Do you know of a good Vet or do you want to find one? (updated 14/05/08)
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you know of a good Vet please email us the details and we will put them
up here...like everything at Greyhound Action we rely on you to make
it work.
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Recommended vets:
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Richard
Allport, B.Vet.Med,Vet.M.F.Hom MRCVS
11 Southgate Rd Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5DR TEL: 01707 662058 |
A
Homeopathic vet who has been recommended by a few greyhound owners
as being very helpful curing their dogs of seperation anxiety
and other behavioural problems using only homopathic and herbal
remedies. |
| Mrs
long Bergholt road Colchester Essex Tel.01206851338 |
"I
have 2 ex racing greyhounds. We use a fantastic vet and I know of
other grey owners who do aswell. She is a real grey lover and has dogs of her own. I am delighted to say that she is one of the few vets who recomends alternative therapys. My male grey had a nonmalignant toumer on his leg I was treating it with teatree oil.this seemed to be shrinking it so she advised against the £100 pound operation that another vet had recommended . 2 weeks later the toumer was gone so no anasthetic for my dog and no £100 for the vet but she was delighted. Hope this helps Stella x" |
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Daniel
Doherty |
Daniel Doherty is a vet that specialises in Greyhounds. A GA supporter writes "I have two rescue greyhounds and he is great with them especially the one that has corns which I believe are only found in Greyhounds." and another supporter wroteabout Daniel Doherty "I went to see one of the vets that are listed in your vet recommendation section and he was great". |
Extracts from a letter to the Daily Telegraph (27 July 2002) by Denis Beary, Vice President, Society of Greyhound Veterinarians, Nottingham
"The state of the greyhound racing industry in this country is as bad as that in America (Features, July 24). A visit to a city track in Britain may present an impression of a thriving sport with a rising betting turnover and a younger audience. The reality is different: promoters are doing very well but money is not going elsewhere. Training fees can be as low as £4 a day in some parts of the country.
Prize money has not kept pace with inflation; open races worth £50-£60 in the mid-1960s are now worth £100-£150. Owners with greyhounds in training at most tracks will be lucky to cover two weeks' fees with a win.
The consequences are that corners are cut. Veterinary bills cannot easily be afforded by trainers, who struggle to make ends meet. Tracks pressure them to keep the maximum number of greyhounds "on the strength" so they can receive bonuses. One trainer was suspended and fined for daring to refuse to run his dog for the second time in three days as he considered he had not recovered from his previous run.
The
only source of income from the bookmakers is a voluntary levy, and the
promoters control the body that disburses it. One London track has received
£100,000 to build toilets but most lack proper watering systems or air-conditioned
kennels for animals who may be confined for up to six hours."
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