Vets4Pets Hendon

As we enjoy the beautiful sunshine 🌞 make sure your furry loved ones are not left in hot cars. Just a short time in a hot car can be fatal! 🏥 If you see a pet left in a hot car please dial 999 immediately you could save that furry friends life.

FOUND today: Well-behaved female Yorkshire terrier lost dog found in Edgware area, handed in to us at Vets4Pets Hendon. We have contacted the dog warden so please contact us if you believe she belongs to you. 0208 201 4910. Please ALWAYS UPDATE your pets' microchip information if you move or change phone numbers.

Once upon a time (last week), a puppy named Koda chewed a choo-choo. 🚂🚂 In fact, he chewed and chewed as hard as he could, but the little toy train in the puppy's mouth choo-chooed straight into his belly.
Luckily for this 12-week-old Labrador puppy, our story has a happy ending.
It all kicked off when Koda's owners' four-year-old niece offered him her favourite toy, a rubbery Thomas the Tank Engine. She tossed it, he caught it. Instant best friends!
... Once swallowed, Thomas the Tank Engine -- measuring 3 cm x 5 cm -- wasn't able to squeeze through Koda's puppy-sized pyloric sphincter into his small intestine, where the toy could do serious damage. Instead, Thomas stayed in Koda's stomach, rumbling around while Koda continued to eat and drink like a drunken sailor.
Only the next morning did his owners notice Koda was starting to whimper and cry when they picked him up.
When he presented to us, he was all wagging tail, wet nose and perky ears. He'd even eaten a good breakfast. But when we palpated his abdomen, he turned into a bit of a small bad wolf, growling and snapping.
Since he'd eaten, we delayed his anaesthetic by several hours to prevent him from aspirating (breathing in) any vomit while unconscious. We then X-rayed him and saw an odd shape in his stomach (see below).
Dr Martin wasted no time in performing a gastrotomy, or stomach surgery. Within seconds of opening, he found Thomas, peaking out of the puppy's stomach with a mischievous smile on his face.
Koda came in for his post-op checkup today. He’s back to his old self and his abdominal incision is healing beautifully. We recommend he wears a basket muzzle when he's at home and in the garden until he learns not to take non-food objects in his mouth. Some dogs should always wear them for their own safety.
Here's to Koda and his devoted owners living happily ever after! ❤️🚂🚂
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We hope you’re all enjoying this non-stop summer weather! Please take extra care with your furry and feathered friends, including rabbits and birds. Our pets might “love” sleeping in the sunshine, but we need to remove them to cool shade as they can easily overheat. Have a look at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association’s tips on keeping your pets cool:
https://www.bsava.com/N…/ArticleID/2465 /Feeling-the-heat-Don’t-forget-to-prot ect-your-pet-warn-vets-as-sweltering-hea twave-continues

OLLIE UPDATE: First, THANK YOU 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 to the overwhelming response from our followers far and wide to our call for a permanent home for Ollie. We’re only sorry we weren’t able to reply to each of you as we were waiting to see whether an initial “trial residency” with a family would be successful. We’re delighted to report now that Ollie passed with flying colours and finally has a forever home. He managed to charm the family’s two incumbent housecats and every human member ...of the household. He now enjoys sofa-surfing in the sun and sniffing flowers in an escape-proof garden, where the conscientious owners have installed a custom fence-roller system designed to keep cats safe. This security feature is ideal for Ollie, who came to us in February as a stray kitten with two broken front legs after a suspected road-traffic accident. We welcomed him back this week with lots of cuddles when he came in for his second vaccinations. He stormed around the practice again like he owned the place! We all miss him but are thrilled he’ll live out the rest of his kitty life in a safe and loving home. Here he is in his new digs:
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Bittersweet Friday: Today our team bade farewell to Natalie, our receptionist, whose smile and smarts brightened our practice every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for over two years. When she wasn’t answering our phones, chatting with our clients and even pitching in with emergencies out back, she was busy studying full-time to become a human nurse. She’s due to graduate this summer, and rumour has it she’s going to finish with top honours. Please join us in wishing this classy young woman the best of luck as she follows in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale in her noble career. We will miss you so much Natalie!

Ollie is ready to go HOME! Our beloved practice cat, who has lived with us for the past two months, needs a REAL home now. He’s fully recovered from his bilateral fracture repair, and has spent a few long weekends at Dr Richardson’s house, happily playing with her sweet old dog and unhappily hiding from her angry old cat. Unfortunately, none of us in the practice are able to provide this nine-month-old kitty the life-long love and security he deserves. Ollie was brought to u...s by one of our clients who found this stray kitten lying motionless near her house. Dr Martin X-rayed him to find two dramatic fractures in his forelimbs, which he repaired to save his life; he could not have survived with two broken legs or two amputations. Ollie adores people and dogs of all ages, thanks to all the playtime he spends with our practice manager Michelle’s border-collie puppy (below) and his weekends with Dr Richardson’s 14-year-old lurcher. He’s loving, gentle and playful, as well as neutered and litterbox-trained. Due to his accident, he is wisely fearful of traffic noises and should ideally be kept indoors or in a fully enclosed garden. Could he become your new four-legged companion? Send us a private message if you’re interested or call us at Vets4Pets Hendon if you’re serious and would like to arrange to meet him: 020 8201 4910‬
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Ollie is ready to go HOME! Our beloved practice cat, who has lived with us for the past two months, needs a REAL home now. He’s fully recovered from his bilateral fracture repair, and has spent a few long weekends at Dr Richardson’s house, happily playing with her sweet old dog and unhappily hiding from her angry old cat. Unfortunately, none of us in the practice are able to provide this nine-month-old kitty the life-long love and security he deserves. Ollie was brought to u...s by one of our clients who found this stray kitten lying motionless near her house. Dr Martin X-rayed him to find two dramatic fractures in his forelimbs, which he repaired to save his life; he could not have survived with two broken legs or two amputations. Ollie adores people and dogs of all ages, thanks to all the playtime he spends with our practice manager Michelle’s collie puppy and Dr Richardson’s 14-year-old lurcher. He’s loving, gentle and playful, as well as neutered and litterbox-trained. Due to his accident, he is wisely fearful of traffic noises and should ideally be kept indoors or in a fully enclosed garden. Could he become your new four-legged companion? Send us a private message if you’re interested or call us at Vets4Pets Hendon if you’re serious and would like to arrange to meet him: 020 8201 4910‬
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Ever wonder what happens when you leave your pets with us for neutering? Aside from the surgery, they get loads of attention from our nursing team! Here’s Pixie, a 7-year-old Pomeranian, who came in yesterday for her spay. Amanda, our final-year nursing student, carried this 1.8 kg bundle of fluff around the practice while Pixie recovered from the sterilisation procedure. Veterinary nursing is a demanding profession but affection for animals comes easily. 🐶🐰🐹🐱❤️

Alfie, a 6-year-old Victorian Old Tyme Bulldog, took a crucial first step yesterday towards managing brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). See his pics immediately before and after his surgery, called rhinoplasty. Like other short-nosed dogs with severely stenotic nostrils, Alfie is a high-risk candidate for BOAS. Let us know if you’re concerned about your dog. To learn more about BOAS and to see a grading scheme for narrow nostrils, please click here: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/…/about-bo… /recognition-diagnosis… #breedtobreathe

Lots of changes at Vets4Pets Hendon! Introducing Dr Shweta Nakrani, our new full-time veterinary surgeon, who joined our team last month. Dr Nakrani rounds out our three-vet team, led by Dr Martin, bringing more than six years of private-practice experience in the U.K. since qualifying from University of Liverpool’s Institute of Veterinary Science. This overachiever also attained an undergrad degree from London’s Royal Veterinary College (Dr Richardson’s alma mater). Here she is with our practice cat, Ollie, who loves Dr Nakrani and her hair. Welcome to the team, Shweta!

OLLIE UPDATE: Oliver Pete, the stray kitten, is still with us in the practice after Dr Martin repaired both of his broken front legs last month. He’s growing up fast, gaining strength and becoming bolder every day. Dr Martin removed one of his pins on Friday to make him more comfortable after his leg healed, and today he claimed every high table as his own.