Vetwest Whitfords will be offering day time Puppy Pre-School classes starting on Thursday 17th March 2010. They will run every Thursday afternoon and there will be a 1.30pm class and a 3.30pm class (so you can bring along your children after school).

Pet Portrait Day is back! Award winning animal photographer Alex Cearns and her team at Houndstooth Studio are delighted to be bringing their set to Vetwest Whitfords on Sunday 31st January 2010. All pets are welcomed - dogs, cats, birds and pocket pets. Bookings are essential.

Vetwest Wanneroo marked the launch of their new DIY hydrobath service by holding "$5 Doggy Dip Day" on Sunday 6th December. Dog owners brought their four-legged friends to the clinic and use the hydrobath available.

A "Dogs Party" was held at Ocean Reef Park, organised by a few clients of Vetwest Animal Hospitals. These photos were sent in by one of our very good clients and it looked like all our two and four-legged friends had a good time!

The Vetwest Canning Vale team decided to try their hand at catamaraning one Sunday afternoon on the 8th November 2009. It was a great opportunity for the team to relax and spend time with each other outside of work.

Adventurous Veterinarian Nicole took a month off work in August to participate in a voluntary program where she and five other volunteers performed sterilisations on dogs in a small remote town called Leh, located in the northern Himalayas. Read her amazing story about the time she spent in this colourful community.

Join us on Sunday, 9th August for one of our extremely popular Pet Portrait days.  Multi award winning, official photographer for the RSPCA, Alex Cearns will be joining us at Vetwest Whitfords to snap up a forever lasting keepsake of your pet.  Furry, feathered and smooth, all pets are welcome and encouraged to join us. 

Dr Jacqueline Ley is a researcher for Monash University and is studying human-companion animal interactions. If you have owned your dog for 12 months or more, you can participate in this research by completing an online survey.  Select this link to go to the survey start page

The Australian Veterinary Assocation has been monitoring the international outbreak of swine flu and has issued a media release to inform the public about the important veterinary aspects of the outbreak. At this stage it is a human health issue.