Coming to the vets can be particularly stressful for some dogs. Did you know we offer Happier Vet Visit clinics at 387 Vets to help normalise canine visits to the vets? Using positive familiarisation and reinforcement techniques, we help anxious pooches get used to routine sights, sounds and smells in practice. This includes introducing dogs to equipment commonly use in the consulting room. Your dog will receive lots of encouragement, positive interaction and treats too! Each Happier Vet Visit is tailored to the needs of the individual pet. We always take things at their pace. The aim is to remove the sense of the new and unfamiliar and to forge positive associations with coming to see us to improve pet wellbeing in practice. The clinics are also a great resource for owners looking to build their own confidence around bringing their dog to the vets.
If your dog shakes, is reticent to come into the building, vocalises, hides or seems to become more reactive on visits to the vets, Happy Vet Visits could really help. Give us a call on 01922 411755 to find out more!
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We love seeing what inpatients bring with them when they come on ward for the day! Sending your pet in with a little day bag to include a favourite blanket and a teddy or toy, together with a portion of the pet food they normally eat at home, all helps provide familiarity and comfort to furry visitors as the unfamiliar can feel a little daunting. It’s literally bringing in a little bit of home to help with emotional wellbeing and minimise stress.
This is very happy and beautifully bouncy black lab retriever Eddie who was in for an abdominal scan recently with his teddy. The eagle-eyed amongst us think teddy might be Doodles, the dog from CBBC’s The Tweenies. The pair were inseparable to the point where Eddie carried teddy with him wherever he went! Totally adorable best friends!
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This is our student nurse Isabel’s puppy Norman out pumpkin picking! He chose this one himself! We love your selection Norman!
Whilst Halloween is traditionally filled with fun frights and frivolity, it’s important we restrict this to us humans. Unpredictability is not as fun for our pets. Check out these great ‘Howl-oween’ tips from The Dogs Trust for making sure our four-legged friends aren’t too phased by today:
Adapt your routine to miss costumes and fireworks: head out before any festivities and take extra doggy treats with you. If you do spot trick-or-treaters when out, head away from them and reward your dog. This avoids encounters that could scare your dog.
Keep human treats and sweets away from inquisitive noses: some human treats – and especially chocolate – are toxic to dogs so avoid any temptation!
Take care when opening the front door to prevent dogs from accidentally escaping: doorbells, costumes and the extra activity can all cause anxiety. Can you keep your dog in a different room when answering the door? If not, popping your dog on a lead will keep them safe.
Keep dressing up for humans: a new, unfamiliar costume can cause pets to be uncomfortable. Be aware of anything than could cause abrasions, irritation or overheating, or that stops them from exhibiting normal behaviours.
Feed dogs their main meal before trick or treating begins so they can eat at a relaxed time.
Think twice about taking dogs out trick or treating: even dogs who aren’t fazed by all the dressing up and excitement around Halloween may not enjoy it for as long as you do. They may prefer to be at home in their safe, comfy space with their toys and an enrichment activity.
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Looking after our wellbeing and mental health remains a hot topic in the veterinary world as the industry continues to experience significantly higher levels of suicide and depression than the general population.
This World Mental Health Day, we’d like to raise awareness around a fundraising challenge members of the 387 team are currently undertaking in support of Vetlife. The Vetlife charity works to ensure those in the veterinary community are aware of signposts to the right help if stressed, overwhelmed and struggling to cope. Vetlife fully fund their own 24/7 helpline, have a dedicated Health Support Team, and can offer financial aid, on application, to members of the veterinary community struggling to make ends meet.
11 members of the 387 team are currently participating in Vetlife’s ‘Active October’ campaign. Our target is to cover 700 miles this month through exercise, and we’d love to raise a pound for every mile. Our dogs are already loving the extra long dog walks and, as well as raising money for a worthwhile cause, it’s great for our physical and mental wellbeing too!
If you’d like to support our challenge, please click here to donate. By supporting us, you’ll be supporting the wellbeing of the wider veterinary community too.
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This is Irish Wolfhound Gillighan who came in to see us having caught his tail in a van door. Mum bandaged him up and brought him straight down to see us for treatment. As a show dog, everyone was keen to try and preserve his full tail so that he would remain eligible to compete.
Tail wounds can struggle to heal: not only do dog tails have limited protective tissue, but they are in constant use as part of a dog’s mode of expression, which often means lots of wagging! Gillighan’s tail didn’t heal as we had hoped so had to surgically remove the damaged tip.
The three year old is now all better, the op site has healed, his fur has grown back and, excitingly, his tail remains long enough for him to continue to show. You can imagine our delight to receive a WhatsApp message from Gillighan’s owner last week to tell us he’d won silver in his show category. What a stunning superstar!
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