Oday Vets

08/09/2025

05/09/2025

Watch the YouTube Interview 👉 https://youtu.be/sQjVyf_0ACM

Sascha Odayar of Oday Vets has been fostering dogs since 2003. She is a vet nurse, animal behaviourist and worked at Battersea Dogs in the UK, giving her first hand experience of the challenges that shelter dogs face.

Shelter environments are highly stressful and often due to lack of funds and human resources these dogs often do not receive the exercise and enrichment they need, leading to behaviour issues.

You can also read Part 1 in the August Magazine, written by Sascha.
Between Shelter & Forever - the Vital Role of Dog Fosters.

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03/09/2025

Such a wonderful experience, spent with wonderful people 🐾

03/09/2025

Myth Buster: “If you foster a dog or cat, you’ll always end up keeping them.”

💡 The truth? Fostering isn’t about keeping every pet. It’s about providing a safe, loving space until they find their forever home.

Here’s why fostering matters:
🩷 It gives pets a chance to recover, socialise, and shine outside of a shelter.
🩷 It helps shelters and rescues save more animals by freeing up space.
🩷 It lets you experience the joy of companionship without a long-term commitment.

Yes, some fosters do become “foster fails” (and that’s beautiful too), but most foster parents know their role is to help a pet transition to their true forever family.
Fostering isn’t about loss, it’s about love. 💛

👉 Have you ever fostered a pet? Share your experience below. Your story might inspire someone else to say yes.

The article in the August magazine written by Sascha from Oday Vets

03/09/2025

Time for some with these amazing students!

28/08/2025

Stuffing pumpkins with salmon...what an experience 😂

27/08/2025

24/08/2025

24/08/2025

What a week it was!

11/08/2025

16/07/2025

This week we are continuing our theme on the adolescent dog, exploring why our pups seem to change so much during this life stage.

Just like human teens, adolescence in dogs can be a rollercoaster. 🎢
It's a time of hormonal changes, rapid brain development and physical changes all happening over a relatively short period of time.

While our dogs may appear grown-up, their brain are still catching up. The areas of the brain responsible for impulse control and focus are still under construction, causing our dogs to be impulsive, distracted and a bit wild.

Hormones are surging too. Testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen are to blame and can trigger marking, hu***ng and even guarding behaviours that you didn't see before! Add in fear periods and growth spurts to make the 18 month adolescent period chaotic.

But don't worry, next week we will discuss how you can help your dog get through this period and how you can find the joy in living with a teenage hooligan!

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