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As a nation of animal lovers, many of us are happy to provide a rescue dog with a second chance of a loving home. But are we causing more harm than we’re preventing by importing rescued dogs? Vet Sian investigates……

Do you find yourself looking over to gaze into the windows of your dog’s soul, only to find your view interrupted by a claggy film of eye bogies? Do you find the view into your pooch’s eyes is less crystal-clear glass bu…

After the excesses of Christmas, January is always a time for penny pinching, and this year especially so! It is also the time when a lot of new dog owners are looking for insurance for their pup, so we thought it might…

The medical use of cannabis has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly in human medicine; many people claim that certain molecules derived from the plant, particularly CBD, can help alleviate a number of condit…

We’ve all heard the term ‘give a dog a bone’. Dogs seem very content with a bone but we may ask ourselves, is this safe for them? Animal bones are often fed to dogs as a chew or as part of a raw diet. Bones, especially w…

A Boxing Day Special from vet blogger Sian! Someone should tell our cats that they live in safe, comfortable homes in the 21st Century. Much of their behaviour harks back to the open plain existence of the African wildca…