Howard the Terrier

by | Jun 29, 2015 | Donaldson's Vets

Howard is a 9 year old Patterdale Terrier. As a typical terrier, he is confident, outgoing and fearless. With the typically high pain threshold of a terrier, cars hold no fear for Howard and so when he was clipped by a car, the initial scream he let out subsided...

Bonnie’s fracture

by | Jun 26, 2014 | Donaldson's Vets

At The Donaldson’s Vets Maple Street Hospital, we treat the out-of-hours emergency cases for the whole Donaldson’s Group and so this tends to mean that we deal with a lot of trauma cases. Having a strong interest in orthopaedics, I tend to deal with a lot of the...

“Kitty Kat”

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Donaldson's Vets

Kitty Kat is an 18 month old black and white cat who lives at a local stables. Although Kitty Kat does not have a conventional home, he enjoys the finer things in life having a warm comfortable bed on top of a straw bale which offers a great view of all the comings...

Fracture week

by | Sep 3, 2012 | Donaldson's Vets

In Veterinary Practice, we often find that certain conditions present in runs. Some weeks we see lots of cats with runny noses and then the next week it might be itchy dogs. Last week was the week of the broken leg. Many Veterinary Practices refer their Orthopaedic...