CheshirePet Vets Sandbach

27/06/2024

Meet Tank!

Tank came yesterday for his castrate. Tank is a Rottweiler cross Staffy but due to his measurements, he could easily be mistaken as an XL bully. His owners had to apply for the XL bully exemption and had him castrated to protect him.

Tank had a muzzle on with fantastic features that we wanted to highlight as we think a lot muzzle wearing dogs should follow suit. As you can see from the photo, the muzzle has an easy access hole for treats so he can easily drink, eat and have plenty of treats! The shape and size is also tailored to Tank’s head shape to ensure it is comfortable and secure around his face (Bully breeds often have bigger and rounder heads that don’t fit well in a baskerville muzzle). The most important feature is the room to pant. Tank could easily pant with a wide open mouth, which is very important especially with the hot weather. Remember dogs pant when they are stressed, tired and hot so there should always be room to pant. We also appreciated how well he was muzzle trained as he happily wore the muzzle when he needed to. ☺️

Tank is a very sweet and friendly boy! He had lots of cuddles from our staff members and we loved having him in today!

Muzzled dogs are good dogs too!

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25/06/2024

The temperatures look like it’s soaring this week! No dogs ever died from missing a walk so please be sensible when taking your dogs out with the warm weather ☀️

We've had a four-day hot weather warning in the UK. If it's going to be hot where you live, please don't walk your dog in the heat. Walk them either early in the morning or late at night.

We'll be posting some top tips on how to keep your dog cool, so stay tuned.

Stay safe in the heat. ❤️

23/06/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐶 Sam
🐶 Stanley

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22/06/2024

With the weather getting warmer, things such as heatstroke, BBQs, flystrike, and water bodies can bring increased risks to pets.

Make sure to follow these top tips to ensure that your pet has a healthy and happy !

16/06/2024

⭐️ This week’s (and last week’s) furry faces! ⭐️

🐱 Bruce
🐱 Mabel
🐶 Dustin
🐱 Frankie and Freddie
🐱 Henry
🐶 Maggie

♥️ Big thank you to everyone for understanding and cooperating with us the past couple of days with the phone and internet issue at Winterley! We are pleased that things should go back to normal on Monday. ♥️

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16/06/2024

Happy Father’s day 👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽👨🏾👨🏿🍻

Sending love to everyone and especially to those who can’t be with their loved ones on this day.

02/06/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐱 Ziggy
🐶 Simba
🐶 Jude
🐶 Lily
🐶 Bruno
🐶 Pasty
🐶 Bonnie

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01/06/2024

Hello June!!

From 10 June 2024, cats in England will need to be microchipped and registered on a database by the time they’re 20 weeks old. Kittens can still be microchipped when they’re in for their neuters as long as they will be under 20 weeks old.

You can be fined up £500 if your cat is not microchipped when it should be. Ring in to the practice if your cat has not been microchipped and we can help you out. If they are microchipped, please make sure their details are up to date!

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31/05/2024

VNAM 2024

To end Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, we would like to introduce you to the newest member of our nursing team, Niamh!

Niamh qualified in 2018 from University College Dublin. She has worked in a busy veterinary hospital in the north of England prior to coming to us. Her main interest is orthopaedics, physiotherapy and anaesthesia.

Outside of work, Niamh enjoys hiking and going outdoors. She also has two rescue cats called Wanda and Wednesday.

Welcome to the Cheshire Pet Family, Niamh!

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30/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Rachel! Rachel is our practice manager and was our head nurse before Cathy. She qualified in 2003 and has been with Cheshire Pet since we first opened! Rachel’s main interest is Schedule 3 procedures which includes lump removals and stitch ups. She has helped trained the other nurses who are interested in the area as well. Rachel is well known for her lightning speed injections and blood taking skills, particularly on spicy cats!

When she is not in work, Rachel enjoys going to gigs, spending time with friends and family as well as reading. She also has a bullmastiff called Hampton who is the best boy especially at the pub!

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29/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet our head nurse, Cathy! Cathy has been working at Cheshire Pet from 2015 and qualified as a nurse in 2018. Cathy’s clinical coach was none other than RVN Roz! Since qualifying she has also received a certificate in medical nursing. Her favourite part of nursing is looking after inpatients and medicine cases as well as emergency and critical care.

Outside of work Cathy enjoys dog walking, gardening and spending time with friends and family. She is also good at DIY and has been known to fix drawers, put a cabinet up or do some painting when the practice needs some TLC. Cathy has a black lab called Paisley, three legged cat Luna and bunnies Blue, Mint and Sage.

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27/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Marianne! Marianne qualified from the University of West England in 2013. Marianne enjoys anaesthesia and surgical nursing. She has a certificate in surgical nursing (NCert) and has had further training in Anaesthesia and medical nursing too! Her wide range of knowledge has been invaluable for the team.

Marianne enjoys baking and pilates in her spare time. She also enjoys walking her rescue border terrier, Betty!

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26/05/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐱 Leon
🐶 Daisy
🐶 Roo

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25/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Julie! Julie qualified in 2001 but started nursing in 1984 which means she’s been in the profession for 40 years! Julie first started off working in a mixed practice and has been with Cheshire Pet from the early beginnings. Julie now mainly assists orthopaedic surgeon Mike Guilliard FRCVS in our Elworth practice and handles a lot of the insurance admin as well. Julie enjoys patient care, interacting with our lovely clients, bandaging and nurse clinics when she used to do them.

Outside of work, Julie enjoys crafting, hosting and spending time with loved ones. She also volunteers and bakes for Sandbach Animal Rescue coffee mornings. At home she has two hens called Gladys and Cheeky 🐔 She is also on the look out to hopefully have another ginger and white cat in her life again.

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22/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Annie!

Annie qualified in 2004 from a veterinary hospital in Northwich. She then locumed for a bit at various practices in Cheshire and the North West, including the Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH) cardiology unit at the University of Liverpool and covered for the head nurse in Winsford. She’s met a lot of lovely people along the way but returned to Cheshire Pet and decided to stay!

Annie enjoys all areas of nursing but especially consulting and looking after the inpatients. She also has a good understanding of British wildlife and birds! Annie is also highly skilled in cooking and baking. Some days she’ll bring in a pot of soup or her amazing homemade tiffin! You know it’s a good day when Annie brings a tray of tiffin 🤤 She definitely brings a lot of laughter and joy to the practice!

During her spare time, Annie has her two girls and husband to keep her busy. She does enjoy going out on walks with her rescue dog Cassie and going out to the garden to see her two squeaky guinea pigs, Wilma and Chloe.

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20/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Roz!

Roz qualified in 2001 and has worked in Kent, Hertfordshire and Cheshire! She has been with Cheshire Pet from the very beginning and has also done some clinical coaching to get several student nurses to qualifying! Roz enjoys all areas of nursing and has got further qualifications in Emergency and Critical Care.

Outside of work, Roz enjoys cooking, growing vegetables, going on walks with Vooky, going to the movies and has been known to swim in the sea when it’s freezing cold 🥶 Rozzie also volunteers for the Cheshire badger vaccination program to make sure they are vaccinated for TB. At home, Roz lives with Vooky the Romanian rescue (as seen trying to give his paw in the picture), Poofa the cat, Shelly the tortoise and a few chickens. 🐶🐱🐢🐔

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19/05/2024

MISSING CAT! 🚨‼️

Please keep an eye out for Monica who’s been missing for about 3 weeks. She lives on Bailey Crescent in Sandbach and is 2 years old next week. She does have a small build so may look young. Please check your sheds, garages and gardens. If you have any information or sightings, please get in touch. She is microchipped and has very worried owners who are looking for her.

19/05/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐱 Loui
🐶 Tilly
🐱 Zeus
🐶 Maeilla
🐶 Jax
🐶 Roo

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17/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Vicky!

Vicky qualified in 2011 and has worked in a few practices around Cheshire. She has also been a clinical coach and has helped guide student vet nurses to qualifying. Vicky enjoys meeting all the cute dogs and dealing with wound management. She is often involved with CT scanning and insurance work as well!

Outside of work, Vicky enjoys going to the gym, drinking wine and eating cake! She is always ready for cake if we get any at work 🎂 Vicky owns an axolotl called Axel and hopes to own another dog again in the future, her favourites being an English Springer Spaniel and GSP.

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16/05/2024

Last week we were lucky to meet Clayton the lovely puppy! When he grows up, he is planning to be a guide dog 🦮 We’re sure his lovely family will help him become the best guide dog he can be. We look forward to watching him grow and where life takes him. For now, he has a lot to learn, naps to take, brothers to play with and things to chew 🥰

13/05/2024

🐱May is feline hypertension awareness month 🐱

Leon is a 13 year old Bengal who had his blood pressure checked by RVN Kelly at his annual vaccinations. Leon has had his blood pressure checked during his MOT to make sure he is not showing any signs of hypertension at his age. He wasn’t bothered by the whole process as he was too busy enjoying some tasty treats!

🩸Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common condition affecting 1 in 5 cats over the age of 9. It is known as the silent killer as unless you check it, it isn’t something you can detect until it is too late. Persistent high blood pressure is dangerous as it can cause target organ damage which affects the eyes, heart, brain and kidneys. High blood pressure can speed up progression of chronic kidney disease, lead to heart failure and even blindness from retinal detachment.

🩸All of the above sound really scary but fear not! Your cat’s (and dog’s) blood pressure can easily be checked in practice. They are often done by our nurses and during any wellness check. We regularly monitor blood pressure when your pet is under anaesthetic too. It’s quick and simple and you get a free blood pressure check annually if you’re a member of the Pet Health Club.

🩸Cats from 7 years old and above should be having annual blood pressure checks. Anything above 10, should have checks every 6-12 months. We sometimes request a few readings as we need to take into account the “white coat” syndrome. We try and make the process as stress free as possible with treats or doing it in the room with you.

🩸Ring the practice to book in your cat’s annual blood pressure check or speak to our staff members if you’re interested. You can even ask the vet if you’re in for a vaccine if you want your pet’s blood pressure checked.

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12/05/2024

Winterley refurbishment client reminder....
From tomorrow, Monday 13th May, our Winterley main reception area will be closed for a couple of days, to improve our client waiting area.

There will be a temporary reception area at the entrance to our cat clinic, so please report here on arrival at the clinic.

Our cat ward is also being refurbished during the same week, so you may have been asked to go to Elworth for your appointments and procedures. We will be running a reduced service at Winterley, with the majority of our team working from our Elworth clinic.

Thanks for bearing with us during the disruption to our normal service. We are still here to help at all times, but we will just be working slightly differently for a short while.

We look forward to sharing the improvements with you and your pets very soon.

12/05/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐶 Teddie
🐶 Billy
🐶 Rey

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11/05/2024

What a glorious day for Haslington's annual fun day 😎🔆Cheshire Pet Sandbach are proud to sponsor the dog show once again.

We're looking forward to hearing if any of our client's and their dogs win any of the classes. Post some pictures if you're there with your pooches.

Don't forget to provide plenty of water whilst out in the sun, and let your dogs enjoy some cool shade or stay indoors when you get home.

Enjoy 🙂

10/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Naomi! Naomi qualified in 2016 from the University of Bristol and has also obtained an anaesthesia certificate since then. Other than her nursing duties, she is our radiation protection adviser (RPA). She’s also in charge of stock control and doing orders so your medication arrives on time and our shelves aren’t empty!

Outside of work, Naomi enjoys baking and is excellent with it! We’re very lucky to be able to enjoy her bakes regularly 😋 Naomi has a pet tortoise called Archie who’s been with her for about 10 years. She loves working with cats and we keep trying to get her to adopt every stray we get (but to no avail-yet) 🤣

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09/05/2024

Winterley refurbishment client update....
From Monday 13th May, our Winterley main reception area will be closed for a couple of days, to improve our client waiting area.

There will be a temporary reception area at the entrance to our cat clinic, so please report here on arrival at the clinic.

Our cat ward is also being refurbished during the same week, so you may have been asked to go to Elworth for your appointments and procedures. We will be running a reduced service at Winterley, with the majority of our team working from our Elworth clinic.

Thanks for bearing with us during the disruption to our normal service. We are still here to help at all times, but we will just be working slightly differently for a short while.

We look forward to sharing the improvements with you and your pets very soon.

08/05/2024

Happy World Receptionist day!

Big thank you to our fabulous reception team, Mel R, Clare, Mel T and Laura! What would we do without them? They’re the first friendly face you see when you enter the practice and they’re always ready to welcome you whether you have an appointment or picking up some medication.

They are always looking after the team by helping to rearrange or move any appointments so you are still seen but the team is not overwhelmed. They’re always ready to help when needed and make things run at Cheshire Pet a lot smoother. We are so grateful to have such a fantastic team of receptionists! ♥️

Please also remember to always be kind and courteous to the reception team who are only trying to do their job.

Thank you reception for always being fantastic and a great asset to Cheshire Pet!

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08/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet Emily! Emily also qualified in 2019 and holds a certificate in feline nursing. Emily loves working with cats (even the spicy ones!) Her other interests at work is anaesthesia and she is very good at pre, peri and post op analgesia.

Outside of work Emily enjoys clay pigeon shooting, walks and going out. At the moment, she doesn’t own any pets but she hopes to own a cat again someday.

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06/05/2024

VNAM 2024

Meet RVN Kelly! Kelly qualified in 2019 and also has a certificate in feline nursing. Her main interest is patient care, feline nursing and schedule 3 procedures.

Schedule 3 are procedures that nurses can do under vet guidance. These include but not limited to: stitch-ups, mass removals, digit and tail amputations. Kelly did a course to help improve her schedule 3 skills and since then she has been putting them into practice. We are always impressed by her skills and the neatness of her work!

In her free time, Kelly enjoys doing crafts and embroidery which has really benefited her instrument handling and suturing skills at work! Kelly owns a GSD called Stella, guinea pig Ant (sadly Dec passed away last year) and a few chickens.

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05/05/2024

⭐️ This week’s furry faces! ⭐️

🐱 Peggy
🐶 Riley
🐶 Jasper
🐶 Pippa
🐶 Mila

🌷Happy bank holiday weekend! 🌷

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