Dog
Grooming at Inshes Vets
Lisa
above grooming Tuppence
Lisa Gray
our Head Nurse has recently completed a five week grooming course
at one of Scotland's top dog grooming schools.
She has always been keen on grooming and enjoyed the course thoroughly.
Lisa loves the look on owners' faces when handing back their pets.
She can groom any breed and tackle anything from a simple bath
and blow dry to styling numerous breeds and hand stripping.
Lisa has now
been grooming since March 2011 on her half days and at weekends
on duty only, as her duties as Head Nurse at the vets take first
place.
Business has been booming and Lisa can offer more as a Qualified
Veterinary Nurse. She has all her own equipment needed and grooms
here in the practice.
New
Vets - our
new vets - Heather Baldwin and Hannah Mackay have started work with
us. Please see their pictures and bios on the staff page.
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Anne
Gunstone, veterinary surgeon of Inshes Veterinary Centre, Inverness
, warns owners to be on the look out for signs that their dog
has, or may be prone to picking up a lungworm infection. (Angiostrongylosis).
“We have just diagnosed a case this week, the first ever
recorded case north of Glasgow . It is possible that the infection
was brought here by a dog that travelled up from the south and
has spread worm larvae in our area and subsequently passed the
infection onto the dog that we have diagnosed. It is the ingestion
of slugs and snails that cause this disease and we would strongly
ask dog owners to take the following advice.”
Soggy weather conditions have again provided an ideal environment
for a huge increase in the UK ’s populations of slugs and
snails, and this could pose a serious risk to dogs that accidentally
or habitually eat these slippery pests.
Lungworm infection in dogs is spreading across the UK and leads
to a disease called Angiostrongylosis. It has a wide range of
symptoms which can make it difficult to diagnose. However, with
the increasing appearance of the parasite causing this disease,
vets are on the look out for the condition before it progresses
to a stage where it becomes fatal.
The lungworm parasite spends part of its lifecycle in slugs, snails
or even frogs. The danger to dogs arises when small slugs or snails
are either purposefully or accidentally eaten while rummaging
through undergrowth, eating grass, or taken up when drinking from
puddles or an outdoor water bowl.
"The symptoms of the condition are many and varied,"
explains Anne. "You might notice coughing, reluctance to
exercise, depression, weight loss, fits, vomiting, diarrhoea,
weakness and paralysis, or persistent bleeding from minor cuts.
However, a small proportion of dogs are hidden carriers, which
means they don’t show any symptoms."
Owners who notice any of these symptoms or whose dogs might eat
slugs or snails should contact their local veterinary practice
for an immediate consultation. The sooner the disease is spotted,
the easier it is to treat and the more likely the dog will go
on to make a full recovery. As recently as two months ago, Vet’s
at Glasgow University confirmed cases of this disease in the Glasgow
area.
The disease is not prevented by using conventional worming tablets
every 3 months, or even every month. However, treatment is relatively
simple and a prescription-only spot-on product can be obtained
from your vet. "This treatment also controls other worms,
fleas and mites, which means you can address lungworm and a number
of common parasites in one application," concludes Anne.
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New
Puppy Party Classes
We have started our newly structured puppy party classes on
Monday evenings. For the first three classes we have had Dog
Behaviourist, Mike Grantham along to give useful information
to new puppy owners. Please see the pictures in the Gallery.
We
are now offering
Veterinary Acupuncture
with Vet Eilidh Cameron. For more information please click on
the link above or on our home page
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Inshes
Pet Health Plan
Our
Pet Health Plan offers:-
Top quality licensed medication
Regular checks and maintenance of good general health for your
pet
Convenient monthly payments for routine services
Optional Accidental Injury Cover
Whilst spreading the cost of routine treatments, all members
then qualify for additional discounts on other items in the
practice.
Please call in at the practice to complete a simple registration
form, which will require your bank account details.
Practice staff will be happy to answer any queries you may have.
Newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter gives snippets of information
about the surgery and staff, as well as brief articles about
pets, petcare and health. Make sure you get a copy when you
visit the surgery. If any of the articles particularly interest
you, feel free to discuss them further with the vet or one of
the nurses.
Click on the above "Newsletter" link to see it in
PDF.
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