Yearly Archive: 2013

Trainee Vet Nurse of the Year

September 30, 2013In keeping with Vet Nurses Day on October 11th celebrating our fantastic team of nurses, we would like to congratulate our trainee nurse Courtney Wood for winning the national Trainee Vet Nurse of the Year Award, sponsored by the Vet Nurse Council Australia and Hills Pet Nutrition. This award acknowledges Courtney’s dedication to her vet...
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Nurses Helping Wildlife

September 30, 2013National Vet Nurses Day is held every year during October and the nurses at Bellarine Veterinary Practice like to celebrate the month by offering nail trims for a gold coin donation. The funds raised are then donated to a charity of their choosing. This year they have chosen to gift all funds to Leopold Wildlife...
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Grovedale Vet Staff Support Online Pet Shop Obay

August 5, 2013There is a limited amount of shelving space in the Bellarine Grovedale Vet practice waiting room to display all the items that veterinarians endorse, so in the past, vets have recommended to head to the local pet shop to purchase certain items for their pets. This can be particularly confusing for the pet owner, as...
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RSPCA Million Paws Walk

May 7, 2013Many of you will already aware that the RSPCA Millions Paws Walk 2013 is being held in Geelong on Sunday 19th May at Eastern Gardens. Its a fantastic opportunity for families and their dogs to spend the day with each other and support a very worthy cause. The day offers the 2km walk at 10am plus pet advice,...
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Healthy Mouths Mean Happy Pets

May 7, 2013May is Dental Focus Month at Bellarine Veterinary Practice and all our pet owners are being encouraged to take an active role in keeping their pet’s teeth and gums healthy. With 4 out of 5 pets over 3 years old presenting with dental disease, its time to take action NOW! Bad breath, tartar or eating difficulty are all...
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Arthritic Pets – Regenerative Stem Cell Technology

February 13, 2013The veterinarians at Ku-Ring-Gai Veterinary Hospital, have successfully developed Australia’s first regenerative stem cell therapy programme for small animals that provides significant improvement in pain control, mobility and well being. What is Adicell™? AdiCell™ procedure Assessment Stem Cell Harvesting – removing fat tissue from your dog’s abdomen Preparing the stem cells for reimplantation AdiCell injection...
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Geelong Vet Emergency and First Aid Basics

February 13, 2013Your pet may be involved in many types of accidents around the house or when you are out on a walk, including road accidents, or be poisoned, choke on a foreign object or suddenly suffer from seizures. What do you do? What to do first Poisoning Wounds and bleeding Shock Convulsions What to do when...
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No Bored Dogs

February 12, 2013What’s inside your dog’s head? With dogs that I see, it’s often a soggy brain. A splodgy mass of underused grey matter that has hardly been exercised at all. In the real estate world they would say it’s a brain with ‘lots of potential’. Many a dog’s head is an unimproved cerebral wasteland devoid of...
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