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Greenwood & Brown Vets

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Greenwood & Brown Vets Established in the 1960s, we are a small animal practice with 9 Vets, 9 RVNS & 17 support staff.

23/03/2025

was founded by Colleen Paige and her mission was to help galvanise the public to recognise the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year.
Puppy day is also an excellent opportunity to show off your dogs supermodel side and give them some extra cuddles for all the joy they bring.
Ways to celebrate this day with your puppies:
🐶Go to the dog park & let your puppy play
🐶Give your puppy their favourite treat
🐶Play with them with their toys

Here is Jen the 11 week old Jack Russell Terrier, isn’t she just adorable 🥰

📸We’d love to see your puppies in the comments 🐶

20/03/2025

Today is
Tips for yellow dogs when visiting the practice:

1. Muzzle training at home is very useful, even if your dog is not reactive. This will ensure that the muzzle is a positive experience and easy to place in the event your pet ever needs one in a painful situation. Blue cross provide a very useful video on their website/YouTube channel. The muzzle up project provides very good guidance on measuring for your own muzzle if needed on a walk.

2. Desensitising and getting your dog used to being touched on all areas of their body if tolerated. This should be a positive experience using good treat rewards such as sausage or cheese, or a toy if this is their favourite reward. You should stop if your dog displays any stress signals.

3. Bringing your dog to the vets on a secure, properly fitted harness and collar to ensure that they cannot escape in either the car park or consult room. Double clip harnesses with both a front and back clip for the lead are perfect for this scenario.

4. On arrival if your dog is people or dog reactive please leave your dog in the car until called into the consultation. We can adapt the entrance into the room to avoid other dogs and people. Our waiting rooms especially at pontefract are quite small and this can increase anxiety levels.

5. Please bring high level rewards for your dog such as good treats or favourite toy. Lick mats are quite a good distraction.

6. If your dog is especially nervous please enquire about medications prior to bringing them for either operations or consultations. The receptionists can liaise with the vets and nurses to ensure the visit to the vets is as stress free as possible.

7. Our nurses run socialisation clinics and a couple of our nurses have a special interest in dog behaviour, so these are very useful to get your dog more comfortable with visits before they need an actual veterinary visit.

$Meet Coco 🥰Coco, the 1 year old Cockapoo, came to visit us at our Pontefract Branch to restart her vaccination because t...$

19/03/2025

Meet Coco 🥰
Coco, the 1 year old Cockapoo, came to visit us at our Pontefract Branch to restart her vaccination because the vaccines she had as a puppy aren’t compatible with ours.

Look at how good she’s being waiting for her treat😍
See you in 4 weeks Coco!

$Meet Loki 🥰Loki, the 11 week old Domestic shorthair, visited our Pontefract Branch for her 1st vaccination and microchip...$

17/03/2025

Meet Loki 🥰
Loki, the 11 week old Domestic shorthair, visited our Pontefract Branch for her 1st vaccination and microchip.

She was very brave for her microchip injection.

14/03/2025

Today is Dog Theft Awareness Day 🏷️
The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of pet theft and how to keep your pets safe.

13/03/2025

Look at the litter of 9 of these gorgeous cocker spaniel puppies. 🥰

They all came in for their 1st Vaccinations at our Castleford Branch, they were all so brave. 🥰

12/03/2025

Meet Waffle 🥰
Waffle is a 5 year old Beauceron. 🐶
Waffle had a TPLO surgery to treat his cruciate ligament rupture in France in 2020 when he was 1 year old, he then had his TPLO plates removed in 2024 because it was causing ongoing abscesses.

Now in 2025, we have seen Waffle again and he is doing so much better! We have signed him off and he can now start to go on walks for 10-15 minutes.

Look how happy he is❤️

11/03/2025

‼️ Did you know March is national pet poison prevention month? ‼️

Accidental pet poisonings are common! Here are a few common causes of toxicity in your pets:

🍫 Chocolate
💐 Flowers/Plants
🐀 Rodenticides
🧅 Human food/drink (e.g. onions, garlic, grapes, macadamia nuts, xylitol, alcohol)
💊 Human medication (e.g. ibuprofen)
🪰 Insecticides
❄️ Antifreeze
🔋 Batteries

‼️ Should you feel your pet has ingested anything poisonous, please contact the practice immediately! If we are closed our out of hours provider is Abbeyhouse in Morley.

‼️ The UK also has an Animal Poison Line ( 📞 01202 509000 - https://www.animalpoisonline.co.uk) which is a 24hour triage service for owners who need advice if their pet has been in contact with somethig poisonous. These calls cost £35 per case 8am-8pm Mon to Friday and £45 outside these hours.

10/03/2025

Meet Ian 🥰
Ian is a 11 week old Australian Labradoodle (labradoodle x poodle x cocker spaniel), he came in to be weighed for his flea & worm treatment and is already a whopping 5.8kg. 💙

07/03/2025

Did you know March is adopt a rescue guinea pig month?! 🐹

It was created to raise awareness of the guinea pigs in rescue centres still waiting for their forever homes❤️

Here are some fun facts about these small furries:

💛 They love to chat with eachother! You may often hear a variety of sounds like “wheek-wheek” to express excitement or a low purring sound when they are comfortable together!

💛 They cannot produce their own Vitamin C so need it from their food. Low Vitamin C can cause scurvy symptoms like tiredness or weight loss.

💛 They CANNOT live with rabbits! They have different nutritional needs and rabbits can often bully guinea pigs.

💛 They are not actually from Guinea and are not related to pigs!

Please share with us photos of your guinea pigs or any stories if you have adopted a guinea pig!🐹

$Meet Pickle & Olive 🥰Olive & Pickle are 9 week old Working Cocker Spaniels that came into our Pontefract Branch for thei...$

06/03/2025

Meet Pickle & Olive 🥰
Olive & Pickle are 9 week old Working Cocker Spaniels that came into our Pontefract Branch for their 1st vaccines.

They were very well behaved, especially after the biscuits came out 😂🥰

$March & April Photo Wall 🐣 Please send us your pets Easter photos in one of three ways to feature on our Pontefract Rece...$

05/03/2025

March & April Photo Wall 🐣

Please send us your pets Easter photos in one of three ways to feature on our Pontefract Reception Easter wall!

🐣[email protected]

🐣Facebook Messenger

🐣Comment a photo below

😍We will also use these photos in a competition to become our cover photo

04/03/2025

Happy 🥞
We’d love to see your pets faces while they’re watching you eat your pancakes this morning

02/03/2025

Today is Rescue Cat Day!

It was made to raise awareness about adopting from rescue shelters and to share love to our beloved rescue furry friends!

Feel free to share your rescue feline friend & their story in the comments!🐱

Here we have the beautiful Minnie, she came in for an appointment because she has hyperthyroidism and is being referred to the hyperthyroid cat centre! ❤️

25/02/2025

🩹World Spay Day 🩹
is an annual campaign that takes place on the last Tuesday of February. This day encourages people to spay or neuter their pets to prevent unwanted litters and reduce the number of stray animals.

We recommend keyhole spay in female dogs as this is a massive improvement in animal welfare compared to a routine spay. Here are some reasons why an ovariectomy is recommended:
🩹Shorter Anaesthetic time
🩹Smaller op sites between 2.5cm & 1cm (depending on size of dog) 1 port site for the scope & another for the instrument.
🩹Minimum tissue handling & damage
🩹Much shorter procedure
🩹Shorter recovery time, dogs are usually back to being themselves within 2 to 3 hours.

23/02/2025

🦴Dog Biscuit Day 🦴
is celebrated every year on the 23rd of February and it roots back to the 19th Century.

James Spratt is an American Entrepreneur and he invented the first commercially - produced dog biscuit.

Give your dog an extra biscuit from us and share a photo with us in the comments or tag us!! 🐶

22/02/2025

⭐️ National Walk Your Dog Day! ⭐️
Today is , go on your dog favourite walk today and make it extra fun.

Reasons why walking your dog is good:
🐶 Helps keep them in shape which means less likely to suffer from problems later on in life
🐶Daily walks with your dogs help you have quality time and strengthens your bond
🐶Taking your dogs for a walk everyday helps with muscle gain
🐶Improves socialisation with other dogs
🐶Your dog gets to listen to different noises and their surroundings which helps them to not be as nervous

Our team would love to see your dogs this afternoon, please comment photos down below of your dog enjoying their walk 📷

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Greenwood & Brown
Pontefract
WF84HR

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 6:30pm
Thursday	8am - 6:30pm
Friday	8am - 6:30pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm

Website

http://www.pontefractvet.co.uk/

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