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Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year- old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. Continue Reading

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by Debra Roberts

“The intent was noble - rescue a stray dog from the SPCA as a companion for my elderly parents after the death of their two elderly Maltese. That was the theory - the reality was a pint-sized nightmare! In realty our Schnauzer/Yorkie cross (prophetically named Buster) turned our lives into a continuous rerun of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie. Continue Reading

I am a vegetarian and a health-freak and would like my two new German Shepherd pups, which I’m getting next week, to be like wise. Please could you recommend a good brand of dog pellets which do not contain meat.
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I have a 3 year old Labby called Kirby who is grossly overweight but it seems he’s always starving hungry. The other day he nearly died because he ate all the rubbish out of the bin including a polystyrene meat punnet, peach pips and a pile of raw, rotting potatoes which I’m sure were toxic. I think if I hadn’t stopped him in time he would have swallowed the broken marmalade jar as well which really scared me.

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