Céline made it home!

Road trip complete - we've just walked in the door and I think Céline matches the decor perfectly.
Now to see how she gets on with Gary the cat!

Hot Bitches in Budapest

Portrait Mode photoshoot outside the Parliament building in Budapest.

We stumbled through a film set for Black Widow so if we make a cameo we'll have a book signing and do some autographs x

Lake Balaton - Balatonfoldvar Dog Beach

We're in the middle of our Road Trip, I arrived in Kosice on Thursday, picked up the girls and the dogs and headed to Budapest. We picked up my brother and carried on to Lake Balaton - the biggest lake in Europe with a 200km shoreline!

They have a few dog beaches so we booked an AirBnB in Balatonfoldvar which also has several dog friendly restaurants and bars in the area.
The water was soo nice and warm but equally bizarre that you could walk hundreds of metres into the lake and it's still waist height!

There were so many doggos and puppers on the beach so have a cute picture of Reeya strangling this Standard puppy.

Castle Sundays: Šariš Castle

Back once again with Castle Sundays and this time we visited Šariš Castle above the town of Velky Šariš near Prešov, about a 40 minute drive from Košice - I don't think I've ever typed so many š's in one sentence before!
Céline got a bit car sick but we were prepared with bags so nothing to clean up this week.

The castle was about a 45 minute walk from the car park and is 570m above sea level so pretty decent views from up there.

Once again we had Annica the photographer who got some awesome shots of the dogs

Céline on top of the totem pole

Winnie and Céline posing on a bench

and my favourite, Henry on Kolin who is trying his hardest to smile

Apparently there wasn't enough castle in last weeks Castle Sundays so we tried...

Castle Sundays: Obišovce Castle

Slovakia has the highest number of castles per person in the world so it's only right that we visit a few...

Today we had a family day out to Obišovce Castle with five of the dogs, all from the shelter, including Nathan the puppy who is up for adoption.

Annica look these photos and I can't get over how cute they are!
Kolin, Henry and Céline...

New member of the family, Céline

This little monster came as a foster for ‘a few days’ back in April ...fast forward a few months and I signed her adoption papers this week.

Céline has her passport will be moving to the UK in summer

Home Time

I’m heading home for 12 days tomorrow ...time to pack!

Veterinary Endoscopy Weekend

This weekend we were lucky enough to be visited by this years BSAVA President Philip Lhermette come out to Kosice to speak about minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery and endoscopy.

Philip has practiced endoscopy since 1995 so perfected lots of techniques for diagnostics and surgery and lectures at Nottingham Vet School as well as all over the world!

Burtons Veterinary Equipment drove over from the UK with the latest fixed and rigid endoscopes for us to try out with some awesome gastrointestinal models which have pathology we had to find and foreign bodies to remove.


There was also a station with rigid endoscopes for laparoscopy training with different tasks to complete like stacking sugar cubes, peeling oranges, removing stones from a kidney (red pepper) and balloons filled with water to simulate hydropericardium.

Céline the wonder pup came along for the practical sessions and loved laparoscopy...

The lectures were great and loads of us are now itching to find practices who do laparoscopic surgeries to do EMS at and learn more about the procedures. I'm sure that during my career we'll see more and more laparoscopic surgery with the medical advantages (less hemorrhage and pain, faster recovery) and clients requesting it.
I've said it time and time again but the technology available to vets for surgery is amazing - I loved the EndoGrab for fixing ovaries to the abdominal wall before zapping off the ovarian ligament, artery and vein with a LigaSure tissue and vessel sealer.

Many thanks to Philip Lhermette and Burton's for giving up your weekends and coming out to speak to us - a great time was had by all!

Vaccination Day

Céline has been to the vets for her second DHPPi vaccination and wormer

She's had a little bit of a gunky eye for a few days which I was cleaning with eye cleaner from the pet shop which wasn't working so we have antibiotic and steroid eye drops to give five times a day to clear it up.

It seems a little excessive to give five times a day but best to get on top of it early and she's been really good about putting them in

Céline the Foster Pup

A friend has been fostering a dog with the hopes of adopting her when she graduates this summer but the job she has taken has long days so not ideal for having a dog! She is moving apartments this weekend and asked me to take her on as a foster.

She came over and was super nervous as she's only lived with girls before so it took a lot of treats to make friends but she settled in the evening.