Over the past few years, advertising on television has brought to our attention, the benefits of buying probiotic products and the health benefits they carry. Advertising companies do seem to have got the message across rather well though, as sales of dairy based probiotics have risen considerably despite the economic situation. No doubt, it’s the [...]

I have, for the past two weeks or so, had a student shadowing me part of the time. Not a veterinary student as you might expect, but a post-graduate student from the University of Sussex, who is planning to take up veterinary medicine as a mature student. Not having a science background means that she [...]

Vets have been in the news a lot over the last week or so, with both good and bad press. The Panorama  programme on BBC 1 highlighted some poor standards in the care of the animals and the conduct of the staff within one chain of corporate veterinary practices. Personally I was sad to see [...]

A huge part of the caseload for most vets comprises skin problems and although we deal with alternative medicine, it’s no different for our practice. A small percentage of these cases will be hormonal based, non-itchy conditions with hair loss, more correctly termed alopecia. Most will, however, be dogs and cats that itch, scratch and [...]

Anyone that has had a look at my page will have seen the picture of Monica, our long-haired miniature Dachshund. She is a sweet little rescue dog which we have had for about 5 years. More or less we ended up owning her by accident.Monica used to belong to one of my clients and as [...]

It’s just over 30 years since I qualified as a vet, so it’s not surprising that I have seen quite a few changes, not only within the profession itself, but also in the diagnosis and treatment of illness. What’s even more interesting is the “emergence of new conditions” and the way in which others have [...]

It’s been a busy week. Not only have we seen more animals in the practice in East Hoathly, but my Brighton surgery was also fully booked. Outside work, I have been working as assistant stage manager in a village production of Red Hot and Cole, a musical about the life of Cole Porter. It’s taken [...]

When I started my complementary medicine practice some 20 years ago, homeopathy was the main therapy I used to treat my patients. Despite adding other therapies over the years such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, homeopathy has remained the number one treatment. So I was somewhat surprised, to learn recently, that the House of Commons [...]

Anybody that lives near the countryside will appreciate what a nuisance nettles can be! Not only is their sting uncomfortable and just so itchy, but they are also really hard to get rid of when they appear in the garden; the roots just seem to go on forever-that’s what seems to happen in my garden [...]

It’s with great pleasure that we welcome you to our brand new blog!
In addition to our Advice section and fact sheets, we have decided to start this blog in response to the many queries we receive from pet owners. We hope very much that this will be shaped by our readers – all you pet [...]