Archive: Sep 2020

It seems a simple enough task, to be able to tell when your pet is in pain but actually it can be a lot harder than you think. Animals have been programmed over millions of years of evolution to hide when they are sore o…

I've been thinking about teeth this week - horses' teeth in particular. That's partly because my own horses are due for a dental check up, but also because there's been a report in one of my journals that really made me…

I've been seeing a number of bald dogs in the consulting room recently, and it made me wonder how common a problem it is - and how many conditions there are that can lead to a dog losing his hair! Baldness (or alopecia,…