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IVDD – can acupuncture help?

Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) We are seeing ever more cases of IVDD in the veterinary world, and many people come to me to see if ...
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Is pet insurance worth the cost?

How much??! So I am going to start with a controversial statement: vet bills can be expensive.  However, I don’t mean that they are unnecessarily ...
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An In-Home Animal Pain Clinic : the Recover Programme

In this post I will be explaining what this programme involves and who it might be suitable for. In a previous post 'There's so much ...
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How to recognise pain in your pet

How good are we at recognising pain in our pets? As we are in the depths of winter now, we all know that aches and ...
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What is Whole Energy Body Balance and can it help my pet?

Meet the therapist Katy Conway runs Time for Pooch, a canine massage therapy business and she practices Whole Energy Body Balance.  Sounds intriguing, but what ...
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How to be a sustainable pet owner

What is your pet’s carbon pawprint?   Dogs enjoy nature as much as we do, if not more. It provides them with space for to ...
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A look at vaccination

As I practice a ‘natural’ therapy (acupuncture) on my patients, I meet a lot of pet owners who are mistrustful of conventional medicines. The subject ...
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The importance of sleep in pain and osteoarthritis

Why is sleep important in our pets with chronic pain? We all know how important sleep is in our own lives, for our physical and ...
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Five takeaways from the VOA Conference

I had a busy month of learning last month, attending the Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Conference (VOACON) and BVA Live, a conference for veterinary professionals in ...
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