Good Boy Veterinary Clinic

Good Boy Veterinary Clinic Full service Veterinary clinic in Keperra. Dr Brigitte Roos and Dr Robert Wilkinson. Grooming service now available.

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT 🎉Good Boy Vets has turned ONE 🎂and we would like to thank the community for the overwhelming suppor...
11/05/2026

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT 🎉

Good Boy Vets has turned ONE 🎂and we would like to thank the community for the overwhelming support by hosting a FREE birthday party! Join us for food, music and plenty of activities on Sunday May 31 from 10am–12pm at 65 Gilston St, Keperra! 🎉🐾

PLEASE BRING CASH FOR FUNDRAISERS

🌭 $2 Sausage sizzle fundraiser for our wonderful friends in Vanuatu

🧑‍🎨 Pet portraits by
(These can be drawn from a photo — pets are welcome but not necessary.) The first 30 portraits are on Good Boy!

🩺 Do you have a much-loved teddy who has seen better days? Visit the Teddy Hospital where Dr Emily* (*not a real doctor) can mend your precious plush friend.

🐶🐹🐱 The Good Boy team will be running tours of our beautiful clinic and free competitions with some great prizes — including FREE VACCINATIONS for life for one lucky furry friend and a FREE DENTAL scale/polish and full mouth X-rays for one lucky pet!!

🎸 Live music by Accidentally Fremont Street

🌈 TWO face painters .facepainting

🐍 Reptile show by

🐞 Insect show by Bugs Ed.

🐶 will have friendly volunteers available to chat all things greyhound, including fostering, adopting, volunteering and ways you can support greys. If that doesn’t warm your hearts then a few long snoots and pats will do the trick! Come meet a greyhound!

💪 🐾 Kat, a qualified exercise physiologist, from the .ep will be there to talk about how you can use massage and exercise to help make your pets the strongest, happiest and most comfortable version of themselves!

🎈 Dr Rob and Dr Michelle will do be making balloon animals (or at least their best interpretation of animals…)

⛑️ Our very popular first aid kits will be for sale again (limited stock) with ALL PROCEEDS going to

We can’t wait to see you there!!!

Yes, the table is meant to be on a lean! The reverse Trendelenburg position refers to positioning the patient with the h...
07/05/2026

Yes, the table is meant to be on a lean!

The reverse Trendelenburg position refers to positioning the patient with the head elevated above the abdomen/pelvis. WHY on earth would we do this??

It’s commonly used to improve:
* surgical exposure of the cranial abdomen
* ventilation
* reduction of diaphragmatic pressure

This makes it perfect for upper abdominal surgeries (such as large splenic tumours), overweight dogs and brachycephalic breeds.

The angle helps shift abdominal contents caudally, reducing pressure on the diaphragm and allowing for improved lung expansion.

For our patient today, it was this small decision that made the world of difference to his already complicated anaesthetic.

04/05/2026

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease in cats. HCM is where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thickened, reducing the heart’s ability to relax and fill properly which can lead to complications such as arrhythmias, poor blood flow, thromboembolism and heart failure. The challenge is that HCM is often not reliably detected on physical exam—many cats have a normal auscultation. Echocardiography is the gold standard for diagnosis, but cost can limit accessibility for some owners. So what are some more pragmatic ways to screen for HCM?
1. A pre op ECG (this assesses heart rhythm). A large percentage of cats with HCM will have an arrhythmia. We routinely do this for cats as a part of our pre op assessment.
2. Chest X-rays. Some cats with HCM may have an enlarged heart on chest X-rays. Thoracic radiography often costs less than $100.
3. Pro BNP. This is a blood test that measures a hormone release by the heart when it is under stress.

If we profile a cat as high risk for HCM we will tailor the anaesthetic plan to help minimise risk. This involves careful drug selection, maintaining low heart rates, avoiding low blood pressure, judicious use of fluid therapy, minimising stress and close monitoring throughout.

We are OPEN today! No public holiday surcharge. Dr Rob only has emergency appointments available.
03/05/2026

We are OPEN today! No public holiday surcharge.
Dr Rob only has emergency appointments available.

02/05/2026

It was a busy Friday in clinic and on top of our routine appointments we had some emergency surgeries. Thank you to everyone for being kind and caring towards others who might need it, and for the extra grace you give us when we may run a little behind schedule 🩵

When we first introduced our dental/X-ray bundles, we didn’t expect just how much positive feedback we’d receive… so the...
30/04/2026

When we first introduced our dental/X-ray bundles, we didn’t expect just how much positive feedback we’d receive… so they’re here to stay!

Theo came in for one of these bundles, and during his imaging we picked up a splenic mass. He had no symptoms, and his blood tests were completely normal.

Because we found it early, Theo was able to be treated before it became an emergency.

The reality is that many splenic masses in dogs are only discovered once a patient suddenly collapses due to internal bleeding.

Theo’s case is exactly why we offer bundles like this - and why they’re now a permanent part of our services.

29/04/2026

If it isn’t obvious, Rob really doesn’t like being the face of our social media.. but it’s a good thing he LOVES to talk about anaesthesia!

Did you know we perform local nerve blocks in all of our TPLO surgeries? Local nerve blocks are a key part of multimodal analgesia. Dr Rob uses the ultrasound to help guide femoral and sciatic blocks to desensitise the limb before surgery. By ‘bathing’ these nerves in local anaesthetic, we can significantly reduce inhaled anaesthetic and opioid requirements, improving overall anaesthetic safety, recovery and comfort.

21/04/2026

It’s true, our job consists mostly of kissing puppies 😘

20/04/2026

Things you can only say in a vet clinic…
“do you like your balls to be clipped Rob?” - Kelly RVN

Mochi’s Adventures💥Mochi is a total overachiever when it comes to the title of long dog, she has an extra vertebrae (bon...
12/04/2026

Mochi’s Adventures💥

Mochi is a total overachiever when it comes to the title of long dog, she has an extra vertebrae (bone) in her spine!

This is an important anatomical variation that can influence spinal mechanics and is worth keeping in mind when considering back health—especially in a breed already predisposed to spinal issues.

Lucky for Mochi her disease was picked up early, allowing for early intervention and a better long term outcome.

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1/65 Gilston Street, Keperra
Brisbane, QLD
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