Epic, a young tricolour border collie is the beloved agility dog of our long time client, Fiona. Epic was rushed into VetCare Bethlehem one Saturday morning as she was terribly unhappy, lethargic and vomiting. She wasn’t the type of dog to get into rubbish and she hadn’t eaten any bones but after a thorough physical
Bailey the Labrador had been losing her appetite for two days. Within a few minutes of eating any food it was brought back up again. We had two reasons to be very concerned about her symptoms: 1. Labradors hardly ever lose their appetite! 2. There was a possibility she was regurgitating the food rather than vomiting it back up.
Tuppence the 14yr old Fox Terrier came for her senior health check recently. Although she did not appear to be in any discomfort, a deep ulcer was found in the cornea of her left eye. The cornea is composed of many fine layers like an onion skin. Tuppence's ulcer had eroded through all but the
Mack the cross-bred dog had only recently moved to Tauranga. He had been enjoying getting to know the area, exploring the bush and parks with his owners. However his owners started to notice he was now spending much of the evenings licking his paws, and he had an itchy, pink rash on his underbelly.
There was some concern this bed-wetting puppy may have had a congenital defect termed "ectopic ureter". In this condition a ureter [the narrow tube which normally takes urine from the kidneys to the bladder] can empty in an incorrect location, preventing the pup from having normal urinary control. However these images from her ultrasound scan
Using our endoscope we spotted the icecream stick in Timber's oesophagus. Safely removed - no more icecreams for Timber!
