Essentially Paws

20/04/2025

Beach freedom. Almost no one around, perfect.

20/04/2025

Happy Easter. No surprises which Easter chocolates I was given.

19/04/2025

Excited to be doing another webinar for APDT on Tuesday 22nd April.

https://www.apdt.co.uk/events-and-webinars

19/04/2025

Could you become a key part of our animal welfare team? We are currently recruiting for a full-time Multi Section Animal Care Assistant to work in our Kennels, Cattery and Aviaries.

What you’ll be doing:
• Providing the highest standards of animal care and welfare for a variety of animals.
• Working as part of a team delivering sector-leading customer service and answering queries from the public about the care and welfare of their animals.
• Creating effective working relationships and good working practices with colleagues and volunteers across Raystede.

Applicants must have minimum Level 2 Certificate in Animal Care. Closing date is Sunday 27 April. Apply today at www.raystede.org/careers

18/04/2025

Had to do Archie as well.

17/04/2025

Best seat in the house is Mummy's lap.

16/04/2025

The Lepto 4 vaccine is very safe and protects our dogs well, but it has been the focus of (thankfully unfounded) concern amongst some pet parents and also subject to some dreadful, and very damaging, anti-vax rhetoric.

Interest in L4 has spiked recently after a couple of vaccine companies announced they were stopping production of it's predecessor L2, and so Dogs Today Magazine decided to do a deep dive into the issue and asked me to write a piece for them.

My hope this is that my article will help put minds at rest and mean fewer dogs miss out on protection from this dreadful disease.

The edition is now free to read and the Lepto articles start on page 7; https://free2read.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dogstoday_367 =7

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My references, which weren't able to be included in the article are;

1)https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WSAVA-Vaccination-guidelines-2024.pdf
2) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leptospira-vaccination-in-dogs
3) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaccination-of-dogs/vaccination-topics -and-failures
4) C. Taylor, D.C. Brodbelt, B. Dobson, B. Catchpole, D.G. O’Neill, K.B. Stevens,
Spatio-temporal distribution and agroecological factors associated with canine leptospirosis in Great Britain, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 193, 2021, 105407, ISSN 0167-5877, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105407.
5) https://laboklin.com/en/leptospirosis-in-dogs-serovar-prevalence/
6) https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/leptospirosis-vaccine-a-silent-killer
7) Bergmann Esteves S, Moreira Santos C, Ferreira Salgado F, et al. Efficacy of commercially available vaccines against canine leptospirosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 2022;40(12):1722-1740. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.021
8 Updated ACVIM consensus statement on leptospirosis in dogs https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.16903
9) Moore GE, Morrison J, Saito EK, Spofford N, Yang M. Breed, smaller weight, and multiple injections are associated with increased adverse event reports within three days following canine vaccine administration. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2023;261(11):1653-1659. Published 2023 Jul 14. doi:10.2460/javma.23.03.0181
10) André-Fontaine G, Triger L. MAT cross-reactions or vaccine cross-protection: retrospective study of 863 leptospirosis canine cases [published correction appears in Heliyon. 2018 Dec 17;4(12):e01027. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01027.]. Heliyon. 2018;4(11):e00869. Published 2018 Nov 2. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00869
11) https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/infectious-disease/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-leptospirosis-in-dogs/
12) Vyn CM, Libera KC, Weese JS, Jardine CM, Berke O, Grant LE. Social and environmental risk factors for canine leptospirosis: A scoping review. Vet Rec. 2024;e4437. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4437

15/04/2025

15/04/2025

Evie as a cartoon character. Love it.

14/04/2025

Photo request: Please could I have photos of your elderly dogs and if anyone has a photo of measuring a fatty lump with a ruler? The photos are going to be used for a talk that I am doing on social media and you need to be happy for me to share them. Thanks so much

14/04/2025

Lovely morning at Tulley's Tulip Fest. Super dog friendly with water bowls everywhere. Definitely recommend. We were there about an hour and half. Think about going early, we left at 11.45am and it was getting busy.

10/04/2025

Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare are on Bexhill seafront by the Del La Warr Pavilion giving free pet behaviour advice, weigh checks and id chip checks. Come along and say hello if you are in the area.

07/04/2025

That's my excuse as well.....

Keep your dogs safe this Easter!

06/04/2025

Evie's having another adventure.

03/04/2025

02/04/2025

Couldn't share so had to screenshot. Thanks to Lindsey Brocklehurst for the heads up about the sheep

01/04/2025

All About Dog Adoption: Join us on Sunday 6 April at 11am for an adoption information event. Come and find out why rescue dogs are best and how the adoption process works here at Raystede!

Booking essential, spaces limited – www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1302084924059?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/04/2025

Wild Walk

I am doing a training in real life class on Friday at 10am. This will be training in park and town environment. £15 and a maximum of 4 dogs. Who is interested? Please email: [email protected]. Thanks