Pet Heath Nurse Nicole at Calder Vets Sandal

Our new pet nurse at Sandal

We’re pleased to announce that we now offer nurse clinics at our Sandal branch with Nicole, our new Pet Health Nurse. The services Nicole offers include: Nail clipping Anal gland expression Flea and worming appointments Weight clinics Dental clinics Post-operation checks Second vaccinations Third parvo vaccines Blood pressure checks Microchipping Rabbit clinics Puppy and kitten

Physiotherapy at Dewsbury

Physiotherapy at Calder Vets

We’re very pleased to announce that from June, we will able to offer further care to your pets in the form of physiotherapy. Veterinary physiotherapist Emma Green will be at our Dewsbury hospital every week to offer a wide range of physiotherapy and electrotherapy for all Calder patients. Emma will be working alongside the vet team to

Bereavement room at Calder Vets Dewsbury

Doing our bit at a sad time – our new bereavement room

We know how sad it is to have to say goodbye to a beloved pet, so we’re doing our bit to make things as easy as we possibly can. We’ve created a bereavement room at our Dewsbury practice, which is somewhere more cosy and comfortable for you and your pet. Vet nurses including Phillipa Royston

keep pets cool

Keep your pets protected as the weather heats up!

With the recent fine weather set to stay, our vet surgeon Gemma Kilby has put together some top tips on keeping your pets cool when the weather heats up… The weather is too good to be true at present. While you are diligently applying your own sunscreen, please remember that dogs and cats are just

Kate Ellis and horse

An interview with Nursing Manager Kate Ellis

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, a whole month dedicated to raising awareness of the veterinary nursing profession and the vital role they play in animal care and treatment. What was started as an awareness day by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) in 2005 quickly grew into a week and expanded even further to

Santi at a Calder Vets nervous dogs session

Santi’s not nervous any more!

This handsome young chap is Santi, who has been visiting our Lockwood branch for our free nervous dog sessions. When he was a pup, Santi suffered an injury to his paw which was very painful and required stitches to fix it. As he was at a critical stage for his socialisation, he sadly became very

tour de calder

Calder Vets team pumped up for charity bike ride

A team of intrepid cyclists are once again getting ready to go the extra mile in a bid to put both vets and pets on the road to recovery. Our 12 practices across the county have teamed up with colleagues at Paragon Veterinary Referrals, in Wakefield, to stage the second ‘Tour de Calder Vets’ sponsored

Vinnie

Crufts winner Vinnie’s great work Down Under

Vinnie the superstar cocker spaniel is already a celebrated Crufts winner and budding film star. Now, the Best of Breed champion in both 2017 and 2018, who will soon be appearing in the movie Show Dogs, has notched another remarkable achievement in siring eight puppies in Australia – all by post! Four-year-old Vinnie is such a

cat blood donors requiered

Calder calls for cat blood donors as shortage strikes

We’re making an urgent call to cat owners across Yorkshire for their pets to become potentially life-saving blood donors due to a serious shortage of suitable felines. There are currently only two cats on our donor list and both have reached an age where it isn’t in their best interests to continue to give blood.

Brave Helga survives late-night trauma with treat ball

Brave Helga survives late-night trauma with treat ball

The owner of a puppy who needed an emergency procedure with a hacksaw to cut away a hard plastic ball she got stuck around her lower jaw is warning fellow dog lovers to be aware of the potential dangers their pets’ favourite toys can pose. Helga, an eight-month-old German Pointer, became extremely distressed when she