EMERGENCY CHEST SURGERY SAVES DOG STRUGGLING TO BREATHE

An image of a springer spaniel named Sprocket. He has a brown face and white body and he is wearing a buster collar. Sprocket is sitting down and looking up at the camera

A working dog left struggling to breathe after a severe infection is back to full fitness following emergency chest surgery here at Willows. Sprocket, a seven-year-old Springer Spaniel, underwent the life-saving procedures as his health had rapidly deteriorated to the point where breathing was becoming a real problem after contracting a condition called pyothorax, believed…

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GRATEFUL DOG OWNER’S THANKS TO WILLOWS AFTER FAMILY PET IMPALED ON STICK

A dog lover has spoken of his horror at finding his 10-month-old puppy impaled on a 13-inch stick. Kevin Blythe, from Hereford, said he heard a “howl of agony” and then discovered his cocker spaniel Louie with a stick stuck deep into his throat. Local vets only gave the treasured family pet a 50-50 chance…

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OWNER’S RELIEF AFTER DOG’S LIFESAVING SURGERY AT WILLOWS

A dog owner has breathed a huge sigh of relief after his beloved English bulldog underwent lifesaving surgery here at Willows in the West Midlands.  Three-year-old Phoebe had two emergency operations with us in just three months after being badly affected by Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS). Indeed, Phoebe’s struggles with BOAS left her owner Lee O’Reilly,…

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