Our dogs can come into contact with all sorts of things in their environment that can potentially cause skin allergies. A dog’s exposure to things like grass, pollens and mites can sometimes lead on to allergies and these can show up as itchy skin or other skin related problems. Atopy is the term used
Bella is almost 16 years old and about a month ago bounced back from the brink! Bella had been boarding at a local Doggie Daycare while her owners were away. The employees found her one morning listless, dull and dehydrated. She had been terribly ill overnight so they brought her straight into our Bethlehem
Ghillie, the West Highland Terrier recently came to our clinic for a check up and dental examination. Because dogs don’t brush their teeth, bacteria and tarter can build up infecting the gums causing pain, redness, bleeding, damaging gums, ligaments or bone and eventually teeth begin to fall out. Here at VetCare Tauranga we want
Late one night we had a call from a distraught Vet from another local practice. They were faced with a 10 month old Labrador pup that had broken out of his Pukehina Beach home and in the 10 minutes he was on the run, he managed to gobble a tasty morsel……… containing a fish hook!
Amayah is a gorgeous young Springer Spaniel. She visited our Bethlehem clinic to have grass seeds removed from burrowing between her toes. With that problem sorted she was back 48 hours later – lethargic, third eyelids raised and was off food. She had an anaesthetic on the first visit so a blood test to
It’s grass seed season again and unfortunately these little terrors can cause your pet serious problems. There are some types of grass seeds that are shaped like a pointy needle and once caught in your pet’s fur they can start to burrow aggressively into their skin. If the seed does not exit, a painful
With Halloween and Guy Fawkes just around the corner we wish to provide you loads of tips and tricks to keeping your pets safe and stress-free. It’s only fun if the whole family is having fun, including your pets! With October being Anxiety Awareness Month, you can recieve 20% off anxiety remedies, prescriptions and
Some of our clients have asked, ‘Why do we need ‘Wellness Bloods’ done when my pet is well?’ Good question! The main reason to do them at the time of the arthritis consult is to check everything is A-OK internally prior to starting any pain medication, as some medications are dangerous if there is underlying
The Tibeal Plateau Levelling Osteotomy, TPLO for short, is a specialised surgery to repair the common problem of the ruptured cruciate ligament in the stifle (the knee joint) of dogs. In Tauranga, Dr Campbell Johnston is the only in-house Surgical Consultant to be offering this specialised surgery and VetCare and the pets of Tauranga
It had been a long day at VetCare, I think I had made it home for maybe 3 hours on my on-call Sunday, very unlike the typically relaxed Sundays following a busy Saturday. I had just been to the clinic to check on my epileptic emergency earlier in the day and while still agitated, there
