Picton Veterinary Clinic

Picton Veterinary Clinic The small clinic with a big heart. Consultations, surgery, radiology, in-house bloods and cytology.

Bandana Dogs Picton NZ had a day at the beach last Sunday. What a lovely morning.What do you think the bristles on the ...
13/01/2025

Bandana Dogs Picton NZ had a day at the beach last Sunday. What a lovely morning.

What do you think the bristles on the pink jacket are for? Check back here later for the answer!

EMERGENCIES do happen...! ORSEN 🐕 found out the hard way on boxing day, when he helped himself to a bar of chocolate 🍫. ...
26/12/2024

EMERGENCIES do happen...!

ORSEN 🐕 found out the hard way on boxing day, when he helped himself to a bar of chocolate 🍫. His family were having a great holiday in Picton, until this happened. They had even walked passed our vet clinic the day before and commented to each other 'thats where the vet 🏥 is, should we need them.' Be carefully what you say!

Please take note of our OPENING HOURS as we are Open today. Just closed for Stats and usual Sunday.

🎄Merry Christmas from our team.Please WATCH OUT for Christmas diseases and toxicities....Fruit mince cake and pies, Choc...
24/12/2024

🎄Merry Christmas from our team.

Please WATCH OUT for Christmas diseases and toxicities....
Fruit mince cake and pies,
Chocolates under the tree,
Christmas lillies,
Pig🐷 meat like HAM/pork often upsets tummies,
Fat off BBQ can cause pancreatitis

And while in the sounds...
Rat bait at baches and
Fish hooks 🎣

TAKE CARE OUT THERE!!! We want a restful holiday season too.👩‍⚕️

PS Thanks Toastie Lords for lunch! ❤️

CHRISTMAS is coming! 🎄Don't forget your supply of on-going medications. We are doing some last ORDERS TODAY. Let us know...
17/12/2024

CHRISTMAS is coming! 🎄

Don't forget your supply of on-going medications. We are doing some last ORDERS TODAY. Let us know what you need so we have it!

We are always asked if we close down. How can we? We are an emergency service! 🚑 We are only CLOSED Stat Holidays with normal weekends open Saturday morning. Keep those pets safe!

It's Christmas time ! ☃️What a colourful turn-out on the Bandana Dogs Picton NZ Christmas walk, thanks to those that dr...
10/12/2024

It's Christmas time !

☃️What a colourful turn-out on the Bandana Dogs Picton NZ Christmas walk, thanks to those that dressed up for the occasion. 🍉 And some new faces 😇🥰🫠 joined us too. 💖

These are the theme of our 📅
2025 Dogs of Picton calendars, raising funds to help our rescued animals.🐕
Great easy Christmas presents!

Are you tired of interference when walking your dog? Some days you just want to be left alone and not have other dogs ru...
08/12/2024

Are you tired of interference when walking your dog? Some days you just want to be left alone and not have other dogs running up to you! 🙄🫤😴🥵😨

First bandanas, and now Stop Dog T-shirts to send a bigger message.
As well as 🔴Keep Away (Red)
and 🟠Give us Space (Orange), now is
🟢Friendly dog
Options of unisex/mens (most popular) $45 or womens $47 (quite tight fitting).
- unisex ORANGE is the MOST popular.
https://www.pethealthawareness.co.nz/stop-dog-tee-shirts/

➡️ Last orders for Christmas close tomorrow 10th.
Order direct ... http://pethealthawareness.digitees.co.nz/

OR
🦺Let me know in next few hours so I can finalize a group order (free freight). Either here or [email protected]

🎉 CHRISTMAS WALK 🎅🎄🤶 With Bandana Dogs Picton NZ Lets try the other Barnes Dam walk at Essons Valley. 🐕🐩🐕Xmas dress op...
06/12/2024

🎉 CHRISTMAS WALK 🎅🎄🤶
With Bandana Dogs Picton NZ

Lets try the other Barnes Dam walk at Essons Valley. 🐕🐩🐕
Xmas dress optional 🎅🎄🤶

10am Sunday 8th December,
Essons Valley, at end of Garden Terrace. Limited parking so park considerate etc.
Stream to paddle in, dogs and humans!
Go as far along this 'easy' sloped track as want or other track if want gentle walk.
https://www.marlboroughonline.co.nz/marlborough/information/recreation/tramping-and-walking/essons-valley-tracks/
Or 👫 locals youtube! 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyN6QjmWEyQ

Bring TLB bandana 🚦, registration tag🏅, poo bags🧻, own water, and good vibes!

Please remind yourself of the rules..on lead, no coughs, respectful fun group 😆.
All welcome, with or without 🐕.

Traffic Light Bandana's will be handy on the day for $10 ea. and 📅
BANDANA DOGS of Picton CALENDARS. Great Xmas presents $22 for 1, $40 for 2 and $55 for 3. Money towards Animal Funds. Cash Plse!
For those stars in it - 1/2 price for 1st one.

Plus..
🎀CGC certificates and ribbons are here🎀

👍Please RSVP interest by Saturday via email or clinic or 🚥 Bandana Dogs Picton NZ Facebook group (here 😆).

☔️ Cancellation will be advised from 9am Sunday, on 🚥 Facebook or clinic door.☄️

Finally they have got here from the printers. 🐕 2025 Dog Calendars 🐕 - help support clinic animal rescue funds, while se...
27/11/2024

Finally they have got here from the printers.

🐕 2025 Dog Calendars 🐕 - help support clinic animal rescue funds, while sending colour coded messages with Bandana Dogs Picton NZ 💚🧡❤💛

$22,
or 2 for $40
or 3 for $55
Great for family for Christmas 🎄

Something different....🌹Local Horti ROSE SHOW this weekend🌹 If you are a rose lover ❤ and have lovely roses in your gard...
20/11/2024

Something different....
🌹Local Horti ROSE SHOW this weekend🌹

If you are a rose lover ❤ and have lovely roses in your garden then come for some fun. Open and Novice rose classes and even 🏃‍♀️ Kids horti classes, with prizes🪷. No cost to enter!

Entries via phone or email BEFORE 6pm Thursday. If in doubt enter 1 in each class. ( *see pic)

Cut roses ideally 30-40cm long ( leaves on) and put straight into 10cm of warm water in bucket and leave to rest inside overnight Thursday. Bring in water, with snips or scissors, and a towel.

Fellow rosarian, Christine can help you with your entries on Friday afternoon 3 till 6pm (Just reply with ETA) . Judging starts 7pm.

Show open to public $2 ⚘️
10-3pm Sat 23rd Nov
St Christopher's hall. Redwoodtown.

Who is Lucky? AXEL is.Axel is 14 years old. His owner noticed a lump sticking out from his upper lip.👄It was similar to ...
20/11/2024

Who is Lucky? AXEL is.

Axel is 14 years old. His owner noticed a lump sticking out from his upper lip.👄
It was similar to a lump there a year ago and we had cut it out.

This time he had been seen by a young vet up north that felt he was too old to anaesthetise and even mentioned it maybe his time! ⌛️

Back home we examined this dandling lump that had become the size of a small bunch of grapes🍇. It had an attachment of 2cm x 0.5cm.

Providing he sat still, I felt I could remove it carefully under local anaesthetic but did warn the owner it might bleed alot initially. He was given a 😴 sleepy drug like morphine and with a quick snip, it was off. A few sutures later and all bleeding🩸 had stopped.

Axel was lucky we had done it before and knew there was a simpler option. I still would have been happy to anaesthetise him if it was more involved. I felt the benefit far outweighed⚖️ the risk. He was otherwise healthy and would have handled it.

I hear this ALOT 🙉 - ' he's too old for GA and dental, or surgery '. I have done many old dogs and love seeing them back happy with a healthy PAIN-FREE mouth. It is SO rewarding!

Also, it's good if we can do a dental at the same time when simple lumps are removed. Axel didn't need this as his teeth were great. He soon woke up and was out the door heading for home. 🏠

We aren't testing the lump. It is probably nasty since it has come back, but he is lucky it's in a place that we can address it simply if it does.

12/11/2024

Big brown one-eyed LOOSE dog 🐕wondering Whatamango bay this morning. Didn't want to be caught.! Probably looking for it's owner.
Please go get him if he's yours. 🙂

Needing a home...ZIGGY STARDUST 🌟Ziggy was the victim of a cat mugging, as a tiny kitten, a few months ago. Near to deat...
12/11/2024

Needing a home...ZIGGY STARDUST 🌟

Ziggy was the victim of a cat mugging, as a tiny kitten, a few months ago. Near to death we nursed her back to health and slowly she has improved day by day. She had a deep trauma to her neck that affected her mobility and had to learn to walk again.🐈

She still sports some scars from her ordeal, which don't cause her issues but make her unique. She is a bit stir crazy 🤪 after being confined but should calm down once in a new home. 🥰

She is very playful, sometimes uses her paws to eat food and drips as a sign of happiness.

We occasionally get special 'homeless🏡 cats' we think deserve a 2nd chance. Let us know if you are interested in this SPECIAL pet.

We have spent great efforts to rehabilitate her so usual conditions apply - no main roads, not >2 other pets. She will come vaccinated, wormed, de-flead. $120 includes her booster vac, chip implant, ✂️ desex discount and toys 🐝.
Ring the clinic if seriously interested.

CALENDARS of Bandana Dogs in PICTON are scheduled to arrived end of next week.Priced at $24 for one, $40 for two, and $...
08/11/2024

CALENDARS of Bandana Dogs in PICTON are scheduled to arrived end of next week.

Priced at $24 for one, $40 for two, and $55 for three, these are perfect Christmas gifts and support our animal funds.🎄🎁🐾🐈‍⬛

Like our latest rehabilitated kitten soon ready for a new home.🐈.

Who is Lucky - Floyd is!Floyd had been a little lethargic and 🌊 drinking more. He had accidently p*ed inside wh...
30/10/2024

Who is Lucky - Floyd is!

Floyd had been a little lethargic and 🌊 drinking more. He had accidently p*ed inside when normally he would go out. His walks were slow and he was puffing a lot.

We requested a p*e sample considering his little accident. It showed a hint of glucose. Could he really be a Diabetic? The symptoms sounded like it.

On further testing, his blood glucose🩸 was normal but BOTH his pancreas enzymes were elevated. Lipase should be 200-1800 and Floyd's was 5500! His wbc cells were reacting too meaning he had pancreatitis❗️.

LUCKILY he was still eating so we treated him as an outpatient! His diet was changed to a low fat intestinal diet and he received a course of antibiotics. He only had a day on IV fluids💧 to flush and help his pancreas recover. The following day he seemed a lot happier so his IV catheter was removed.

FLOYD was lucky in many ways 🙃. Luckily he came in when he did, even just with mild symptoms. This meant his 🏥 hospital stay was short, and not taking days like many with pancreatitis !.

Luckily this was also a warning for him and his family 👨‍👩‍👦. Being a little on the chunky side, he was at high risk of developing diabetes and / or repeated pancreatitis flare ups if he didn't watch what he eats and loses some weight⚖️.

Pancreatitis can be a life threatening 🪦condition which takes intensive care to remedy and occasionally some don't survive. We often see dogs getting into fat trimmings at summer BBQs🥩. This fat flares up the pancreas so they spend their Picton holiday in the vet clinic 🏨!

Diabetes is an involved disease too. It's a life long commitment for owners giving injections 💉 of insulin and getting blood tests done, but once stable dogs can live a normal life.

Floyd's parents understand these risks now and are pleased to report he has lost some weight and is enjoying his new food and life. 🐕 🥰

Feel Good Friday - long weekends 🏖Labour weekend and Marlborough holiday weekend are upon us. The clinic will be CLOSED ...
24/10/2024

Feel Good Friday - long weekends 🏖

Labour weekend and Marlborough holiday weekend are upon us. The clinic will be CLOSED on both stat Mondays. Enjoy. 🤪

Who is lucky ? RUSTY is.Rusty came in with a huge lamp on his leg🦵. It had suddenly started getting bigger. It had been...
21/10/2024

Who is lucky ? RUSTY is.

Rusty came in with a huge lamp on his leg🦵. It had suddenly started getting bigger. It had been discussed with a previous vet whom said he was too old for surgery. But the size of this lump was now ugly.

Age should never be an excuse not to do something. We must always way up the risks vs benefits. Yes, sure, there is risks at his age but he was otherwise healthy on blood tests, and with safer drugs now, we felt the benefit to him was worth it. He was knocking it on the cat door and we were running out of options now it was growing. Imagine how it would feel if it was on us?

I warned her, that at this size, I might not be able to close the skin. She was prepared for repeat visits and bandage🩹 changes if necessary.

The surgery went better than i thought and I could carefully shell the lump off. Although I made a cut, I also made a second cut so as not to take as much skin. I managed to close the skin completely but suspected a piece of skin to die, but it didn't.☺️

He had his stitches out 2 weeks later and it was all healed. The leg looked normal and he seemed so much happier. His mum said he can lie on both sides again now.

I hear 'He is too old' often but when it comes to Bad Teeth or ugly raw Lumps, we have to make them comfortable and accept the risk.

🎈Rust celebrated his 17th birthday a week later.🎉

11/10/2024

Feel Good Friday 🙂

Rusty got an early Christmas present 🎁 recently when we removed a huge ugly 7cm lump off his 🦵 knee. Watch his lucky story coming soon.

I can't help but notice recently that shops are putting up xmas🎄 decorations and its only Mid October. DONT PANIC 🥵 , we still have > 2 months 📆 and plenty of time to do big projects. Have you heard of The 12 week year?

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Feel Good Friday 🙂 Rusty got an early Christmas present 🎁 recently when we removed a huge ugly 7cm lump off his 🦵 knee. Watch his lucky story coming soon. I can't help but notice recently that shops are putting up xmas🎄 decorations and its only Mid October. DONT PANIC 🥵 , we still have > 2 months 📆 and plenty of time to do big projects. Have you heard of The 12 week year?

Feel good Friday. What I love to see...look at her go! Awake and eating just 6 hours after her painful eye was removed.

Who loves cute PUPPIES !! ✨️🐕 For those asking, they're Beardie X Heading And for those whom had appointments booked and we shifted, 'Thank you for understanding and moving to tomorrow'! 🤩

ALBERT is such a happy and friendly fella. He loves coming to the vet and seeing Christine. He doesn't stop looking at her in the consultation, waiting for attention. 🧡

Memories of my Holly at Marlborough Kennel Association (Inc) show 2 yrs ago this weekend. 💝 CH & NEUT CH HOLLY OF RICKLEY was 14 years at this show. She enjoyed going places, and was so easy to travel with. We had an amazing day. She got Reserve Neut of Group in the champ show and Best Open of Group in the open show. We also won 4th in raffle 🍍 and enjoyed catching up with friends. We were on a HIGH. 🤩 We have so enjoyed this show over the years. I recall a visit to the show some 18-20 years ago where I met a lovely lady with a tibbie (tibetan spaniel), and hense that started my obsession. We enjoyed showing and agility events. I was so proud of her and miss her heaps. See for yourself - 2 shows Saturday and 1 on Sunday, @ Omaka, Blenheim. See prev post, or mka page.

2024 Traffic Light Bandana Dog Walk and Games saw 48 dogs enjoy their day in picturesque Picton, NZ.

Feel Good Friday What a big relief. This visiting dog and owner got separated on a walk🚶‍♀️ on the Snout track. Some kind tourists found her and walked her back to the clinic🏥. Her owner had already rung us and LET US KNOW she was MISSING. We immediately knew who she belonged to and could ring ☎️ her. By telling vets of LOST PETS we can get them home promptly if they come in, rather than having to pass them on to Dog Control which will likely incur pound fees.

Mr Wobbly now Morgan Free-man soon ready for a home.

Bandana Dogs Picton NZ dogs had a great walk on Sunday. Once calm and settled they had a swim together. All welcome on monthly group walks, including nervous dogs. Bandana colour codes used. #dogtraining #dogwalking Get ready to our DOG WALK AND GAMES DAY next month 23rd March. Mark it in your calendar.

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