Just today I was heading back to home, when the phone rang. A worried voice was at the other end of the line… \”My little dog is really unwell, we think she has milk fever,\” she said. \”She\’s panting, and all stiff, and shaking, and her heart is racing. She had two puppies about 3 […]
Milk Fever in a dog Read More »
For the first week at my first job, a mixed practice in Western Australia, the vet whose place I was taking stayed on to give me a bit of support. I had arrived and settled into the vet share house – and naturally, inevitable, but perhaps not sensibly, he took me out on the town
My first job as a vet Read More »
I wrote a bit a while back about an old fellow in townsville- a confirmed bachelor and passionate breeder of pig dogs. He was one of those special clients, the sort who have you clenching your teeth in frustration, and smiling in admiration. But mostly clenching my teeth with frustration, I\’m afraid. He could talk
He was a crusty old bugger… Read More »
The phone rang… I said to myself \”I just want to go home, really,\” sighed, and picked up. It had been a long day, and I wasn\’t feeling the best, body tired to the bones, aching for a hot bath, home and rest. I put on a cheerful face. Funny how you always feel better
While I worked at my first job in Western Australia, I\’d have to do time for a day or two each week in the branch clinic. It was in a small town, somewhat inland. An old wooden building, with a flat out the back, in which the nurse lived. It was a funny, ugly little
Surgery at the branch clinic Read More »
