Bridget is a sweet little Dachshund who visited Dr Andrea as she had been constantly shaking her head and was just not herself after coming home from her bath two days earlier. Dr Andrea gave Bridget an all over examination and used a special instrument called an otoscope to check her ears, finding that she had an inner ear infection.

Honey is a fourteen year old Pomeranian who has caused no end of drama! She was initially adopted from a rescue centre when she was about four years old. After four happy years living with her owners Honey then went missing! Honey's poor owners searched high and low for her and contacted all of the pounds and animal shelters but she was no where to be seen. Her owners were distraught and after some months had to accept the fact that Honey was gone, and while they never forgotten Honey they never expected to see her again.

Ringo was out walking when he was attacked by another dog. When he was presented to Dr Andrea he was bleeding from his mouth and was in pain. Dr Andrea assessed that Ringo was in shock and needed to be stabilised before any further assessments could be performed.

Jackson is a ten year old Newfoundland dog who was brought to Reservoir Veterinary Clinic on a very hot day in November. He had cyanotic (blue) gums and was having trouble breathing during his walk. Dr Suzanne Leibel examined Jackson and immediately placed him on an intravenous fluid drip and administered oxygen therapy. Jackson was sedated to calm his respiration to reduce his panic behaviour. Jackson's temperature was 41.9 degrees Celsius, the normal range for dogs is 38-39 degrees.

Sadly one of our regular clients had to say goodbye to her long time companion of many years. Being at home without her friend was quite sad, so she decided to adopt a new dog into her family. After some research she decided to adopt a dog from a rescue centre. She fell in love with Beamer a four year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Turtle is a three year old Jack Russell Terrier who was bought to the Reservoir Veterinary Clinic as she was limping. Dr Wayne examined Turtle and found that one of her toes was extremely painful and swollen. Turtle was admitted to the hospital for a general anesthetic and a radiograph of her toes.

We could not resist mentioning the bravery of little Pip who is a four year old Maltese. Pip underwent a big surgery on both his knees. He was such a brave little man and was trying to walk very slowly just 24 hours after his operation. He was the perfect patient and loved nothing more then to get lots of yummy food from the nurses.

Our patient of the month is Kitch, the 13 year old Terrier cross. Unfortunately, Kitch and his owner have had a very difficult month as they lived in Kinglake and were there when fire devastated the town on Saturday February 7th. Kitch's owner lost her home and some of her pets. Kitch was lucky enough though to escape without sustaining any injuries.

Chance is a 12 year old Kelpie cross and during a routine senior check up with Dr Raj he noticed that she had fractured her carnassial tooth, which is the largest molar towards the back of her mouth. The pulp, or nerve of the tooth, was exposed which meant that Chance would have had some pain and discomfort around that tooth. Chance was booked in to have the tooth removed under a general anaesthetic and to have a clean of her other teeth.

Aurora, known as Rory to her friends, is a 6 month old female Siberian Husky puppy. In her short life she has spent a portion of it at the Reservoir Veterinary Clinic. It began when Rory fractured her patella when she was 3 months old. Dr Andrea took radiographs of Rory's knee and was able to see the fracture of her patella. The options for treatment were strict rest or surgery. We decided to start with strict rest as recommended by an orthopaedic specialist. This was a lot easier said than done for a very active puppy and Rory had to come in for regular check up's every week.