Our Dental Focus is nearly over and boy have we had a busy time performing dental procedures across all our hospitals! From Wednesday next week we move onto our next quarterly focus; arthritis. This focus will run for three months beginning from the 1st April until the 30th of June 2015. Arthritis is one of…
Anaesthesia
This last week we have had an unusual amount of higher risk anaesthesia patients in at our hospital. The main group of these are what we call brachycephalic breeds; namely Bulldogs, Boxers and Pugs are the most common. These are dogs with very short “squashy” faces. This week we had a Bulldog, Boxer and French Bulldog…
Pet of the Month: “Prince”
“Prince”, an 11 month old Welsh Corgi cross pup presented to us at Drovers Veterinary Hospital, on 8th January with a history of vomiting for 24 hours. He had been to the emergency vet the night before but continued vomiting during the night and was quite unwell when he came to us. It was obvious…
Pet safety in the waiting room
Here at Drovers Veterinary Hospital we will always welcome you when you come to visit us with your fur-babies of all sizes. However we do undertake maintaining your pet’s safety and the safety of all of our clients very seriously. We would like to remind all our clients to please remember to keep your dog…
The year that was 2014…
At this time of the year, one generally reflects back on the year that was and looks forward to the year that will be. Coming to the end of 2014, we celebrate our 2 year birthday at Drovers Vet Hospital and what a year it has been. We even managed to get ourselves on TV!…
Dr Wayne down south!!
2 weeks ago Dr Wayne headed down to Bunbury to give a talk to vets from the area on practical aspects of oncology and cancer treatment in veterinary small animal practice. As many may know, Dr Wayne is passionate about this aspect of pet care and has many patients currently undergoing treatment at our Drovers…
Pet of the Month: Dixie
Dixie, a 7 year old Airedale Terrier, was presented with her brother Murphy both suspected of having been bitten by a snake. Murphy was found carrying the snake in his mouth! Both pets were rapidly brought to our sister clinic the Midland Veterinary Hospital by very astute pet-sitters, as the dogs’ owners had just gone overseas…
Snakes Alive!!!!!
Spring and summer are a wonderful time of the year. But whilst they stir up visions of sun baked beaches and time outdoors, they are also the time where our venomous snakes are out and about. December and January see our highest numbers of snake bite incidents amongst patients visiting our hospital and not only…
Dental Care for Your Pets
From an early age we all learn the importance of looking after our teeth with daily brushing and regular dental check ups for life. It is no different for our pets. Unfortunately, brushing our pet’s teeth every day is not something that many pets will allow us to do. This means that many pet’s dental health is overlooked…
WA Weekender Part Three: A Look Behind the Scenes
For our third and final segment on Channel 7’s WA Weekender we took presenter Mat behind the scenes to find out how far pet care has come. Filmed at our new Drovers Vet Hospital, he follows the story of Sammy, the Cavalier spaniel cross who came in for a sore leg but had some abnormalities come up on…