Marc the vet

My Crufts Blog

With only a few weeks to go until the annual canine extravaganza that is Crufts, I thought I’d let you know that I’ve been asked to write the official blog for the show, both during the run-up and of course every day of the actual event, taking place once again at the Birmingham NEC.
I’ll be particularly [...]

Keeping Wildlife and Pets Warm Through the Big Freeze

As this cold wintery snap continues to grip us all please make sure you take special care of your pets kept inside and out, as well as keeping a close eye on your garden guests too; because even with natural fur coats most animals will be struggling right now.

Now I’ve never been a fan of [...]

The SOFA Club from Thorpe House School talk with Tim MacWilliam

The girls from Speaking Out for Animals group SOFA give a lovely interview. I’m back in Parliament as their very proud patron on 3rd February to once again join them on their mission for microchipping to become law.
This will not only help in returning lost, stolen or strayed pets, but also combat the increasing and barbaric [...]

National Rabbit Week (24th-30th January 2009)

Happy National Rabbit Week to you all!

If you own one (or more) of Britain’s third most popular pets, you’re thinking about getting one in 2009, or you’re just a fan of lagomorphs in general, then you’d better read on…

Traditionally rabbits have always been seen to make the ideal children’s pet, seemingly requiring less care and [...]

Monthly Live Phone-in on BBC Southern Counties Radio

Just to let you all know that I’m back on BBC SCR this morning at 11.40am with my first phone-in of 2009.

I’ll be chatting about all manner of pet issues including the forthcoming Burgess National Rabbit Week, the ‘new’ Bulldog and of course answering any listeners’ questions.

BBC SCR Website/Listen Live

Burgess National Rabbit Week

Kennel Club standards will improve health and welfare of Bulldog

(From The Times) The bulldog will lose its Churchillian jowl after the Kennel Club reformed breeding standards. Puppies will be taller and leaner with smaller faces.
The classic British bulldog, a symbol of defiance and pugnacity, is to disappear. A shake-up of breeding standards by the Kennel Club has signalled the end of the dog’s Churchillian [...]

Ping-pong Balls and Plastic…

Nothing sums up the ‘quirkiness’ of Brighton more so than those mentalists who prefer to take an icy dip in the English Channel on New Year’s morning rather than stay in bed hungover, scared of the outside world and what its shiny brand-new eighteen-score-and-five days will bring them.

But believe it or not, there are actually [...]

Happy New Year & Fighting the Xmas Flab!

A Happy New Year to you and of course your pets; I really hope you all shared some lovely Christmas’ together. But are you feeling like your body outline’s gone from a skinny Whippet to a curvy chocolate Lab in the space of the last three weeks?

We all do it. Year after year we have [...]

Our Dogs Column: December Review

Happy New Year to you and of course your dogs; and I really hope you all shared some lovely Christmas’ together.

But are you feeling like your body outline has gone from an Italian Greyhound to a Newfoundland in the space of just a fortnight?

We all do it. Year after year we have that lovely little [...]