Clive Cottage Veterinary Clinic

20/09/2025

Nina is absolutely tuckered out! 🐾 After a big walk this morning, we headed to the 75th Blossom Parade in Hastings 🌸✨ Such a fantastic turnout and atmosphere with lively music bands, shiny vintage cars, beautiful cultural dances, and to top it all off… a giant foam gun finish! 💕What did you do today with your furry family member?

12/09/2025

The answer is a Black and Tan Coonhound. Known for their incredible sense of smell. Most of you knew the breed. Well done 🥰

✨ Guess the Breed! ✨

Check out this absolute beauty who came to visit us yesterday. For me, it was the very first time seeing this breed in real life – such a treat! 🐾

Any guesses? Drop them in the comments below! 👇

09/09/2025

🐾 Beach Adventures Can Be Risky! 🐾

This stunning and gentle Huntaway recently visited us after enjoying what seemed like a “delicious” beach snack… unfortunately, it was attached to a fish hook and fishing line. After examination, this fish hook needed to be surgically removed.

Her wonderful owners were amazing and brought her straight to the clinic, which made all the difference. She’s now recovering well! ❤️

This is a good reminder to remove all fishing waste including bait, hooks, and line after a day of fishing 🎣. These kinds of accidents happen more often than you’d think and can have heartbreaking outcomes.

Together, we can keep our beaches safe for our furry friends (and wildlife too)! 🐕 and

09/09/2025

Update: Owner has pick Chop up. Thank youall for sharing the post

Found:
We have an adorable male puppy who has wandered around the Mill Road area in Clive. He is safe and healthy with us at the clinic.

If you know who his owner is, please tag them or ring the clinic so we can reunite him with his family. 🐾

01/09/2025

C-Section Success! ❤️

This afternoon at 5:30 pm, vets Alistair and Zoe performed a caesarean section, and we’re thrilled to report that mum is doing well and has six healthy puppies! Our amazing vet nurse team was on standby, ready to rub and stimulate the pups as soon as they were delivered.

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When to Contact a Vet During Whelping (Dystocia Concerns):

It’s important to call your vet right away if your dog or cat is showing any of the following signs during labour:

• Strong, unproductive contractions for more than 20–30 minutes without a puppy or kitten being born

• More than 2 hours between delivering babies, with signs she is still in labour

• Visible stuck puppy or kitten at the v***a that isn’t progressing

• Excessive bleeding or a foul-smelling discharge

• Extreme exhaustion, collapse, or distress during labour

• Pregnancy going over 65 days from mating or a due date already passed

• Known complications such as singleton pregnancies, oversized pups, or previous C-sections.

Early veterinary intervention can save both mum and her babies, so don’t wait. Call us right away if you’re worried.

30/08/2025

Here is Daisy waiting with our lovely Vet Nurse Nastasha to be discharged after her dental procedure. 🐾 Daisy’s owner is doing an amazing job of keeping her teeth clean with Veggiedent chews, Hills T/D biscuits, and is now starting daily tooth brushing – great work!

Dentals aren’t just for fresh breath or tartar removal – they’re an important part of keeping pets healthy:
✅ Preventing gum disease and tooth loss
✅ Relieving pain (even if pets don’t show it!)
✅ Protecting organs like the heart, liver, and kidneys from infection
✅ Encouraging better eating with a comfortable mouth
✅ Finding hidden problems early during the dental exam
✅ Improving overall quality of life

A clean, healthy mouth means a happier, healthier pet – just like Daisy! 🦷🐶

24/08/2025

This little guy Pikaru popped in for his vaccination Thursday 🐶✨ His lovely owner wanted to make sure he’s getting everything he needs. How adorable is he?! 🥰

We’ve noticed a big influx of puppies lately 🐾💛 Did you know Sara runs our Puppy Pre-School? It’s the perfect way to give your pup the best start in life. Classes run on Monday evenings and Sundays – check out her website to register: 👉 https://www.1ststepspuppypreschool.nz/

24/08/2025

It’s been another busy (and very adorable) week at the clinic 🐾
We’ve met so many gorgeous patients, but one in particular stole our hearts. Lilly 💕

She came in with her lovely owner in the most unusual carry cage we’ve ever seen! Lilly was so content, staying close to her human while still being able to see everything around her 🐱✨

Now we’re curious… what’s the most creative cat carry cage you’ve ever used or seen?

24/08/2025

04/08/2025

A Monday night story to make your heart sing! 💓 This blue petrel is believed to be the first of its species to be nursed back to health in Hawke's Bay, thanks to the efforts of 86-year-old Pam Turner.

29/07/2025

What a great idea! 🐾 The Far North District Council is kicking off school sessions to teach kids about safe dog practices. Helping our tamariki stay safe and confident around dogs.

Hundreds of school children in the Far North will benefit from a new programme that teaches them how to be safe around dogs and to care for them properly. The sessions launch next month.

29/07/2025

Exciting Update from Pam!!!!!

Greetings, Elise and Jake. Well this is all very exciting - firstly our little rescue waif is doing really well at this stage, - eating, sleeping and generally looking brighter. However, early days yet. It is only half the weight it should be so it has much to make up.

NOW -- SAV SAVILLE, one of N Z's leading ornithologists, visited this a.m and he has I.D'd it as a BLUE PETREL, classified as "A rare vagrant to N. Z." Even with his vast experience, Sav has never seen one close up alive! (He has his own business, in partnership with Brent Stephenson, guiding birding tours world-wide. ) Storm wrecked bodies have been found along N Z coastlines but this could well be the first one ever found alive! - PRECIOUS!!! Very little is known about them or their feeding habits etc.
Occasionally flocks have been sighted out at sea, their nearest breeding grounds known are on the McQuarrie Islands, where they frequent cold antarctic waters.
Plans are underway to get it banded. We agree that it is best to try a release as near as possible to where Ron found it.
I will definitely keep you updated - either way!
Thank you for bringing it to me.
Pam.

🌊 Shout out to Pam Turner! 🐦💙

A big thank you to a kind member of the public who brought in this beautiful seabird after witnessing it being attacked by gulls, believed to be a Cook’s Petrel. After a thorough examination at the clinic, we were happy to report no major injuries, just a bit of exhaustion and weight loss.

Thankfully, Pam Turner was ready to step in. Pam is incredibly knowledgeable with seabirds, and she’s now giving this wee one the specialist care it needs to recover. We’re so grateful to have people like Pam in our community! 💪🕊️

✨ Fun Fact about Cook’s Petrels: These amazing birds travel thousands of kilometres across the Pacific Ocean from New Zealand all the way to the waters off South America and only come to land to breed. No wonder this one was tired!