Frame & Swift Limited

24/10/2025

🪳🐾 Have your say!

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is running a quick survey to learn how UK pet owners use and dispose of flea and tick spot-on treatments.

Recent studies suggest some ingredients — like fipronil and imidacloprid — may be finding their way into waterways and affecting aquatic insects.

Your feedback will help shape future policies that protect pets, people, and the environment. 🌍💚

👉 Take part and help make a difference:

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is conducting a survey to better understand how veterinary medicines, particularly topical flea and tick treatments known as ‘spot-ons’, are used by pet owners.

22/10/2025

2026 feels a long way off, but this is something to get excited about! Pet Blood Bank’s new lifesaver calendar is available to order now. 😍 Support a lifesaving cause whilst brightening your walls with furry faced stars 🌟🐶

The exclusive wall and matching desk calendars feature a different beautiful lifesaving dog each month. The wall calendars are £13.99 and the desk £11.99 each, and a portion of the profits made will be donated to Pet Blood Bank🩸

Just like we have our human blood service, Pet Blood Bank exists to help save the lives of pets in need by providing a blood service for vets like us ♥

Get your lifesaver calendar now https://bit.ly/pbb2026

21/10/2025

All bird owners:

The surgery is now in an Avian Influenza Surveillance Zone. This means poultry cannot travel to us without a special government licence.

If you have a poorly avian (of any species) please phone the surgery to speak to a vet first.

21/10/2025

🎆 Fireworks can be fun for us — but frightening for our pets.

🐶 If your dog hides, shakes or seems distressed by loud bangs, you’re not alone.

💛 Dogs Trust offers helpful tips on sound therapy and supporting your dog during fireworks season:
👉 dogstrust.org.uk/dog-advice/understanding-your-dog/sound-therapy-for-pets

📞 Please contact the practice to speak to one of our vets for more advice.

20/10/2025

Keeping sustainability at heart:

The solar panels on the roof of our new small animal building will allow us to run almost entirely off renewable energy! This will have a hugely positive impact on reducing our carbon footprint, and is one of the many ways we are striving towards reducing our impact on the environment.

A huge thank you to Westmorland and Furness Council for help funding this project, and to the the Cumbria Business Environment Network who advised us as part of the Greening Eden Business Scheme.

19/10/2025

We regret to inform all bird owners that a new 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone have been put in place for Avian Influenza due to a case identified in the Penrith area.

More information can be found at:

Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

17/10/2025

We are thrilled to share the winning pictures from our children’s artwork competition!

They will be framed and put up in pride of place in the new practice.

The detail and care taken to produce them made it incredibly difficult to choose, and for this reason, all pictures submitted to us will be displayed on a picture board in the waiting room at our open day.

A huge thank you to St. Catherines Primary School for taking part 🐕 🐈‍⬛ 🐹 🐄 🖼️

15/10/2025

In light of the Competition and Markets Authority report in today’s headlines, we would like to take the opportunity to reassure our clients that we are proud to be an independent practice.

This means that we are in charge of our own pricing and have always made value for money a big priority. We are run by vets, for animals and have the local community at heart.

If you have any questions about prices or how we charge for our care, please do call to speak to one of our partners.

13/10/2025

⭐️ Exciting new milestones on our new premises! ⭐️

We have updates on the development of our new premises... from permanent water connections, to solar panels. 💧☀️

Watch our latest development video to find out more!

You can also read more about it, sign up for updates, and see some extra behind-the-scenes photos over on our blog: https://www.frameswiftandpartners.co.uk/development-update-3-exciting-milestones/

11/10/2025

Upcoming session! 🩸

Our next Pet Blood Bank donation session is on Saturday 15th November 2025 and we need your help in getting more dogs to come forward to donate 🐶

If your dog is already a donor, or you know someone with a dog who could be a fabulous donor, please get in touch.

New donors can find out more and register at www.petbloodbankuk.org/dogs

Existing donors can book in for our next session using the Pet Blood Bank mobile app or by calling
01509 232 222.

We look forward to seeing all the wonderful donor dogs then ❤️

09/10/2025

We had the honour of meeting the handsome Rico when he came in for surgery last month 🥰

He was a superstar for vets Pui Pui and Victoria.

We anaesthetise all creatures great and small and Pui Pui is studying for her Certificate in Veterinary Anaesthesia (also held by vets Martin and Neil) so he was in very safe hands!

02/10/2025