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Cosmic the beautiful male budgie.
This is the summer holiday season for people living in the southern hemisphere. Like many Australians, Georgia is away from home for six weeks, touring Europe.
Pet Health
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How not to poison your pet this Christmas | Pat Kenny Show
Christmas is a time when humans enjoy food, but there are some seasonal human foods that can cause problems for our pets. Foodstuffs that can poison petsChocolate contains the stimulant theobromine.
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Christmas hazards for pets: mince pies and lilies may be Christmassy by they can kill dogs and cats | The Telegraph
Kiko after she'd been given an injection to make her sickLast week, one of my own dogs, Kiko, needed emergency veterinary care after she greedily devoured a Christmas pudding that she'd stolen.
Case Study
Copper, a young horse with a badly injured leg.
Natasha lives in an organic sanctuary on Taveuni, a tiny Pacific island in Fiji. It’s about as remote as it’s possible to be.
Eleven pet experts expose the most common pet myth that they encounter: Creature Clinic
A pet myth is a commonly held view about pet care that is untrue. Joanna Paul, an Australian vet who writes an excellent blog at CreatureClinic.
Podcast
Don’t give pets as presents at Christmas. | East Coast Radio
On this week's show, we discussed why Santa is reluctant to give pets as presents. Also, Pete told us about a Christmas crisis he had to face the evening before.
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Important Christmas tips for pets | TV3
This week on Ireland AM, Pete told the story of Kiko stealing Christmas pudding the previous evening.
Christmas presents for pets and pet lovers- some last minute ideas and tips
Christmas presents for pets and owners? Why not? This week Ireland AM featured a woman who spent €7000 on her new dog, between purchase price of pup and a range of pet accessories including a doggy ..
Podcast
Puppies as presents? No, No, No! | Pat Kenny Show
A social media storm has been raging since Sunday, when the Independent newspaper published an account of a journalist buying a Christmas puppy as a present for her husband.
Case Study
Sally, a cross bred female whippet who had nine puppies.
One day, Helen found Sally wandering around a supermarket car park.
Podcast
Pet Food: Commercial or home prepared? | Pat Kenny Show
There's a vast range of pet foods available on the market, and there are many strongly opinionated views on which is best, from cheapest to priciest, raw to uber-processed, meatiest to vegetarian.
Case Study
Mollie is a collie whose back legs were paralysed after an accident.
Samantha originally took on Mollie temporarily, fostering her from the Galway SPCA sanctuary when she was a fluffy young puppy.
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Why don’t cats have arms? And why don’t human have paws? | The Telegraph
Pets with hands? Humans with paws? It doesn't sound right, does it?I've written an article across at the Telegraph on the nomenclature that we use to refer to the anatomy of dogs, cats and people.
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Why NOT to give a puppy as a Christmas gift: with Dogs Trust | TV3
Last week, I called in with the Ireland AM team to the Dogs Trust Centre in Finglas, Dublin to chat to Mark Beazley, Executive Director at Dogs Trust.
Case Study
Trent is a 9 year old rabbit who lives a hutch-free life in the back garden.
Trent is an independent rabbit. When he was young, he lived in a small hutch, but everyone felt sorry for him, so they made a chicken wire run to give him more space.
Podcast
Pet food: Choosing the right one | East Coast Radio
This week, Pete talked about pet food. Dogs are what they eat, so it is important to get their food right.
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How would you feel about eating nothing but commercial dog food for a week? | The Telegraph
At a recent conference, Pete learned some surprising facts about pet food during a debate about the pros and cons of commercial vs home cooked feeding of pets.
Case Study
Cosmo, a ginger cat who had eaten some poison.
Cosmo lives an active life, enjoying the outdoor world: he’s a keen hunter of rats and mice.