. ☹️
This couldn’t be further from the truth!
Rats make great family pets! They are very clean, incredibly intelligent and are highly sociable animals. Rats are arguably one of the most entertaining pets to own! 😃👍🏻
At Donaldson’s, rats are popular patients amongst our staff due to their endearing personalities. In fact, quite a few members of staff keep rats themselves!
#yearoftherat 🐀
We would love to see pictures of your own rats! 😊 Please post them in the comments below!
Let’s see some rat appreciation!🥰
I've owned many rats over the years. They're amazing pets. At one point I had 26 when I discovered 2 that I'd adopted from a rescue were pregnant and I didn't have the heart to rehome any of the babies. They were all utterly adorable.
This was my first ever pet, Tufty 🥰 that was about 16 years ago now!! Sheesh.
My rat and my dog were best pals 😍
Best little friends you’ll ever have 💖 they’re honestly like pocket sized dogs! So friendly and intelligent. I miss my babies 🐁
I love rats. They were amazing pets when we had them, so intelligent. X
Meet Nellie & Mavis
I love rats
Tracey McKevitt how could you not love these? 😍😍
Jake Stone I agree
Rachel 🐀😍