Leafield Jack Russell Terriers

25/11/2024

A boy and his Jack ❤️ best kids dogs ever. Watching Steve & Maggie on TV.. both of them 😂

11/11/2024

You may have noticed a recent media alert regarding cases of Parvovirus being treated in the SEQ area, close to Ipswich.
Thankfully here on the Sunshine Coast we rarely see Parvovirus outbreaks, however we treat many pets via telehealth medicine and potentially some of our patients are in higher-risk regions.
What is Parvovirus?
Parvovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes acute lethargy, loss of appetite, vomiting, and profuse bloody dysentery in dogs. It can be fatal, especially in puppies under 6 months of age or dogs who don’t receive urgent veterinary care. I have seen whole litters of puppies die from this virus in rural areas who didn’t receive the care they needed in time. One litter was on Christmas Day in my first year as a graduate vet. It was devastating.
How does it spread?
Dogs become infected by exposure to the virus that has been shed in the faeces of an infected dog. The virus is very resistant and can last in the environment under the right conditions for years. So even if your dog doesn’t socialise with other dogs, if they walk through areas where other dogs visit, they could be at risk.
Is your pet at risk?
Pups under 6 months of age are most at risk, and until 2 years of age dogs are still considered to be high risk. It is rare in dogs >2 years of age, but can still occur, especially in unprotected adult dogs.

How can you be sure your pet is protected?
Puppies should receive two vaccines by 12 weeks of age, then have their immunity checked with an antibody titre test. Throughout their life, these antibody tests can be repeated to be sure your pet remains protected.

What about a booster vaccine?
Simply administering a booster vaccine provides no assurance your pet is protected. The only way to check your pet’s immunity is with an antibody test. This provides assurance there are adequate antibodies circulating to protect your pet should they be exposed to the virus.

How can you have your pet tested?
All vets have the ability to send a blood sample to a lab that tests for Parvovirus antibody titres, however some tests are more expensive than others. At The Natural Vets we use modern in-house testing equipment that provides us with a measurable result. This test is affordable, accurate and requires only a small blood sample. This test can be done by a nurse if your pet has had a health check with a vet in the last 6 months. Just be sure to fast your pet for 12 hours prior to visiting us for their blood test! If your pet’s titre is not adequate for protection we will call you to book in a short telehealth consult with one of our vets to discuss next steps.

09/11/2024

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16/10/2024

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02/10/2024

30/09/2024

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10/09/2024

Not Jacks.. these gorgeous Pomeranians need a new home as sadly their owner has passed away. They are 10 & 7 years - mother & daughter and can’t be separated. Both are house trained and very loving. Please PM if interested and I will give you the foster carers phone number. They are located in country NSW but can be transported anywhere.

26/08/2024

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝟯 (𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲) 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆- 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟱-𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿? 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Most people don't know this. And most vets still recommend yearly or three-yearly vaccination 'boosters' for your pets. Most vets don't even know that these vaccinations provide long-lasting immunity. I sure didn't until I'd been in practice for over 10 years, when I found the research.

𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺- 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝘆𝘀𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼-𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 (𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗜𝗕𝗗, 𝗲𝘁𝗰), 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.

Yes, a vaccination can injure or kill your pets. AND vaccines are highly effective in the prevention of potentially deadly diseases. Here we have a rock and a hard place. So what to do???

𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲-𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲-𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆.

In fact, re-vaccination when your pet does have adequate antibody levels does NOT increase immunity. It doesn't boost anything, because the antibodies in your pet's blood stream grab the vaccine before their body can respond to it. However, the vaccination can still harm or injure your pet.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜'𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲.

Rule number one + minimal vaccination for maximum protection. And the only way to do this is to titer test, and only re-vaccinate if antibody levels are low.

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16/08/2024

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Sherry Hancher, Carmen Day, Jane Alt

10/08/2024

💯 Be good enough...

01/08/2024

Update, Bruiser (Barney Rubble) has found his forever home with a lovely farm family now ❤️
So all puppies are spoken for 😊
We won’t have any more puppies now until late next year at the earliest.

Loving the boys, Billy, Bobby, Frankie & Barney just adorable 🥰