Category Archives: behaviour

Daily Telegraph Pet Subjects: is dogs’ saliva harmful, how toxic is algae to dogs, stopping cats from peeing on the lawn & dealing with rabbits’ sharp claws

Tweet To find the answers to the questions above,  read the column by clicking here. This week’s rescue pet is Emerald, pictured above.  Last month, world famous animal charity Battersea Dogs & Cats Home welcomed its 1000th dog of 2013 … Continue reading

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Daily Telegraph Pet Subjects: a Yorkie’s fear of listening to singing on tv, a sneezing cat, an escaped corn snake & myths about tortoiseshell cats

Tweet   For the answers to the above issues, read my weekly column online by clicking here. This week’s rescue pet, pictured above, is Monique, a two-year-old cat. The carers who have been looking after Monique say: “Monique may be perched … Continue reading

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Daily Telegraph Pet Subjects: do cats have nightmares, how do you know that a cat is ready for euthanasia, do old dogs need vaccine boosters & can axolotls grow new limbs?

Tweet To read this week’s column in the Daily Telegraph, which answers the above queries, please click on this link. This week’s rescue pet is is Ed, a seven-month-old guinea pig, pictured above. Contact the Blue Cross in Burford, Oxon on … Continue reading

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Vet on the radio with Newstalk’s Sile Seioge: Finzi the rescued dog and grieving in pets

Tweet I visited the Newstalk studios again recently, to talk with Sile Seioge about various animal related issues. First, we discussed the saga of Finzi – you can hear this section by clicking here. We then discussed the subject of … Continue reading

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How do you help a bereaved pet? Dealing with animal grief: my latest article in Readers Digest

Tweet I’ve just written my first article for Readers Digest – dealing with the subject of animals suffering grief, and how to tackle this as a pet owner. You can read some of the article by clicking here, but you … Continue reading

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Vet on the radio: urine marking in multi-cat households – what to do about that smell?

Tweet On East Coast FM this week, Pete Wedderburn discusses the problem of urine marking in households with multiple cats living together. To listen, click on the play button below

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Ireland AM Vet Spot Clinic on TV3: answering viewers’ queries – from “when to euthanase an old dog” to “how do I start breeding my Westie?”

Tweet To watch this week’s vet spot on Ireland AM, click on this link. Questions from viewers this week included: 1. How do you know when it is time to get your old dog put down? 2. My 9 year … Continue reading

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Daily Telegraph Pet Subjects: getting a hair style to resemble your pet, teaching a cat to use a cat flap, introducing pets to babies & the truth about cats, vomiting and fur balls

Tweet To read about the issues mentioned above, read my column by clicking here. This week’s rescue pet, pictured above, is Frankie, an 8-month old lurcher male dog. Sadly he has spent most of his life in kennels after being … Continue reading

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Daily Telegraph Pet Subjects: gardeners & cat owners at war, a neutered cat who sprays in the house, a dog licking her bed, & looking after hedgehogs during hibernation

Tweet To read more about the issues mentioned above, click here. This week’s rescue pet, pictured above, is Steve. Steve was originally a stray cat, but the person who found him couldn’t keep him as he didn’t settle with their … Continue reading

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Ireland AM vet spot video from TV3: are pets at risk from urban foxes?

Tweet   On Ireland AM this week, we discussed the risk of pet cats being attacked by foxes. To watch the clip, click here. Following reports of another attack on a baby by an urban fox in London, many people … Continue reading

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