Pete the Vet: Pet Therapy
03.02.10 Pets have long been shown to benefit our health and well-being, and pet therapy is being used worldwide to great effect in nursing homes, long-term hospitals, institutions for mentally and physically impaired, day care centres...

Pete the Vet: Dog Depression
27.01.10 If your dog has seemed out of sorts recently, or down in the dumps, and there doesn't appear to be any physical sickness, then there is the distinct possibility that your animal is depressed. Our resident vet, Pete Wedderburn...

Pete the Vet: Puppy training
13.01.10 Puppy training is vitally important so you get off to the correct start with your new dog. Pete brought pup Kiko into studio and gave his training tips. Pete answered some of your queries after this morning's show and you can...

Pete the Vet: Excessive Drinking
16.12.09 Does your cat or dog drink too much? Excessive thirst can be an early sign of illness such as diabetes or even cancer in pets so if you think the water bowl is rapidly shrinking, then it might be time to visit the...

Pete the Vet: Domestic dangers
09.12.09Dogs explore with their mouths and this can get them into trouble. Pete Wedderburn, our resident Vet, joins us with Olly the Puppy to tell us how best to protect your small animals against the dangers lying around your...

Pete the Vet: Ear cancer in cats
02.12.09 Pete had a tabby cat with no ears on the show this morning.  She had them both amputated because she got cancer in her ears. Cancer in cat's ears is very common, especially in white cats. This problem can develop at any...

Pete the Vet: Worming Puppies
25.11.09 This morning Pete talks about worming puppies and kittens, and introduces us to Kiko, his new eight week old puppy. The life cycle of puppy worms:1. Worm cysts are present in bitch's mammary glands2. When she produces milk,...

Pete the Vet - Pet Passports
Pete the Vet [web only] - Pete tackles some more of your viewer texts and emails in this web only Q&A 18.11.09On the show this morning to tell us all about pet passports was our resident vet, Pete Wedderburn and with him was...

Pete the Vet: Discount pedigrees
11.11.09 Vet Pete Wedderburn had a small Yorkie puppy, called Cleo, on the show this morning. He discussed how as there has been a surge of ‘discount' pedigrees on the black market. Pedigree dogs can cost in their hundreds, so...

Pete the Vet: Pedigree Dogs
04.11.09 Pete the vet talks about the problems of pedigree dogs, inherited diseases and the direct evidence of ill health in pedigree dogs.   Monthly cost of insuring pedigree dog - €259 (some breeds €292 - Bulldog,...