Dogwood Vets

19/11/2023

🎉🎉RVN vacancy !!
We are currently looking for a full time RVN. No referral experience needed as full training will be provided. Please contact head nurse Sarah for more info or to apply. [email protected]

19/10/2023

🐶🐶🐶 calling all RVNs!! We are currently looking for a full time veterinary nurse.if interested please email head nurse Sarah on [email protected]. 🐶🐶🐶

13/10/2023

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Today is a day to celebrate veterinary nurses across the world!

The Veterinary Nurses at Dogwood have a wide range of skills, including patient care, radiography, laboratory work, anaesthesia, theatre and surgical nursing skills, infection control, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, pharmacology, administration and also run our CT and MRI scanner.

Veterinary Nurses must take out a declaration upon qualifying and they must follow a professional code of conduct.

They have to provide evidence of ongoing continuous professional development every year to retain their title which is 45 hours every 3 years which means at least 15 hours per year! 🐾

Happy International Vet Nurse Day!

30/05/2023

🔥🔥☀️☀️🐶 Summer is coming!! Make sure you take care of your friends in the heat.🐶☀️☀️🔥🔥

20/03/2023

❤️❤️🤞🤞 Attention: if anyone is having a clear out and getting rid of any old blankets or towels for our patients we would gladly appreciate them. 🐶🐶

07/03/2023

💦💦💦🐶🐶 Water walkies!! Here's the gorgeous Cilla during her water walking session with Emma. Well done Cilla ! 💦💦🐶

07/03/2023

💦💦💦🐶🐶 Water walkies!!! Last week we had the gorgeous Rex in for his water walking session with our physio/hydrotherapist Emma. Well done Rex 💦💦🐶

07/03/2023

🐶🐶 🎉🎉Did you know that your dogs nail growth can effect their posture and movement?

Having nails that are overgrown can cause your dog to shift the weight back to relieve the pressure from the nail. This can then cause strain on certain muscles/tendons/ligaments/joints as they compensate. When the nails are well maintained the weight is taken evenly through the pad and shouldn't cause any compensation issues.

These changes are noticed on land but also in your hydrotherapy sessions and something as little as trimming the nails can make a big difference on how they move. So dont forget to check your dogs nails before your next session 🐾💅

03/02/2023

🐶🐶🐶❤️ This gorgeous little boy is Montgomery. He came to us after falling off a sofa 🥺. X-rays showed that he had a spiral fracture of the tibia. A splinted dressing was applied to keep the fracture stable and hopefully with rest and cuddles , Montgomery will be on the mend soon. ❤️🐶

16/01/2023

🐶🐶 Gorgeous Chance came into Dogwood with a history of excessively licking his front paw.
A CT was performed which showed thickening of the tissue above the second digit.
Chance was prescribed antibiotics and came back a week later with slight improvement.
Lucy the vet decided to biopsy the area and the results showed a small amount of plant material embedded in the tissue.
Chance is now recovering at home and we wish him all the best. ❤️❤️🐶🐶

30/12/2022

🎉🎉 Attention - apologies our phone lines are currently playing up! If you need us urgently please email us on [email protected]

23/12/2022

🎅❤️Merry Christmas to all our clients, patients and referring vets. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year. 🎅❤️

16/12/2022

❤️🎅Meet Chantelle. Chan is a qualified RVN and has been at Dogwood for 2 years and is currently being trained on our CT scanner. In her spare time,Chan enjoys spending time with her dogs.❤️🎅

09/12/2022

🎅❤️Mr Elf and his friend have been helping out on reception 🙈

07/12/2022

🎅❤️ looks like Mr Elf was getting some bandage practice in with his friend! 🎅

06/12/2022

❤️🎅 Mr Elf has been feeling Abit under the weather today so came in for a x-ray! 🎅

06/12/2022

🎅❤️Meet Kim with Mr Elf - Kim is one of our RVNs who's training to run the MRI scanner. Kim enjoys advanced imagining and in her free time spending the day with her horse.🎅

02/11/2022

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Our Phones and Internet are currently not working. To contact us please fax us on 0161 962 2542

19/09/2022

15/09/2022

Macmillan coffee morning, everyone welcome ☺ Please help us support Macmillan by popping into reception to buy a cake on Thursday 29th September 🍰🎂🧁

08/09/2022

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our Queen, thank you your majesty for your 70 years service. RIP

06/09/2022

Pancake a 2year old French Bulldog came in for a MRI scan. With her being a brachycephalic breed she is more at risk of her airway obstructing especially during recovery. Extra care is taken with these breeds Post anaesthesia with a dedicated crash kit on hand.
Pancake recovered well from her anaesthetic and was soon back at home. 🐾

06/09/2022

Employee of the month goes to one of our fabulous nurses Nicola Trotter for being such good team player and making everyone smile 😊
Nicola is also part of the nursing imaging team helping to run the MRI and CT scanners. Other than advanced imaging Nicola also has a special interest in Anaesthesia.

At home Nicola enjoys gardening and socialising with friends 😁

10/08/2022

Lovely Lenny came in yesterday to have an elbow arthroscopy under general anaesthesia.

Previously Lenny had had a CT scan revealing a fissure on the apex of the medial coronoid process. This had been causing pain and discomfort for him.

Arthroscopy involves a minimally invasive procedure where a small incision is made into the joint, in Lennys case his elbow, and a extremely small specialised camera allows the surgeon to visualise inside the joint. The fragmented piece of bone was removed and the key hole incision closed with a suture.

Lenny made an excellent recovery, pulling some very cute faces 🐾💙😊

04/08/2022

This gorgeous girl 'Connie' came in 6 weeks ago after fracturing her right tibia and fibula.

After radiographs, which confirmed a mid shaft fracture of her tibia and fibula, she was taken to theatre to reduce the fracture and stabilise her hind limb.

Connie has been on strict crate rest for the last 6 weeks and has come in today for follow up xrays.

She was a little worried about being here today and needed some extra reassurance and cuddles to help her through. Her follow up xrays revealed successful healing 😃 She still has some recovering to do and all of us at Dogwood Referrals wish her a speedy recovery. 🐾

03/08/2022

Who's Who Wednesday

Meet Fi one of our registered veterinary nurses who started at Dogwood in 2019. She is part of the advanced imaging nursing team who are trained to run CT and MRI scans.

Fi has two dogs Theo (pictured) and Luna and enjoys spending her free time going on walks and partaking in training.

28/07/2022

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Meet Winnie an absolute super star patient. 🐾❤

Winning had a large spindle cell tumour on her left hind limb. She was referred to Dogwood Referrals to have the tumour removed.

A pre operative CT was performed which revealed the tumour wasn't infiltrating any of the muscles of the affected limb.

Large margins had to be removed during surgery and an epigastric flap was performed. A negative pressure drain was placed to help remove excess fluid during healing.

Winning recovered well from her surgery and came in today to have her sutures removed.
She has been an amazing patient 🐾👏👏👏

26/07/2022

Congratulations to our wonderful receptionist Steph for being our employee of the month 👏👏👏👏🏅👏👏👏

Steph works extremely hard organising our referrals and processing the insurance claims. Expect to see Stephs friendly face when you arrive at Dogwood referrals and she is always on hand to answer any enquiries on the phone.

Steph is mum to Kayden who is 14yr and Beau who is 10yr. She enjoys spending time with her family and has a 3 legged hamster called Woody and a cat called Gizmo.

13/07/2022

More from our Open Day 🎉🐾💙🐾

13/07/2022

Dogwood Referrals Open Day 🎉🐾💙🐕

A wonderful evening showing invited Veterinary staff from the local area our facilities