Latest articles by Robyn Lowe
Animal Welfare
Major headlines broke when it was confirmed that from January 2026, the Dutch government will enforce a “ban on keeping hairless cats and cats with folded ears.” This article will focus on Sphynx, as this…
Diet
Pet owners today are more informed, more conscientious, and more invested in their animals’ wellbeing than ever before, especially when it comes to nutrition. With countless brands, feeding styles, and marketing claims c…
Diet
Pain management in veterinary medicine is evolving rapidly, and one of the most powerful - and often underused - tools we have is nutrition and weight management. This article explores why weight and nutrition matter so…
News and Comment
There is a wide range of helminths (parasitic worms) including roundworms (nematodes), tapeworms (cestodes) and even flukes (trematodes) that can infect dogs and cats in Europe. Commonly we hear about intestinal worms su…
Medicines
Recently in the Vet Record there was a bold title! ‘Pot for pets: group launched to promote cannabis use‘: a new veterinary group interested in promoting the ‘appropriate and safe use of medicinal cannabis in pets’ has b…
Complementary Therapy
A recent article was encouraging owners to hypnotise their pets, by putting them into a state called ‘tonic immobility’. This state is best described as motor inhibition in response to restraint. The article read: What w…
