Busy day vaccinating wolves in the Tsitsikamma Wolf Sanctuary today. Weather was beautiful, the team was as always fantastic and the wolves did great. 18 out of 22 vaccinated today:) Most important: we managed to avoid any excessive stress to any of the wolves and most of them didn't even realize that darting was done by people, some looked up and around as if looking for a bee or another stinging insect that bit them🤗🤗
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.
We care.
