n an effort to contribute to the control of the stray cat population we have years ago started an annual "Free Snip & Tuck" exercise during the months of February and March. This is already the 5th year we are running this project and we again hope, together with you, to prevent in this way an explosive growth of the Dubai/UAE cat population.

For those of you who have stray cats living in your area or know of areas that have (abundant) stray cats, you can help by bringing them to us to be castrated or spayed for free after which they can go back into the same area they came from.
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•ABVC offers to spay your owned cat at a reduced price of 300 AED
•ABVC offers to neuter your owned cat at a reduced price of 125 AED
•ABVC offers a 10% discount on the spay/neuter of your dog
•All owned dogs and cats that are spayed during February or March will receive a free bag of Royal Canin food especially designed for spayed/neutered pets.

Although many cats, typically longhaired, older or obese ones, need help grooming, any cat can benefit from human intervention. Even if your cat isn't a high-maintenance type with silky, long hair, assistance grooming offers benefits to both of you. As for dogs: remember that their bark may be worse than their bite, and they may actually come to tolerate it better with time. We knIf you would like to read more, please click here.

In February, the British Veterinary Center in Abu Dhabi and the Veterinary Hospital in Dubai will host veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Izak Venter for specialist consultations. Dr Venter will be in the UAE from the 14th to the 16th of February. He will be consulting at The Veterinary Hospital on the 14th and 15th and on the 16th he will be consulting and doing surgeries at the BVC. For appointments or more information, please contact the BVC or TVH.

The Dental Specialist will be visiting the BVC on February 11th and 12th. For appointments or more information you can contact the BVC. The Dental Specialist has also extensive experience with Wildlife.

Our staff and children happily participated in the wonderful training sessions of Neil and Amanda Anderson of Homely Petz on how to walk your dog in a show! We are so excited and have learned so much, sure it will show when it is our turn!
The training was free of costs, they only required a contribution to K9 Friends which is always well spend,
Thank you Neil and Amanda, it was amazing and everyone had lots of fun!

Foreword, by Dr. Ellen Kruijning

Month of the Dubai Pet Show and the start of our annual Snip & Tuck campaign.

Welcome to the first issue of our newsletter for this year. I hope the New Year started in a fantastic manner for all of you. In this newsletter, you'll find information on topics related to the clinic as well as the pet shop, monthly promotions, information on the Snip & Tuck Campaign, and lots more. You'll also find an article of Dr. Caroline Lamb who will be leaving us at the end of February to follow her husband to Abu Dhabi. We wish Caroline and Shane all the best both personally as well as professionally. And Caroline, you will be missed!

Dubai Pet Show

For the first time in the history of the Dubai Pet Show will welcome you at the 7's Stadium with multiple appearances, all informative, fun and interactive. You will be able to:

•talk to our vets about your pet's health and well-being (in the Vet corner and on our stand),
•Have a pawdicure for your pooch (pet nail polish and nail bling) free of cost.
•Visit our Petting Zoo where we will have a selection of rabbits, rodents, reptiles, birds, fish, Shetland ponies with little tricks e.o.
•In the Whiskas tent you'll find a selection of cat breeds and our staff to give you all the information you need on cats.
•You will see us with a selection of our own and our petshop dogs in the show ring, just like you very proud of our furry friends!
•Collect a sheet for our coloring competition
•And of course you will find us in our own Petshow Petshop!

For children between 6 and 14, we have a coloring competition with some fantastic prizes to be won. First prize will be Swimming with Dolphins for two at Atlantis Aquaventure, so visit our stands and collect your coloring sheet.

News from:

New in Dubai directly from the UK we secured for you, our client, a top Petfood, Fish4Dogs & Fish4Cats. This is a premium brand which caters for all cats & dogs! It offers multiple treat varieties and a complete food line. It helps you control your pets weight as it is low in calories. Also due to the first class omega 3 essential fatty acids it benefits your pet’s skin and coat, helps with joint mobility and supports brain and eye development in the young animal. More important even; it is HYPOALLERGENIC, so even dogs and cats that have difficulty with other pet foods can benefit from Fish4Dogs & Fish4Cats.

Fish4Dogs & Fish4Cats does not contain artificial colors, additives or preservatives and do not contain any gluten. Visit our Clinic or Pet Shop for a free sample.
Try also our fantastic Fish4Dogs training treats and check out our special training pouch to help you train your dog!

•Please check out our new Baby Bunnies! and Guinea Pigs!
•More a reptile person? We have Asian Water Dragons, Bearded Dragons, Snake varieties and a Tokay Gekko who talks!
•Elena Lopena has recently attended an advanced grooming course for the last week of January and can confidently discuss your grooming requirements with you. Come and see her at work!
•Rosea, our rosetta cockatoo has gone to her permanent home. The shops sort of feels empty without her chattering continuously but we love for her to be with her new family.

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It seems like only yesterday when I first stepped through the doors of Al Barsha Veterinary Clinic, but is already fast approaching 3 years!
I have been privileged to work with a great team in that time and we have had quite a number of adventures together.

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Meet Harbor. Harbor is an 8-year-old purebred black and tan coonhound from Colorado whom you'll find in the latest edition of the Guinness book. What exactly did Harbor do to earn a place among Guinness's world-record holders? Just look at the photo! At 35 centimeter each, Harbor's ears are the longest in the world!

Interestingly, Harbor's ears aren't designed for super hearing, but for super smelling. When Harbor walks about, his enormous ears flap around in a way that sweeps scents toward his nose for enhanced olfactory detection.

She may be confined to a desert hotel, and far from any males, but a zebra shark named Zebedee is record-breakingly fertile. The female shark, which lives in a restaurant aquarium in Dubai's Burj Al Arab, has experienced four straight years of "virgin births", a feat never before documented among sharks.

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