Dr Lisa Singer

11/10/2024

Happy vet nurse day to everyone that I have ever worked with. Thank you for inspiring me and supporting me to build our dream hospital!! This place will not run without you in it. I made a list of everything my nurses have always told me about what they want in a hospital and have tried to integrate most of it. Excited to make it a reality; the walls are going up #2025

02/09/2024

28/01/2024

American cats ; Mikey and Rocky enjoying their visits and preparing for endoscopies

09/01/2024

Wohoo, thanks Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - JAVMA for the tag.

Adrenocortical hemorrhage following administration of a synthetic ACTH analog should be considered as a rare potential complication of ACTH stimulation testing in dogs.

Learn more: jav.ma/acth

Article contributed by Dr Lisa Singer

11/12/2023

Found the hidden elf at work, won a prize, hid it for the next shift

01/07/2023

When clients and breeders become friends and you try to do a 5km run with the dogs . It is super important to have an honest and open relationship with dog breeders and their primary veterinarians . I look after the pets of two exceptional (unicorn) breeders that prioritize their pets health, avoid genetic breed specific diseases, and seek regular veterinary specialist care when needed. river retrievers

04/06/2023

Coco the baby Siamese is doing amazing after her prolonged stay for pyothorax (infection around the lungs). We think a baby Siamese sibling claws were a bit too sharp. She is doing “purrrfect” and on the road to recovery.

16/05/2023

A very well said response from my colleague. Veterinarians work so hard to care for your pets. The financial responsibility is a very important part of pet ownership. Pet insurance saves lives and healthcare for pets at specialists is elective. I’m so proud to be part of an innovative group of specialists to be able to provide human level care.

An open letter to 'A Current Affair'. From me.

Dear A Current Affair,

I am a Veterinary Surgical Specialist and I write to express concern about your recent segment, which contains highly irresponsible, poorly researched content. Next time you wish to provide a public platform for someone to moan about paying fees they consented to (fees to provide advanced life support and spinal surgery to their pet), only to ask the staff to 'have a heart', I would suggest you researched two topics;

1 - The impact it has on vets and veterinary nurses to be told every day they are 'in it for the money'.
2 - The French Bulldog breed.

Veterinarians are not just tired of the emotionally manipulative narrative that they must not care about animals unless they provide this care at a low cost - it is actually killing them. Veterinarians have 4x the su***de rate of the general population, and research tells us this type of 'story' contributes. As hardworking individuals, we go in into the profession optimistic and hopeful about saving lives. In fact we pay thousands of dollars to train to do just that. Veterinary specialists (similar to a human specialist) pay even more for training, and make sacrifices you can't imagine. What we didn't factor in, was the fact we would get daily abuse for doing our job, because we need to charge for this service (so that, you know, staff/rent/equipment loans can be paid...).

Here are some readily accessible resources you can access. The 'sick as a dog' podcast especially highlights the effect this emotional abuse has on our profession.

Veterinary Su***de:
https://www.sickasadogpodcast.com.au/
https://www.nomv.org/
https://www.flynnswalk.com.au/

The French Bulldog, a second research topic.
The French Bulldog is the cutest breed you could ever meet. I have a special interest in treating them. The reality though - they are bred for the cute squishy faces and not for health. In fact, things have got so bad, some may say they are virtually incompatible with life. Here is some information on these breeds.
https://www.ava.com.au/love-is-blind/
https://www.change.org/p/australian-national-kennel-council-improve-the-welfare-of-brachycephalic-dogs

I propose a segment on the French Bulldog, and the emotional toll treating this breed takes on the vets trying to save them (often to no avail). You could give the segment a catchy name like 'I bought a breed I knew may need life-support, I just didn't want to be the one to pay for that life-support', and you would already have the footage.

Your irresponsible reporting of the French Bulldog case, hauling a small business over the coals for doing their job, I find especially disappointing from a well-respected high-profile show. I hope you will consider a follow-up segment reporting on the actual facts behind these situations.

Regards,

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Dr Abbie Tipler ATCL BVSc MANZCVS FANZCVS
Specialist Surgeon

28/04/2023

24/04/2023

I am looking forward to lecturing locally again as part of the Animal Health Academy. If you live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, come join us!

15/10/2022

Great weekend lecturing at Vet Love Evolve Conference with my colleague James King