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Independent veterinary care in Hartlebury, Worcestershire. 🐾 Fear Free certified vet offering compassionate, stress-free care tailored to your pets' needs. 💕
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31/10/2026

Happy Halloween! 🎃

With trick-or-treaters, frequently opening doors and the possibility of early fireworks, tonight can feel unsettling for our pets.

A few precautions can help:

🐾 Keep chocolate, sweets, raisins and sugar-free products safely out of reach
🐾 Place lit pumpkins and trailing decorations where pets cannot reach them
🐾 Keep cats and other small pets securely indoors
🐾 Walk dogs before dark where possible
🐾 Make sure doors and gates remain secure when visitors arrive
🐾 Close curtains and use background sound to reduce flashes and bangs
🐾 Allow frightened pets to hide or stay close to you

Costumes may be fun for people, but not every pet enjoys wearing them. If your pet becomes still, tries to escape, hides or appears uncomfortable, let them celebrate without one.

If your pet has been prescribed firework medication, follow the instructions provided and give it at the recommended time. Never give human medication or somebody else’s pet medication.

We hope you and your pets have a safe and peaceful Halloween.

29/10/2026

Final appointments for our free nurse dental health checks 🐾

Our October offer ends this Saturday.

A nurse dental check is a useful starting point if you’ve noticed:

🐾 Bad breath
🐾 Red or bleeding gums
🐾 Visible tartar
🐾 Difficulty chewing or dropping food
🐾 A damaged or discoloured tooth
🐾 Reluctance to eat harder food or treats

Pets don’t always stop eating when their mouths are painful, so the absence of an obvious change in appetite doesn’t necessarily mean that everything is comfortable.

During the appointment, we’ll check the visible teeth and gums, discuss anything you’ve noticed and explain whether further assessment may be helpful.

Please contact us on 01299 333335 to ask about the remaining appointments.

27/10/2026

Happy National Black Cat Day! 🖤🐾

Today we’re celebrating black and black-and-white cats in all their glossy, elegant and occasionally mischievous glory.

Sadly, black cats can sometimes be overlooked when waiting for homes. Their colour says nothing about their personality, and anyone who shares their life with one will know that they’re every bit as individual as any other cat.

We’d love to meet the black cats in our community. Share a photograph in the comments and tell us something that makes your cat unmistakably themselves.

20/10/2026

Handling practice isn’t about teaching a puppy to tolerate anything we do to them.

It’s about helping them learn that gentle examination can be predictable, brief and rewarding.

When your puppy is relaxed, you can practise:

🐾 Briefly lifting one ear
🐾 Touching a paw without holding it tightly
🐾 Lifting the lip for a quick look at the teeth
🐾 Touching the chest or abdomen
🐾 Standing on a non-slip mat
🐾 Settling calmly on a familiar blanket

Keep each interaction very short and follow it with something your puppy enjoys. Stop if they turn away, pull back, become tense or stop accepting treats.

It’s much more helpful to complete one comfortable second than to continue until a puppy feels they need to struggle.

These small exercises can help with grooming, toothbrushing and veterinary visits—but progress should always take place at the puppy’s pace.

17/10/2026

Does your pet have somewhere they can retreat when fireworks begin?

A safe space works best when it is prepared in advance and your pet chooses to use it. Trying to place a frightened animal somewhere unfamiliar once the noise has started may make them feel more trapped.

Choose a quiet area away from windows and add familiar bedding. Some pets prefer a covered crate, while others choose a space behind furniture, under a bed or inside a wardrobe.

You can also:

🐾 Close curtains to reduce flashes
🐾 Use television, radio or white noise to soften outside sounds
🐾 Add favourite toys or treats if your pet will take them
🐾 Make sure water is accessible
🐾 Allow your pet to enter and leave freely
🐾 Ask family members to leave them undisturbed

If your pet seeks reassurance from you, it’s fine to provide it. You won’t reinforce fear by offering calm comfort.

If previous firework seasons have been very difficult, please contact us before the main displays begin. Some pets need prescription support as part of a wider plan.

15/10/2026

We have our 2027 calendar cover star! 🎉🐾

Congratulations to Ruby, whose wonderful photograph received the most votes in our public cover competition.

Thank you to everyone who entered, voted and shared the competition. The response has made this year’s calendar feel like a genuine celebration of our local pet community.

Our A4 wall calendars will cost £10, with £5 from every calendar sold donated to Small Animal Rescue.

We’re now completing the design and arranging printing. You can pre-order your calendars now at https://pawsitivevetcare.co.uk/2027-calendar

Well done, Ruby—we think you’ll look fantastic on the cover!

13/10/2026

Is your puppy suddenly chewing everything in sight?

Most puppies begin losing their baby teeth at around three to four months of age, with their adult teeth continuing to emerge over the following few months.

During this stage you may notice:

🐾 More chewing than usual
🐾 Small teeth on the floor—or no teeth at all, because many are swallowed
🐾 Slightly sore gums
🐾 A little blood on a toy
🐾 A temporary change in breath

Offer safe, puppy-appropriate things to chew and avoid very hard objects that could damage the developing adult teeth.

It is also worth beginning gentle mouth handling now. Briefly lift your puppy’s lip, reward them and stop before they become uncomfortable. This can make toothbrushing and future veterinary examinations much easier.

Occasionally a baby tooth remains in place after the adult tooth has erupted. These retained teeth can cause crowding and trap debris, so please ask us to check if you notice two teeth occupying the same position.

11/10/2026

Last chance to vote for our calendar cover stars! React to your favourite in the comments 😍

07/10/2026

Meet the stars of our 2027 Pawsitive Vet Care calendar! 🐾📅

Thank you to everyone who entered. We loved seeing so many dogs, cats, and a real variety of other pets from across our community.

After a great deal of discussion, our team has chosen the photographs for the twelve month pages:

January — Jasper
February — Betty Boo
March — Stew Pot, Bunny Pie and Nola the Destroyer!
April — Goblin
May — Coco and Buster
June — Gertrude, Dyllis and Phyllis
July — Jessie
August — Milly Mildred Muttage
September — Mars
October — Millie
November — Chester
December — Patrick Swayze

Now we need your help to choose the front cover.

We’ve selected 4 portrait-format finalists. To vote, react to your favourite photograph in the comments beneath this original post. Only reactions received before 15:00 on Monday 12th October will be counted.

The finished A4 wall calendars will cost £10, with £5 from every sale donated to Greatfield Small Animal Rescue

Good luck to all our cover finalists!

06/10/2026

A tooth can look fairly normal above the gumline while hiding painful disease underneath.

That’s why every dental COHAT at Pawsitive Vet Care includes full-mouth dental X-rays.

COHAT stands for Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment and Treatment. It involves much more than removing visible tartar. While your pet is under anaesthetic, we examine and chart the whole mouth, probe around the teeth, take X-rays of every tooth and clean above and below the gumline.

Dental X-rays can reveal problems including:

🐾 Bone loss around tooth roots
🐾 Painful tooth resorption in cats
🐾 Infection beneath the gumline
🐾 Fractured or damaged roots
🐾 Abnormally developed or unerupted teeth

Without X-rays, these conditions can be missed. We believe a dental assessment should investigate the whole tooth—not only the part we can see.

If you’re concerned about your pet’s mouth, we’re offering free nurse dental health checks throughout October.

Address

Unit 142 Hartlebury Trading Estate
Kidderminster
DY104JB

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 6pm
Thursday	8:30am - 6pm
Friday	8:30am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

Telephone

+441299333335

Website

https://pawsitivevetcare.co.uk/

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