Club Row’s animal market was the major source of pups in London in the 1960s My wife’s obstetrician Jack Suchet had been delivering babies for 40 years when he delivered ours, between 1968 and 1976. I was Jack’s dog Cindy’s
Dogs and cats are living longer than ever and senility is a diagnosis of exclusion. There are medical reasons for pets becoming disorientated or soiling in the house, or becoming less active or reducing their interactions with people or having
Does your pet give you that mournful brown eye expression when you go out, or heaven forbid, when you go on holiday? When I first started working as a vet on Pont Street, Knightsbridge, I saw how absolutely brilliant pets
Chewing sticks is fun but it doesn’t clean teeth! Before getting to the nitty gritty of healthy teeth and gums it’s useful to understand what happens in the mouth and what specific words mean. This healthy mouth can be kept
My dogs nodded their approval this morning when, as always I added my last night leftovers to their breakfast spread. Cold fish pie and shrivelled two week old blueberries crowned their kibble. From the time they were pups I’ve given
With a band playing in the Minstrel’s Gallery and my wife Julia in the small, invited audience, I stepped forward for the late Queen Elizabeth to present me with a medal for cofounding the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
Do any of you remember the garlic-breath epidemic in dogs 40 years ago? My first case was a Jack Russell terrier. When I lifted her lip to check the colour of her gums, I was blasted by enough aroma to
At your child’s or grandchild’s school, a pupil has head lice. Would you be happy with advice that all children be treated monthly with a preventative chemical that kills head lice? If you were happy to do that, would you
Are you sending a Valentine’s Day card to your pet this year? More important, do you think he or she would send one to you? We love them. Do they really love us? Let’s start with cats. Cats, as lovable
At York Street our completely unscientific, pulled out of a hat, statistic is that one in four of the pets we see is obese. If that’s so your companions are on the good side of Britain’s pet population. UK Petfoods,