Our very special patient, Mrs. Piggy from Kurland. She grew up with dogs in the house, then when she became too big, she was moved to roam free on the vast polo estate. She is an old lady now, so we need to attend to some issues now and again, but she is such a laid back, sweet patient, we don't mind at all🤗🤗
This is the real Old Soul in the dog form... we will never know what this GSD has been through in life, but it was a lot... he was found by the Sunshine ladies wondering the Kurland Village, with a serious, neglected paw injury, severely malnourished, very sad, but so dignified and friendly... he was most likely someone's loved pet, that in some way: stolen, given away, owner died...? ended in the village. Because of his sweetest attitude he was allowed to stay on one street, but as no one's dog, and he was just waiting for his fate to change again... they call him Rascoe... Sunshine brought him to Crags Vet Clinic yesterday for the foot surgery and neuter. But when we met him, and heard his story, there is no way we are sending him back to wonder the streets of Kurland again...
And here is a part of a lecture about feeding the raw fish rich in omega oils. Salmon and sardines are particularly valuable, and while the former is often too pricey, raw bait sardines are readily available, relatively cheap, and really valuable as a part of the dog and cat diet.
This weekend I attended the international virtual conference on the pain management in the veterinary patients. I am sharing these short clips, because the obesity related problems are among most common in my practice. The first clip talks about the two ways how the excessive weight affects pain, through the excessive weight on the vital structures, especially joints, but also through lowering pain threshold and increasing inflammation in the body, therefore making animals experience pain more drastically.
Clever Rocket, he absolutely loves the phone and cannot get enough of watching the pictures moving inside🤣😘
Mia concerned, not so much about the pregnancy scan, but why is Tita getting all of the attention this morning???
Very special patient, doing the light obedience work with such enthusiasm only 11 days after the extensive abdominal surgery for the severe stomach and spleen torsion on Sunday night. Such a spirited girl, and a sweet, loving Soul, Super Nova🤗🤗
Inspired by Funda Nenja Project in Mpophomeni Kasia from CVC and Miila from Sunshine Sanctuary started their Saturday dog training classes in the Kurland Village few weeks ago. Girls are doing amazing job, training kids and their dogs with the help of our pack of Shukuru foxies. Looks like they are all having lots of fun, and learning through fun and games always works best. Here is the sit stay-recall exercise combined with the race. Gabi won🤣🤣
It always feels such a privilege when nearly impossible cases come right, animals are really amazing... sometimes working as a vet is a heartbreak. Sometimes, like this time: it is just a pure joy:)) Thank you, STARS from the Storms river for trying so hard. Really bad high fracture with complications under your care healed so well, I believe in a couple of months there will be no sign of her horrific injury anymore:))
Happy update on little Wood Owl, badly injured on the Askop rd few weeks ago. This afternoon little one, we think it is a girl, had her final medical exam, she passed it just fine, so she was released back to her home forest straight away. We wish her the best life from now on, hopefully she learned to avoid the cars on the road at night🤗🤗
New patient recovering so well from his surgery🤗🤗
The follow up on the Wood owl hit by a car in April: recovering beautifully at the Raptor Rescue, started eating by herself, and soon will be moved to the pre-release cage. Then we will re-check the eyes and if all good, wolet will be released back where she was found on the Ascop rd in Crags:)). If anyone would like to help with the financial part of her rescue, please pay to the Raptor Rescue directly, the discounted vet bill was covered by the wildlife lover from the Crags already, Thank You:))
We have seen quite a few serious respiratory infections in dogs and cats recently. Not sure what is the underlying cause, but some of these animals are quite ill, and a few came in the critical state. Tippy was one of them, on her arrival she could not stand and was open mouth gasping for breath, her temp was 37 degrees, which is dangerously low for a cat. She really did not have good chance of surviving at that stage... she spent day and night in the oxygen box, just to keep her from suffocating. She was on the drip, we drained the fluid from her chest and nebulised her every few hours. After 3 days her lungs were much better, but sinuses and throat were full of pus and mucous, which again made it very difficult for her to breath. Thankfully after each nebulising session, which cleared her throat, we could force feed her a bit, and 2 days later the discharge significantly improved and Tippy started eating on her own. We all at CVC grew fond of this little fighter, and when she started purring and rubbing her head on us, it was a true celebration time🤗🤗🤗
We are wishing all our patients and their owners the most special 2023🤗🤗 May you have million reasons to wag your tail this Year💛
I want to share this clip, to show how much proper early socialization matters: here we have three intact males, two mature, one juvenile, spending time together in the Crags vet Clinic garden.
Foxterrier and doberman know each other for few months now, but the ridgeback was introduced just few minutes before the video was filmed. It is important that socialization is done under supervision so that any problems can be addressed immediately. Most of dogs are social by nature, and the problems evolve because they did not have a chance to develop good social skills in their youth.
The life has been crazy busy at the Crags Vet Clinic, so please forgive my long time gap in communication:)
At Crags Vet Clinic every pet is attended to according to the best international guidelines for the safety and wellbeing, learned first hand along with the best animal behavior experts like Jane Goodall, Sabrina Brando, "Cat Friendly Clinic" British team, and quite a few more sources of how to give our patients not just the best medical attention, but also the best possible experience at the vet.
After his horrific accident in May, when his spleen burst pouring blood into his abdomen and most of pancreatic blood supply was destroyed, we were very worried Shadow might need pancreatic enzymes supplementation for the rest of his life... But Shadow is a true champ: he healed perfectly and is looking like a million dollars today, no meds🤗🤗🤗
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Regie came for the bandage change. Wounds are looking great considering, but I still would not dare to post the picture... Regie is in good spirits and actually enjoyed his outing. What was quite remarkable, during the bandage change and wound cleaning he just stood there and allowed us to do everything. He did not need to be held, just stood and waited to be helped.
