Some of you have dogs and cats on special diets, to assist their kidneys, help digestion, reduce itchiness, lose weight or to treat or control a variety of other medical conditions. These speciality diets are only available from veterinary clinics.

Sometimes, it can be time-consuming to get down to us to pick up your pet’s supplies. To make it easier for you, we have arranged that you can collect reorders from closer to where you live, from St. John’s Pets, 106 Allitsen Road, NW8,  just off St. John’s Wood High Street.

Read the rest of this entry »

Travels with Macy is available in hardback and paperback, published by Ebury Press.

If any of you have seen a golden retriever in a queue at the American Embassy, applying for a resident green card, that’s my dog. I took her on an extended journey around America, to retrace the American novelist John Steinbeck’s route in his 1960s book Travels with Charley. I wanted to reacquaint myself with a continent that was once my home, to see what it was now like. Mace liked North America. A lot!

After living in Britain for more than three decades, after obtaining British citizenship, driving on the right, apologising to people who step on my feet (Sorry. My fault. Shouldn’t have had my feet on the ground.), waking up to rain and fog and thinking it’s a lovely day, I knew where home now was. It’s here, from the Sussex Downs to the Highlands and Islands, in keep-your-head-down, don’t-speak-unless-you’re-spoken-to Britain. I feel comfortable here, not just with the glorious scenery, but with the way of life, the values, the culture, the history.

Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve visited the clinic recently you’ll have noticed that we have an eclectic range of unique dog and cat accessories. The nurses have sourced items they like for their own pets.

Read the rest of this entry »