Golden Valley Vets have been pleased to work with the Avon and Somerset Police for many years keeping the four footed members of the force in full health but some of the ‘clients’ were rather smaller than normal recently when the first of the ‘homebred’ pups were visited at Bower Ashton. A new development for the force and we all look forward to following the progress of the pups as they go through their police training.

Golden Valley Vets are very proud of their full 24 hour a day emergency service and feel it can tackle anything. This was certainly put to the test when we received a call from an international rescue team due to leave the country within two and a half hours of their call to us for drugs to cover the dogs being taken with them to an overseas rescue mission. Having been let down at the very last minute by their previous suppliers of veterinary drugs they needed a practice large enough to be able to get a complete emergency kit together in a matter of minutes if they were to meet the flight deadline. Golden Valley Vets did not let them down and by the time the lead doctor arrived at Nailsea we had not only identified all possible conditions the dogs could face, selected and supplied the correct drugs but also sorted dosing charts and other advice to help in the event of a canine emergency. Luckily we were a bit more organised for later requests for repeat kits but we do watch the overseas news with a bit more interest now!

40 vets choose Golden Valley Vets as part of their south west tour. A tour, organised by the British Veterinary Hospital Association, to showcase places of excellence and innovation in the veterinary world to practice owners hoping to develop their own facilities has included a visit to Golden Valley Vets hospital in Nailsea as part of their itinerary. The innovative use of glass in our operating theatres and the use of pendants to provide power and anaesthetic gasses to the operating table are believed to be unique within the veterinary profession so we will be ‘on parade’ in June!