Thank you from Greenfields Greyhound Rescue

We have had this lovely message from Greenfields Greyhound Rescue following receiving their part in the donation station

As Sarah said a few days ago, just before Christmas I received a telephone call from Holmes & Murphy asking me to collect Greenfields Greyhound Rescue's allocation from the Donation Station as there was so much people couldn't get into the surgery! 

There is even more than in the photo that Sarah posted as there are also blankets and a huge duvet which I had already collected previously. I won't spoil Sarah's "Guess The Weight" question but there was a LOT of donations - dried food, tinned meat, biscuits, treats, Christmas stockings, bowls, bedding and a great variety of toys. 

My foster dog Cadi has been a good girl keeping her teeth clean with the denta sticks! A HUGE thank you from Cadi and everyone at Greenfields to Holmes & Murphy for once again arranging the very successful Donation Station and to everybody who donated something - Holmes & Murphy officially have the best and most generous clients!!! 

In the two weeks before Christmas we had to rescue 11 hounds who were going to be put down - Greyhounds, Lurchers, Whippets and a Saluki (plus an elderly Collie whose sad pleading eyes melted Hayley's heart and she couldn't leave him behind!, but he has now moved on to a specialised Collie foster home) - so this really will be a big help to us. Thank you so much. Happy New Year and Best Wishes to Everyone for 2015 from all the humans and hounds at Greenfields.

Cadi

Donation Station!!!!!!!!!

Well hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got everything you wanted. Yet again our wonderful clients have come up trumps!!!

Thank you to everyone who gave to the donation station (especially our very generous friends at The Milverton guest house). 

Greenfields Greyhound Rescue collected their portion  but we are still collecting for North Clwyd Animal Rescue and Cats Protection until beginning of January. 

For a bit of post Christmas fun can you guess how much (in weight) is in the Greenfields pile ..............

Donations to Greenfields Greyhound Rescue

All of our charities would be delighted to receive any donations at any time of year, not just Christmas so if you ever have any food, bedding or toys you can always drop them into the surgery and we will pass them on for you ...

Christmas & New Year Opening Times

These are our opening times over Christmas and New Year.

• Wednesday 24th - 08:00 - 16:00
• Thursday 25th - Closed
• Friday 26th - Emergency Clinic 10:00 - 13 :00 (appointment only and additional charges will apply)
• Saturday 27th - open as normal from 09:00-12:00
• Wednesday 31st - 08:00 - 18:00
• Thursday 1st - 10:00 - 13:00 (appointment only and additional charges will apply)

Please note if you are a registered client with us you can be seen at any time over the festive period including out of hours at the surgery. Additional charges may apply.

Merry Christmas

Holmes & Murphy Christmas Party!

Grooming - Before and Afters!!!

Just in case you missed our announcement back in November but we have now added Pet Grooming to our services that we can offer.

We wanted to share some photos so you can see how much tidier your beloved pet can look (if only you could tell how much better they smell online!)

Busby

Cody

Lewi

Mr Giggs

Teddy

Zac

Happy Birthday to Us!!!! We've been open for 2 years!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! we have been open two years today and what a great two years, we have some lovely clients and want to thank you all for your support!

Have a look in our Gallery to see just some of our wonderful clients 

Fidget

Case of the Month November 2014 - What Elsie could go wrong?

Elsie is a lovely 10 and a half year old Springer Spaniel that we knew quite well as a client. In the beginning of November she came in for her annual booster injection but during her check up it was noticed that Elsie was quite swollen on her left hand side so it to was decided to do some further investigation on Elsie ....

Elsie's story is here

Elsie

Thank you to Guto's Dad for our hand made stool!

We have been treating a lovely chap called Guto whose dad owns Aber Original furniture and as a thank you he made us this fabulous stool! and here is Corinna already making use of it to reach the higher things! what a great gift and we will certainly get lots of use from it!

And this photo shows The lovely Guto with our lovely Joy - he is quite the poser!

Pet Grooming!

For those of you not on our email list you won't have seen our latest news. Some of you may recognize Lucy from reception but Lucy is also a qualified dog groomer. Due to client feedback from November 10th we will now be offering pet grooming and have facilities above the surgery. If you would like more information (or to ensure we have your email address so you hear about our offers) please ring the surgery on 01492 878581 or if you would like to email Lucy please contact her at grooming@holmesandmurphyvets.co.uk

October 2014 Case of the Month - Everything is coming up Rosie!

Rosie is 13 year old cat that came in for her booster a few months ago. The owner reported that although Rosie was eating very well she appeared to be losing weight. Rosie  looked well in herself but you could start to feel her bones so it was recommended to take a blood sample to see what was going on inside. Rosies bloods showed she had raised kidney enzymes and raised thyroxine levels. Thyroxine is the main hormone produced by the thyroid gland, a little gland located at the front of the neck ....

Rosie's story is on our web-site

Rosie

 

Run Free Alliance - against breeding of Beagles for Animal Scientific Procedures

Morning all, Sherlock has been a very busy Beagle this month walking many miles in order to raise sponsorship and awareness for the Run Free Alliance - a group whose objective is to abolish the breeding for, and use of Beagles for animal scientific procedures and experiments in the UK. 

We pledged to walk 120 miles this month and it looks as though we will complete the month with 125 miles logged. If you could find it in the goodness of your hearts to donate even just 1p a mile (£1.25) it will all add up. 

Sherlock has perfected how to get his own way I hope it gets to you as it does me. 

Please donate through paypal to rebecca.runfreealliance@gmail.com and put Sherlock or my name in the comments. 

Thanks so much xxx

Pea Diddy (Poppy) has found her forever home!

Pea Diddy (aka Poppy), the Greyhound who featured as the August Case of the Month, has finally found her forever home. She moved in with her new owner Allison and new companion Spud the Lurcher on Monday. As you can see, she has already found the sofa and made herself comfortable! Allison also plays the violin and apparently it turns out that Poppy is a music lover! She sits beside her listening and then falls asleep!

Spud & Pea Diddy

Pies

How amazing does this look? Many thanks to Roy and Corinna who made us lunch yesterday and lovingly put our logo on the pie. The food was delicious and all Vegan! the staff have already put in their own orders for Christmas!

September Case of the Month - MInty

Minty is an 18 month old cat owned by one of our nurses. Unfortunately Minty had an argument with a car that resulted in him having multiple injuries. On his back leg he injured his tibia and fibula.

Minty's story is on our Case of the Month page

Minty

Thanks to everyone that attended our 'You Are What You Eat' talk

Many thanks to the very enthusiastic Jackie from Virbac Pet complex for her very entertaining talk on pet nutrition last night. Also a big thank you to all our clients that attended the evening and asked questions I had never even thought about! 

Apologies to everyone that didn't get their bag of food, the night was more popular than we expected but it will be available at the surgery today.

If you have any further questions about last nights talk or suggestions for future talks then please contact us and we will see what we can arrange. 

Jackie

You Are What You Eat! Pet Nutrition Talk FREE for all clients! Thursday 11th September at 7pm

If you would like to learn more about what you feed your pets then please attend our client education evening on Thursday September 11th at 19:00 in Llandudno Football Club. The evening is sponsored by Virbac Pet Complex Foods and there will be money off vouchers for pet food, samples and a free buffet for the humans!

The evening is free to all our clients.

If you are interested please contact  the surgery to reserve your place.

Case of the Month, August 2014 Pea Diddy Didn't

Pea Diddy or rather Poppy who became known as Pea Diddy  is a five year old ex-racer who retired in March this year and then went to Greenfields Greyhound Rescue at the end of July.  We met her in August when she came in to be spayed and have her teeth done. Both of these are quite big operations but Pea Diddy was a very kind and gentle girl who showed no malice during her op or during her post op checks. Pea Diddy had 11 teeth removed in total but has a smile now that rivals Simon Cowells!

Pea Diddy's story is on our Case of the Month page

Poppy (Pea Diddy)

Rina's last day :(

Rina

Today (28th August 2014) is a very sad day for us as our lovely receptionist Rina is retiring. In fairness we dragged her out of retirement to help us when we opened the practice and then have been in denial ever since that she would leave us. If you see her today please wish her luck and tell her we will miss her. We received this lovely message is from her son ...

Today my mother is retiring from work. If I ever meet anybody who works as hard as she does I'd be surprised. She kept the farm going on her own for a long time, she had her heart broken by people who were lucky to be in her life ( I was there so I know what happened). She moans a lot, has her tantrums and absolutely lives her animals more than anything (this sounding a bit familiar?!). Not many people know she has a degree after studying in Bangor and the O.U. She paid off her student loan by cleaning the White Lion pub every morning.
She won't stop working - she still has her own cows to look after (she would never ever be without her cows!!). So if you see her about tell her congratulations on retiring and tell her she can do my ironing now....

Dog Show 2014 - Photos and Results!!!!

What a great day and we were very lucky with weather (unlike last year!).  A huge thank you to everyone for showing up to our dog show and to support our wonderful charity Greenfields Greyhound Rescue who you raised over £250 for!

You can see the photos of the day on either Google or Facebook.

Sadly several of these dogs were looking for a home when we had our (aborted) dog show this time last year. 

 

Greenfields Greyhound Rescue at our Dog Show - Thank you

This gorgeous chap is Clyde the greyhound and he sent this message to us (WITH BITS IN BRACKETS FROM US!)

Clyde

On behalf of Greenfields Greyhound Rescue Clyde sends a MASSIVE thank you to Holmes & Murphy for a wonderful Dog Show on Sunday – for all their hard work organising the day and for very kindly donating the proceeds to us, to Lee for all his help and photos, to Cymru Ices for their donation, and to everyone who attended for their support and for some very generous donations. To date we have raised almost £260, with Sarah and Fiona generously giving us £150, and the possibility of more to come. We are a small rescue organisation so this is a huge help to us. Thank you so much.

Congratulations to all the rosette winners and all the entrants. We enjoyed meeting some lovely dogs – and people too of course! Clyde has just about got over his embarrassment of winning Dashingest Dog! (well deserved if you ask us!) And thank you to his young friend for helping him win the Musical Sit – but I’m afraid he failed to get her name!

Socks "I Want A Home"

If anyone would like to donate to us (or snuck into a class and didn't pay) Our website is: www.greenfieldsgreyhoundrescue.co.uk and there is donation link on the home page.

Pet Fit Club Super Slimmer LACEY!!!

Give me a L Give me an A Give me a C Give me an E give me a Y what do you get LACEY LAAAAACCCEYYYYY yeah Lacey. Lacey is our super slimmer and has been coming to our pet fit club. Her target weight was 7kg and today she weighed 6.9kg so exceeded her target. Well done to her and her mum for all her hard work which earned her this certificate and a free bag of food! well done to Siobhan the nurse for helping keep her on track.

Lacey with Faith

Air Conditioning!

Just a quick thank you for your patience with our super hot consult rooms over the past few weeks but as of last night we have had the air conditioning installed.  We're sure its a coincidence that we wake up this morning to heavy rain and warnings of a possible hurricane!

We have also had air conditioning installed into the separate cat and dog wards. 

A not very interesting picture of an air con unit!

Thank you from St Davids Hospice to everyone that attended the Woofs & Wellies Sponsored Walk

We received a very nice picture and certificate today from St David's Hospice as a thank you to everyone that attended their Woofs & Wellies Walk

 

Fun Day & Dog Show - Sunday August 24th

On Sunday August 24th in conjunction with Llandudno football club there will be a fun day and dog show at the training ground of the Football club. The dog show will start at 12.00pm . To register interest please contact the surgery otherwise you are able to register for the classes from 11am.

Classes interested in entering (please enter as many as you like).  £1 entry per class, all money goes to charity.

• Dog with the waggiest tail
• Sexiest 6 legs
• The dog and spoon race (you and your dog have to navigate the course without dropping your egg!)
• Musical sit (you and your dog both have to be sitting when the music stops)
• Best in show handler 16 and under (you will be asked to perform a few recalls)
• Catch the sausage
• Dog most like owner
• Best bitch (is your female the prettiest around?)
• Dashingest dog (is your male the most handsomest hound)
• After 8 ambassador (is your dog over 8 years old but young at heart)
• Puppy party prince and Princess. (This class is only open to dogs that have attended one of our puppy parties)

Case of the Month July 2014 - A Grass Seed of Doubt

We've put up our case of the month for July 2014 about Sebastian, an 18 month old Shih Tzu.

As a breed Shih Tzu's can be quite prone to eye problems so it was no surprise to see Sebastian's name on the diary with a comment of sore eye ....

Woofs & Wellies Sponsored Walk for St Davids Hospice

We were very proud to sponsor the annual St. Davids Hospice woofs and wellies walk on Sunday July 20th. The walk took in some stunning views of Menai Bridge and after a very warm week the weather was dry but there was a nice breeze so it made for a very pleasant walk. It was nice to see some of our clients on teh walk and for those that weren't able to walk their dogs themsselves we had staff on hand to volunteer!

Full story is here