Marc the vet

Preparing your Dog for Summer: the ‘dreaded’ Grass Seed

There’s an old expression drilled into every vet student teaching us that ‘common things are common’ so when a dog enters my consulting room shaking its head or licking its paw during the summer months, top of my list of possible diagnoses is always the dreaded grass seed.
I say ‘dreaded’ for a few reasons which [...]

Mumbai Memoirs: Slums & Street-Dogs

“Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun” chirped Noel Coward way back in 1931, although it seems that in the last eighty-odd years even piping-hot pooches have learned to stay cool in the shade.
The infamous slums of Mumbai play a major part towards making India’s most populous city and its proud commercial, [...]

Extra Extra… Tweet All About It!!

Here’re some tips, a brief overview, and how to get started on Twitter; including how it can benefit your pet-business, and how easy it is for your brand to increase its online visibility and customer/client loyalty by simply joining the world’s biggest conversation.

Our Dogs column – Crufts Special & Feb 09 Review

[ March 6, 2009; ] Hello and welcome to Crufts – easily the World’s Greatest Dog Show! And if you’re not here yet, then I’m sure you’re on your way, probably armed with a precious pedigree pooch or two, or maybe just coming to look around and perhaps do a little shopping for your four-legged loved one.

Whether you’ve attended Crufts [...]

Our Dogs – January 2009 Review

[ February 6, 2009; ] I always seem to be on the move when I write to you guys, and today really is no exception, currently en route to Harrogate to attend my first ever Small Animal Show – kind of a mini-Crufts.

But these judges will be awarding a few Best in Show’s to a handful of the 3000 rabbit, [...]

Keeping Wildlife and Pets Warm Through the Big Freeze

[ February 3, 2009; ] 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 [...]

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

[ January 27, 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 [...]

Happy New Year & Fighting the Xmas Flab!

[ January 13, 2009; ] 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

[ January 2, 2009; ] 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 [...]

Our Dogs Column: November Review

[ December 5, 2008; ] It’s six o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting in New York’s absolutely massive JFK Airport, a little bleary-eyed but honouring my monthly deadline and reflecting on what’s proved to be yet another full-on month of canine craziness.

I was invited back over here to film another couple of episodes of ‘Seeking Secrets with Suzanne’, a [...]