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Archive for October, 2007

We’re Having Babies

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Betty is pregnant. She turned up at the surgery 1 week ago and appears to have no owners coming forward so we have opened a special maternity wing in The Kitten Academy (AKA our nurse Ros’ house)
I scanned Betty’s tiny tummy and can see 4 or 5 kittens.  I think she will give birth in the […]

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Chocolate Labradors

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

In the late 1930’s  Mr Tibshelf, of Tibshelf kennels bred a Labrador that turned out brown instead of yellow or black. A stroke of marketing genius occurred that day when he decided that this would be called a Chocolate Labrador. 
Chocolate Labrador, what a better name to conjure warm fluffy feelings of love. A brief look at Chocolate labs registered at our surgery show […]

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Why Don’t Dogs Purr?

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Today I was sat with one dog on my knee (not strictly allowed in this household but he caught me at a weak moment) and the other sat on my feet.  I was able to stroke one dog with each hand,  which is why the old adage 2 hands, 2 dogs is so true.
These dogs […]

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