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USA: U.S. Dermatologist Lowell Ackerman has discovered and used pictures from this website in his new book on Veterinary Dermatology book  (extract) 

JAPAN: Our Firework Phobia leaflet is now in use in Japan!!
 
(Download Japanese version)


 Heaven for Pets

Vetinary Fun Stuff  
Vetinary should be Veterinary (but we don't mind!)


Bubble and Squeak coming for their booster vaccinations -
quite calm - but not too keen! Squeak is on top.

Cat Boxing Enthusiast!

The most patient cat!  (4.5MB may take while)

X-ray Puzzles - Test your radiograph reading skills!

Tabby Cat Chases Bear Up Tree

Funny Cat Videos! (2.57MB - Download Now - allow 1minute)

How to get a jug off a pup's head!

Christmas Thanks?  I don't think so!

Lumps and Bumps - Fruits and Nuts!

Edwardian Cat Postcards

Winners of the "I look like my dog" competition!

How to give a pill to your cat - Internet Version

Beavers' Visit - Beavers' Letters




How a dishwasher really works!


Sleeping on the job!



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A reluctant patient! - (not at the Veterinary Health Centre of course!)
(joke email picture sent in by a client)




Walk a mile in my shoes!
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Heaven for Pets

A man and his dog were walking along a road.. The man was enjoying the  
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. 
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead  
for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. 
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of  
the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was  
broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. 
 
When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch  
that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate  
looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he  
got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. 

When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?' 
 
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered. 
 
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 
 
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought  
right up.' The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 
 
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller  
asked.   'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.' 
 
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and  
continued the way he had been going with his dog. 
 
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to  
a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never  
been closed. There was no fence.  
 
As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree  
and reading a book. 
 
'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 
 
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.' 
 
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog. 
 
'There should be a bowl by the pump.' 
 
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned  
hand pump with a bowl beside it. 
The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then  
he gave some to the dog. 
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was  
standing by the tree. 
 
'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked. 
 
'This is Heaven,' he answered. 

'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road  
said that was Heaven, too.' 
 
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.  
That's hell.' 
 
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' 
 
'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave  
their best friends behind.' 

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