A bit of fun on TV3's Ireland AM today - watch the video by clicking here. It was much harder than you'd imagine - the unpredictability of the up and down movements of that twirling arm.
On East Coast FM this week, Pete Wedderburn discusses the various post-nominal letters that vets use to show their qualifications. Plus the puzzle of a cat that had stopped eating.
It makes a change from treating dogs and cats - last weekend I took part in the World Triathlon Championships in London.
All across Ireland, there is a new nationwide trend for pet dogs to be stolen, for one of the following reasons: To be sold on (especially pedigree dogs) To be used for dog fighting as bait (any dog) ..
I have just come back from a holiday in New York City, where I was fascinated to encounter animals in a range of situations -from dogs taking part in the Pride March to a visit to the Animal Medical C ..
On East Coast FM this week, Pete the Vet discusses his new veterinary hospital in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, which is nearing completion.
I qualified as a veterinarian back in 1985 - that's a whopping 28 years ago. My career has been a little unusual, embracing media work as well as conventional veterinary practice.
Pete the Vet signing his books at BlogPaws2013 I don’t like hair dye in dogs, but here in the USA, it seems to be much more accepted than back in Ireland and the UK ..
I am in the USA for an exciting conference - Blogpaws 2013. It's a gathering of over 500 online enthusiasts who write about animals.
On East Coast FM this week, we discuss a range of topical issues, as well as taking a call from a listener with a dog that's moulting all over the place.
This week on East Coast FM, Pete Wedderburn had a longer-than-usual chat with Declan Meehan, talking about his life story, from wanting to be a vet as a child, to developing a career working as a medi ..
Finzi is in flying form - she has now been vaccinated and is almost ready to go out on her first walk.
I’ve just written an article across on this subject at Vet Help Direct: read it by clicking here ..
The New Year is always a time for reflection and review. A time for starting new ideas, and sometimes for letting old ideas go. So what are my plans for 2013?1.
I went in to “review the newspapers” on Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff”s lunchtime show, but we ended up covering all sorts of stuff, from the new Animal Health & Welfare Bill t ..
I've just written a blog over at Vet Help Direct about the way that the veterinary profession is regulated. To read it, click here.
I'm just back from two weeks of annual holidays - from clinical work, from writing, from television and from data connection.
I enjoy writing blogs on animal stories that hit the headlines: as a vet, I'm able to give a view that's informed by the training and experience of my profession.
