German Shepherd Rescue Victoria (GSRV), a wonderful welfare organisation that takes care of unwell and unwanted German Shepherds sought our advice recently for Pippi. Have a look at her with her big cumbersome bandages on her front legs! Pippi was an unwanted pet store pup that was struggling to walk. The original vet clinic had […]
Diesel presented to our clinic (supposedly with hip dysplasia), having recently been lame on both legs. Unfortunately, the diagnosis was incorrect as Diesel had bilateral ruptured cruciates. Being one of the very few clinics who are experienced in repairing bilateral cruciates and luxating patellas at the same time, we recommended to Diesels owner to consider this. We had previously […]
Holly is a 13 year old Labrador who came to us after another veterinary clinic had not found the problem to her breathing concerns. Holly’s human mum called us to discuss her situation as the previous three months work up had not come to a diagnosis at the other vet clinic. Holly had become exercise intolerant, with increased respiratory noises […]
Recently at SAH we have unfortunately seen a couple of cases of a seemingly harmless toys causing potentially life threatening problems in our patients. Rope chew toys can be great for puppies or adults under supervision however they can become very dangerous and even detrimental when left alone with them because pieces can be chewed […]
Harvey is a remarkable 14 year old three legged cat who came to us with blindness one day. He was diagnosed with detached retinas which can occur secondary to high blood pressure (which Harvey had). High blood pressure can either be a result of renal failure, or indeed cause renal failure. Once blind with detached […]
MacGreggor, a 9 year old Irish Wolfhound cross, has had a rough time of it recently. He had been battling crippling arthritic elbows that eventually needed a clean up via arthroscopy. Having finally recovered beautifully from this, walking better than he had for some time, for some reason he had become quite irritable and shy in […]
Nearly 14 years old, Mack is a male Red Heeler x Staffie who presented to our clinic for a large eyeball mass growing from the orbit of his right eye. His owner was seeking a second opinion as he had been advised that without a specialist referral for CT scans and specialist surgery, there was […]
Kimba is a 15 year old Foxhound who had become a little thinner and lethargic of recent months. All of a sudden he collapsed one day and we were called to his house for potential euthanasia. Our examination revealed a mass high up in his belly around his liver or stomach, or possibly his spleen. In […]
A few weeks after Roxy’s major surgery she has recovered remarkably! These images are of her enjoying life far greater than she did before having this cancer removed. The pathology did come back as an osteosarcoma as we had suspected all along. Now this is very important: Roxy’s bone cancer may well come back, within […]
Roxy had a hemimandibulectomy today. That is, Dr Karin Davids removed half of her lower jaw – the left hand side which was overtaken by a suspect bone cancer. Feel free to take a look at some remarkable pictures of her surgery however please be warned, they are graphic. The most remarkable sight of all is this […]
