Wheelchairs can provide pets with the ability to move again on their own steam, delivering a huge emotional boost and greatly improving the quality of both their & their owner’s lives. “I wish I had done something sooner”
Posts By Gillian Shippen, Director HandicappedPets Australia & Pets Need A Life Too
Tips for veterinary clients on how to successfully & happily live with an incontinent pet
Over my years as a veterinary nurse, a very common issue for our clients with their pets (usually but not always, dogs) was incontinence, and not automatically related to age. It is a known, albeit not necessarily common, side effect of desexing in female
3 Things I bet you didn’t know about… Pets Need A Life Too!
Pets Need A Life Too is a one-stop-shop dedicated to enriching the lives of pets by sourcing & supplying unique environmental enrichment products & toys of all types for all pets. 1. They are absolute experts at….. Behaviour enrichment! It is their pas
DIY Enrichment Ideas for Dogs
It’s so exciting to see that pet enrichment is finally becoming the flavour of the month! So many pet people are now embracing the movement of providing behaviour enrichment for their pets.
Sensory Gardens – another great pet environmental enrichment idea
Sensory gardens are a great way to de-stress your dog (& cat!). They’ve become quite popular in overseas pet shelters as a way to help de-stress the dogs in their care and the idea is now starting to spark interest here in Australia…..
Conversations on a bus…Hanson, Trump & why I chose to be a veterinary nurse
Sometimes conversations with strangers on a bus can take an interesting turn… I don’t normally travel via public transport but with my much beloved convertible being out of action these last 3 months I have been forced to rely on ……
Pet dental health AND behaviour enrichment toys – 2 benefits for the price of one!
It’s pet dental health month now you may be asking how behaviour enrichment has anything to do with good dental hygiene? Well, did you know that there is at least two companies that now provide behaviour enrichment toys that incorporate dental chews
No time to DIY? Interactive food toys to enrich your pet’s life
Part 3 in a series of Guest Blog Posts from Gillian Shippen on the value of using food dispensing toys to slow down your speed eating pet while also speeding up their brain. This blog post will discuss what is available commercially for those without the
Fussy cat, speed eating dog? Try a food dispensing toy to also feed the brain!
Part 2 of a series of Guest Blog Posts from Gillian Shippen on the value of using food dispensing toys for your fussy cat and speed eating dog.. Throwing away the food bowl may seem radical but it can be lots of fun for your pet.
Why it might be time to get rid of that food bowl for your dog, cat or bird!
Could encouraging pets to use their brain more also improve their behaviour? A recent post by Dr Belinda The Vet (Anxiety in Puppies May 2014) written after she attended the AVA conference in Perth featuring the ever popular behavioural Vets Dr’s Gary La