As you already know, if you have a dog it should be microchipped. This is because on 6th April 2016 it became compulsory for all dogs to be have a microchip implanted (you can read more about the regulation change HERE). We were recently asked if a dog needs a chip if it already has …
Boxers
Do you remember the John Lewis advert featuring Buster the Boxer. If you hadn’t seen it over Christmas the clip showed a boxer jumping around on a trampoline and having lots of fun. Figures released by the Kennel Club showed that searches for Boxer puppies on its Find a Puppy website rose by 160 per cent …
Pet Dental Awareness Month
As part of our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our clients, we are supporting Pet Dental Awareness Month. Our experts have written some handy tips and advice to help you keep your pet’s oral hygiene in tip top condition. Poor dental hygiene can be a source of chronic pain and discomfort for many …
Cat Flu
Feline Influenza or Cat Flu as it is more popularly known is similar to a human cold. It’s not usually serious if you have a healthy adult cat. However, it can fatal to young kittens, old cats and those that have an immunity problem such as Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (read our blog on FIV HERE) …
Heatstroke – Mannie’s Story
A few days ago I picked up my dog from Cherrydown Basildon Veterinary Hospital where he had been for 4 days following a frightening attack of heatstroke. Although I have many years experience with dogs I had not been faced with having to deal with this condition before and, had I not known the basic …
Why do dogs eat poo?
Why do dogs eat poo? This might be a fairly unpleasant subject but it is a question we get asked a lot in the clinic and on Facebook. There are many reasons why this happens and it could depend on their age, their training, their living conditions or their diet. Here are some of them. …
Cherrydown joins the Linnaeus Group
Jonathan and Rachel Nurse have been the directors of Cherrydown for many years and have taken the practice from strength to strength, offering what we believe is excellent veterinary and customer care. As we prepare to say good bye to our owners and hello to a new chapter with Linnaeus, Jonathan wanted to share this …
Why do dogs eat grass?
We regularly receive questions from our clients, either by phone or via our Facebook page, asking about issues relating to their pet. However, every now and again we get asked general questions just because people are interested in knowing the answer. We thought we would write a blog about this very popular question. So, why …
Lexi and the adder bite
Lexi is an 8 year old Cavalier King Charles and on Thursday evening she was out enjoying the sunshine playing in the garden. All of a sudden she spotted something and being playful and inquisitive she went to investigate. Unfortunately what she had seen was a snake and she wasn’t aware of the dangers. The …
Babesiosis – Basildon – Wickford – Stanford Le Hope
Babesiosis There has been some media coverage of this over the last day or so following cases in the Harlow area. Babesiosis is a tick borne protozoal parasite disease that we have only seen before in dogs that have travelled abroad. Recently, there have been cases in Essex (Harlow) in dogs that have not been abroad …
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