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Finn
PD Finn Finn's story When Police Dog Finn and his handler, PC Dave Wardell, were called to pursue a suspect in 2016, both of their lives changed. Finn proved himself to both brave and loyal when he was attacked by the suspect, apprehending them and protecting his handler who was also injured in the attack. Finn’s heroic actions earnt him the PDSA Gold Medal and he and handler PC Wardell have since…
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Social Media Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions for PDSA National Pet Show competition These terms and conditions apply to the PDSA National Pet Show competition running on PDSA’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms from Friday 28th April 2017 to midnight GMT on 1st May 2017. HOW TO ENTER: Internet access is required to enter. You will be able to enter the competition by sharing (Facebook), retweeting (Twitter) or…
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Graduate programme case studies
Graduate Programme case studies Hear what some of our Vets had to say about the scheme: Matthew Forshaw – Senior Veterinary Surgeon at Huyton Pet Hospital I'm Matt, the senior veterinary surgeon at Huyton Pet Hospital in Liverpool. I joined PDSA in 2009 as a new graduate from the University of Edinburgh. In the hope of not showing my age, the new graduate scheme didn't exist at that point.…
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Vax: in partnership with PDSA
Pets form a part of the family and can often cause as much mess! Vax offers a wide range of award winning products to make cleaning your home easy and effective.
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Scooting in dogs
Scooting is the word we use to describe a dog sitting down and dragging their bottom along the ground. There are a number of things that could cause scooting.
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Bad breath in cats
While we may not expect our cats to have breath as fresh as ours, if they have really smelly breath it could be the sign of an underlying medical problem.
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Scooting in cats
Scooting is a word used to explain the act of a cat sitting down and dragging their bottom along the ground. This is usually because of an itch or pain around their anus, caused by:
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Is my cat drinking and weeing too much?
Is your cat drinking or weeing more than usual? You may hear your vet use the words polyuria and polydipsia (PUPD for short). Polyuria is weeing too much, Polydipsia is drinking too much.
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Rip - Dickin Medal 27
Adopted as a mascot by Mr. King’s Civil Defence Squad colleagues in post B132, the Southill Street Air Raid Patrol (ARP), Rip showed a talent for sniffing out survivors trapped in bombed buildings and soon became an unofficial Search and Rescue dog.
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Theo - Dickin Medal 64
On their first tour of duty together, Royal Army Veterinary Corps Arms and Explosive Search Dog Theo, and his handler Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, were the one of the most successful Military Working Dog teams of the whole Afghanistan conflict.
