Park Pets Veterinary Clinic Kinnegad

Park Pets Veterinary Clinic Kinnegad Modern, well equipped small animal veterinary surgery where your pets are treated like family. In-house laboratory

Gorgeous Tokyo is the most beautiful giant schnauzer. She had emergency surgery with us during the week. She’s a very ha...
05/09/2026

Gorgeous Tokyo is the most beautiful giant schnauzer. She had emergency surgery with us during the week. She’s a very happy girl and she’s recovering really well.

Buddy presented to us as a second opinion a number of weeks ago. He had sustained a neck injury six weeks before and he ...
03/09/2026

Buddy presented to us as a second opinion a number of weeks ago. He had sustained a neck injury six weeks before and he had severe neurological damage. His head carriage is as very low; and an orthopaedic exam revealed several abnormalities. He was totally uncoordinated, and he had abnormal reflexes in three limbs. We localised his injury to his neck.

Sadly the injury had established itself and the prognosis was very grave for a recovery. We discussed MRI/CT plus tertiary referral. With a number of cases we have treated lately; the estimates for owners from some specialist centres have ranged from 7k to 12k for neck and spinal surgery without any guarantee of outcomes; because spinal surgery is at the upper end of risk for our doggy patients.

We had a long chat and we decided, as the golden window for surgery had probably long since passed; that we would opt for an intensive period of conservative medical management.

We took him under our wing and tailored a protocol just for him; including a combination of medications; instructions for home care; treatment of pain and anxiety; muscle relaxants; and crucially I gave him a course of acupuncture.

His recovery has been astounding. We were overjoyed to sign him off today and he has regained full function; and he’s totally pain free.

His owner tells me that he herds the cattle into the shed; and then he herds them back out again. Something tells me after all the love and care he’s had in recent weeks; that he’ll have an easy time down on the farm; and he’ll be allowed to herd wherever he likes for the foreseeable..

His owners were just wonderful to come and seek us out for help; and we’re so glad that they did.

We are happy to accept referrals for spinal injuries; disc disease; neck pain or post operative care after surgery. We love these cases and we will always offer hope where we think there’s a chance of recovery.

Meet Boston, he came in for a monthly osteoarthritis review today. His tail didn’t stop wagging the whole time he was he...
02/09/2026

Meet Boston, he came in for a monthly osteoarthritis review today. His tail didn’t stop wagging the whole time he was here☺️ he only joined our clinic in June with lameness after exercise

Gorgeous Maggie happily heading home after life saving surgery. She developed sepsis very quickly from a womb infection....
02/09/2026

Gorgeous Maggie happily heading home after life saving surgery. She developed sepsis very quickly from a womb infection. At surgery we found multiple cysts and a pus filled uterus. She was a very brave girl.

We had a second case yesterday; in a five year old dog. She had a very high white cell count and she wasn’t eating. One of the most common symptoms is excessive drinking; so watch out for that.

Our super team vet Katie, nurses Hannah and Michelle and new vet Eadaoin cleared the decks and rushed both dogs to surgery to give them the best chance of survival.

We’re so happy to reunite pets with their owners after a surgical crisis, once everything is ok. . It’s the absolute best part of our job! 🐕🐾

Minnie presented to us just off form with very vague symptoms just as her family touched down for a precious holiday in ...
04/08/2026

Minnie presented to us just off form with very vague symptoms just as her family touched down for a precious holiday in Tenerife. She was in the care of relatives.

A screen ling blood sample immediately had our medical detective antennae on high alert. Her sodium was reading quite low and her potassium a bit high. The ratio was suspicious of an underactive adrenal gland.

Thankfully we are a well stocked A and E unit as well as being everyday GPs! We had a special hormone on hand to run an emergency test on her adrenal glands. This involves stimulating the production of cortisol using a synthetic hormone.

We were right! A diagnosis of Addisons disease came back from our reference lab in Germany.

Minnie will need monthly injections for life; but early detection will mean she won’t have to suffer undiagnosed disease. She’s flying and she’s a very brave girl for all of her blood samples.

We’re always investing in new techniques and equipment, and we were so happy to accept this difficult new case this week...
18/07/2026

We’re always investing in new techniques and equipment, and we were so happy to accept this difficult new case this week of an oral tumour wrapped around the canine of a sweet little springer spaniel.

This was a slow growing tumour. We considered several different approaches, and we opted for dental radiographs and an excisional biopsy as a first step.

We have a new bipolar cautery surgical unit which allows us to tackle complex tumours in the oral cavity, as it effectively deals with haemhorrage that would otherwise be difficult. Growths in the mouth tend to be very vascular.

These types of cases need a surprising amount of equipment to tackle successfully. We also needed our blood machines, infusion pumps, intraoral dental radiography unit, dental machine, anaesthetic machine, surgical packs, multiparameter anaesthesia monitor, and more… to safely assess and biopsy this tumour under general anaesthetic.

We were thrilled to see from our dental radiographs that it didn’t seem to be invading the surrounding bone. Depending on biopsy results; we may book a CT scan and/ or schedule further aggressive surgery if we need to get a clean margin.

We’re really hopeful that it’s a benign growth that will not recur; but we need the help of our amazing colleagues in our external reference laboratory to tell us what it is. Once removed, our wonderful nurse Hannah prepared the tumour into formalin, and ordered a courier to come and collect the tissue to take safely to the lab. They’ll spend some weeks preparing the tissue; possibly dissolving some attached bone or cartilage tissues out in careful processes; before splicing it and carefully examining it under high magnification.

Histopathologists are unsung heroes helping us every day. Overall they’re a cautious bunch of people, who are aware of how important their diagnosis is.

Although AI is advancing rapidly in human and veterinary diagnostics, we prefer to use labs with real humans with extensive knowledge and certifications in pathology for now, when assessing these types of cases, because our next steps are totally dependent on their expert opinion.

Yoshi came to see me as a second opinion many months ago. At aged four he had already suffered two severe episodes of sp...
17/07/2026

Yoshi came to see me as a second opinion many months ago. At aged four he had already suffered two severe episodes of spinal disease and he was unable to walk. There was almost no hope. Ideally he had been a surgical candidate; but the surgery window had long passed; and his chances were very poor of surviving.

With the costs of spinal surgery now rocketing to c. 5000 euro at referral practices with MRI and specialist surgeons, and with no assurance of any certain outcome; surgery remains beyond the reach of most clients unless they have a good insurance policy. The window for surgery is very narrow and once it’s passed the chances of surgery healing drops dramatically.

Although with grade 3 and 4 intervertebral disc disease the prognosis is extremely poor; as long as animals are kept comfortable; a wheelchair remains an option.

We had a very difficult and serious conversation about his chances; disc disease; surgery with its poor chances of success; and him possibly getting worse and losing continence.

His wonderful owners refused to give up and we’ve had him on a course of medications; rest; physio and weekly acupuncture for a number of months.

I’m overjoyed to report that he is walking again… along with several other cases I have treated in recent years; that really shouldn’t be ok. 🐾

I don’t offer acupuncture to every case. Sometimes it would be unethical. However; I will do anything for a little dog or cat that has even the slimmest chance of recovering from any disease: as long as they are not suffering; and their welfare is paramount.

I absolutely love these cases; and I’d like to thank my wonderful Dad Phil for passing down his acupuncture skills to me and helping me to help the animals. 🐕 🐈‍⬛ ❤️ 🐾

We had a very unusual presentation of a retained baby tooth in a cat last week. We see these in dogs but I’ve never seen...
17/07/2026

We had a very unusual presentation of a retained baby tooth in a cat last week. We see these in dogs but I’ve never seen it in a cat! So I guess it’s as rare as 28 years at the coalface working 40 to 60 hours every week; whatever that statistic is 🤣🤣

You can clearly see the extra tooth! We extracted it so it doesn’t cause periodontal disease to the main canine tooth.

16/07/2026

We had some visitors munching on the jasmine on our house and roaming around the garden. this morning. It was a fairly eventful hour to ring for help. I managed to herd them into our pond. It was hilarious. Last time I was this close to a cow was about 1998. Not really my area… uninvited

Poor little Daisy May always does the best sad dog face. But over the weekend she was unusually sad, down in herself, le...
15/07/2026

Poor little Daisy May always does the best sad dog face. But over the weekend she was unusually sad, down in herself, lethargic and behaving strangely.

Our client attended our emergency partner and they were immediately concerned about meningitis.

Our lovely client Grainne gave me permission to share her experience to alert other pet owners to the symptoms.

We had another suspected case in our clinic first thing this morning in a gorgeous French bulldog; and both of our patients have needed emergency MRIs and cerebrospinal fluid taps at referral.

Without rapid action by owners; and without a thorough assessment by their vet; and access to imaging facilities at short notice; these cases can be missed until it’s too late to save them.

Symptoms can include any of the following

* Severe neck pain and stiffness — the dog may hold the head low, resist turning it, cry when the neck is touched, or avoid bending to eat.
* Fever, often high or recurring.
* Marked lethargy, depression, and reduced appetite.
* Stiff, guarded walking or reluctance to move, jump, climb stairs, or play.
* Generalised pain, trembling, panting, or yelping.
* Sometimes joint pain, lameness, or swollen joints due to concurrent immune-mediated polyarthritis.
* In chronic or relapsing cases, occasional weakness, wobbliness, or other neurological deficits, though obvious neurological abnormalities are less typical in acute cases

These cases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, inflammation and toxins. I once had a puppy that kept getting arteritis and meningitis symptoms over the course of a few months until we figured out that he was having m&m sweets as treats!! The food dyes were inflaming his meninges!

These are the medical emergencies that we worry about; because they necessitate specialist imaging and they are very costly to diagnose. Pet insurance can be a godsend at these times when there is a large unexpected bill at referral, which can add financial stress at a very upsetting time.

We’re in close contact with our worried clients to support them through a very unnerving time for them and their pets. We’re awaiting final results on both cases, and it’ll be a few days before our patients are out of the woods.

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