Great team saved my dying dog

Great team saved my dying dog

It was good to be a Halifax client! This morning I walked the dogs down to the back beach in Nelson. Stunning clear day with some high wispy cirrus. The sea was mirror flat. My 13 year-old dog Bartok loved it. But just two days before he was at death’s door. I...
Obesity – more dangerous than you think!

Obesity – more dangerous than you think!

  Fat – we think of it as white blobby stuff, an energy store for our bodies, but not much more. It’s hard to get rid of, so it must be a pretty inactive tissue, right? Wrong! Our fat is the biggest endocrine (hormone producing) gland in our bodies and it...
Dental Pain in Cats and Dogs

Dental Pain in Cats and Dogs

“She is playing like a kitten and she hasn’t played in years!” It was just 48 hours after Tinkerbell had had a major dental procedure with several teeth extracted and Alistair Mapperley was so happy.   Two days before it had been a different...