Pet Story

Lovely 11-year-old Jack Russell Jazzy was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, a vigorous type of cancer that attacks the body’s immune system. This would have been fatal if she hadn’t undergone treatment. She was referred to our Oncology team and her dedicated owner has since supported her through 5 months of treatment under the care of…

Lovely 4 year old Labrador Finn was referred to us as an emergency case as he was stiff while walking and rapidly progressed to him being unable to stand or open his mouth within 48 hours of arrival with tetanus. It started from a nail bed infection in his dew claw, it had progressed to…

Beloved 14-year-old Labrador Retriever Oscar was rushed to us as an emergency admission as he needed to be resuscitated before spending eight days in intensive care as he became critically ill with pneumonia and septic shock. Two of our Internal Medicine Residents Fang Yu Foo and Victoria Neale led Oscar’s care, handling his recovery and…

Gorgeous young Taffy, a Border Collie, was just eight months old when it became clear that his hips were causing him real discomfort, so he was referred to us. He was diagnosed with hip dysplasia which is a condition affecting the hip joints that leads to abnormal development of the joint and subsequent osteoarthritis. James…

Gorgeous, sweet ten-year-old Pebbles, an Italian Spinone, was first diagnosed with cancer almost three years ago and could have died within days due to the rapid growth of the tumour on her windpipe and lungs. However, her owner was determined to give her girl the best chance of living a good life with help from…

Three-year-old Tairrie, a lovely greyhound suddenly developed rapid and laboured breathing and her concerned owner thought she was suffering from lung worm or kennel cough so she took her to her local vet who referred her straight away to our emergency and critical care team. Tairrie was diagnosed with a serious and life-threatening breathing disorder…

Three-year-old Bear, a beautiful Cavachon, was in a very poorly state after a road traffic accident. He had a broken right femur bone so was referred to our Orthopaedic team. This was especially traumatic for Bear’s owner as she was on holiday in Australia when Bear’s accident happened! However, our team kept in regular contact…

Eddie, a lovely 5-year-old Labrador loves his trips to the beach and chasing balls into the sea. However after a recent trip his owners were worried about him as he started vomiting that night. They took him to their local vet who treated him for the vomiting with fluid therapy and anti-sickness medication for a…

Goofy was referred to our Neurology and Neurosurgery team as an emergency after disappearing on a walk and was found disorientated by the side of a road. He had a small amount of blood in one of his nostrils and had a seizure on the way to his local veterinary practice, so a road traffic…

Gorgeous little black cat Sophie is now 11 years old, but six years ago her owner feared the worst as she was referred to us as an emergency as she was having seizures and had a dangerously high red blood cell count. Sophie is a very precious cat to her owner as they had adopted…