Irish dog pounds and rescue centres are overloaded with unwanted dogs, either abandoned or surrendered by their owners. To find out more about this, listen to this 10 minute discussion on my podcast.

The diagnostic ability of vets has improved dramatically in the past twenty years, using a range of high tech equipment. Owners often do not realise this, as it happens behind the scenes. This short podcast outlines how laboratory and diagnostic imaging equipment has enabled rapid and effective diagnosis of pet illnesses that might formerly have remained a mystery.

In this week's vet spot, we discussed a recent case from my clinic, when a dog needed an operation to remove a stone that had accidentally been swallowed, and then had become stuck in the intestines.

In the wake of the dreadful attack on a child in Wexford this week, here's a discussion about how we handle dog attacks in Irish society, and how, perhaps, we could do this better.

In this week's 15 minute podcast, after an initial chat about phones (a shared interest of myself and Declan Meehan, the interviewer), we discussed the recent debate about a live animal crib in Dublin city centre, and we went on to talk about animals dreaming.

In this interview from Spirit Radio, I discuss issues for pets at this time of year, including how to keep them calm and relaxed when there are fireworks going off outside.

This week's podcast discusses feeding vegetarian or vegan food to pets, as well as using insect-based pet food as an alternative to meat-based pet food as an environmentally-friendly and animal-welfare friendly option.

In this week's podcast, we highlight the fact that today is International Dog Day, and discuss the plight of dogs in Ireland in 2022. We also highly the upcoming dog festival, Pups In The Park, that is happening on the weekend of September 10th and 11th in Marlay Park, Dublin.

Nutritional supplements are given to around 20% of pets every day. But are they really necessary? Listen to this ten minute podcast to find out more.

This week's podcast starts with a light piece about some recent research which shows that a man is more appealing to women if he is accompanied by a small dog. Then we discuss a more serious topic: helping dogs stay comfortable in the recent hot sunshine.