Pet Doctor Forum- the Blog
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Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags pet, pets, vet, vets, veterinary, animal, health, pet doctor, vet clinic
blog about pets and vets, from a UK trainedVeterinarian
Latest Blog Posts
- David Hasselhoff and the Heroic Dog? on May 22, 2009 in General Forum brave animal brave dog brave pet David Hasselhoff hero animal hero dog hero pet heroic dog
David Hasselhoff appears to be quite a dog lover. He read an article about a heroic Staffordshire Bull Terrier called “The Hoff” (named after him!) who saved his owner from a burning house… and blogged that he “wanted to meet him...
- from the quiz… on May 13, 2009 in General Forum giardia quiz
what is this? from the quiz here Its a Giardia Parasite. Giardia are protozoans (single celled organisms) and are commonly found in the intestines of many animals including dogs. This parasite clings to the surface of the guts, or floats in the...
- Heatstroke in dog’s on May 7, 2009 in General Forum heatstroke
Following on from the recent Pop Quiz here this is the Answer! Okay this dog is exhibiting some of the sign’s of heatstroke. Be aware that Heatstroke is a life-threatening and indeed often Fatal problem, the dog needs urgent veterinary care...
- Twitter search VET on May 1, 2009 in General Forum listening to tweets about vet see the vet seeing the veterinarian tweet the vet twitter search vets on twitter
I’ve been using Twitter quite a lot recently as a tool to help listen to the pet owning, and veterinary communities, and hear what they are all talking about. One interesting tool is Twitter Search http://search.twitter.com , this tells you...
- pets on Twitter on Apr 27, 2009 in General Forum pets on twitter twitter twitter cat twitter dog
Twitter seems a fast growing + very popular way for pet owners to communicate. Its an enjoyable way to chat with others and share information…. are you using it yet? A couple of interesting success stories I have recently learnt more about...
- rating pet (and human) medical care on Apr 25, 2009 in General Forum medical reviews online pet reviews rate clinic
In the US, this month Human medical doctors are “up in arms about websites rating medical care”. When I first set up this forum (Feb 09, not long ago) , I had a “rate the clinic” section…(where clients could use that s...
- dry eye - what is it? (pop quiz) on Apr 25, 2009 in General Forum
In response to the Medical Pop quiz question on the forum… Dry eye is a disease mainly affecting dogs, it is due to poor tear production, hence the name. Actually its full proper name is Keratoconjunctivitis sicca. If your dog keeps getting eye...
