Artemis Veterinary Services

14/06/2024

08/03/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

01/01/2024

Wishing everyone a good year!

We wish you all a healthy and safe New Year!!

31/12/2022

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from all our rhinos and the team of FoodForRhinos! Let it be a fantastic year! #2023

22/09/2022

For all the rhinos and rhinolovers! #22092022 animals

21/08/2022

Waking up after treatment of a huge wound on the foot. Luckily the painkillers will help for the pain and she will be able to run again!

15/08/2022

When you arrive home and the garage is occupied...
#❤️ #🦏

03/07/2022

Cows waiting to be checked for pregnancy.

01/07/2022

Weighing the patient to give him the right dose of anesthetics so he can be stitched up after a battle...

25/03/2022

Sleeping beauty. No way I would approach this stunning animal before he is asleep, even though he is not fully grown yet...

16/03/2022

Another one of our small antelopes. Up and alert again after darting. Did you know that the klipspringer has hollow hairs, that function as a kind of airbag for protection in case something goes wrong when jumping like acrobats in the mountains... They are really amazing creatures.

04/03/2022

04/03/2022

Also the small antelopes need to be darted before you can handle them. This little duiker needed treatment urgently. Less then a minute after he received the reversal for the anesthetics, he was up and running again.

18/02/2022

Eye to eye with the alpaca before a checkup and giving her her yearly vaccine. -patient-understanding

25/12/2021

Have a nice Christmas

23/12/2021

Mom didn't have the power to deliver all by herself... The manager saw her, and so we could help the unfortunate mom.

16/12/2021

Comparison of feet...

02/11/2021

Look at those beautiful eye lashes! Black and white picture from a black and white animal...

26/10/2021

Handsome youngster. But even though still small, not an animal to get close to before nicely immobilised.

22/09/2021

World Rhino Day!! Let there be many more we can share with the rhinos!

12/09/2021

Giraffe capture: time for this handsome boy to move to a new farm where he can make some new girlfriends.

12/08/2021

Looking straight in the eye!

10/08/2021

Bushbuck waking up after anesthesia in a new place.

01/07/2021

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17/05/2021

The Roan antelope. Still one of my favourite South African antelopes.

12/05/2021

A group of African Wild Dogs, all sleeping nicely after being darted for translocation.

03/05/2021

Stunning reedbuck ram captured today. The two rams at the property started challenging each other to find out 'who could be the boss'. So better to separate them.

21/04/2021

Sunset in the bushveld. Never get tired of them.