Hendon Medivet veterinary practice calls for more dog blood donations, as not enough pet owners are aware of the urgent need for dog blood donations.
The practice organises doggy donor days to raise awareness and get more doggy blood donors.
‘The blood is lifesaving’
Blood Bank supervisor, Tess Coakley, explains:
“The blood is 100% life saving and we really want more donors. We’ve had 8 donors today, 8 bags of blood and the potential to save 8 lives.”
Hendon Medivet urgently needs blood donations in emergency situations to save dogs’ lives. Vets store the blood and transfuse it to dogs in need.
Medivet needs a constant supply of different blood types. For example, if a dog in need is of a positive blood type, and only a negative bag of blood is available, that blood cannot be transfused.
Dogs can only donate every three months, so Medivet requires more donors to ensure they have a regular supply of blood.
Anxious dogs
Sara is proud of her dog Henry who donated a whole bag of blood. He was quite anxious to begin with. The Blood Bank team had to calm him down before the procedure and move him to a different room.
Tess Coakley explains how Medivet handles distress in dogs donors:
“We do fully minimal restraint with the dogs, they are not here for us to pin them down and take their blood.”
“We only take a small sample, we don’t do too much clipping or too much stabbing with needles. We numb the dogs so don’t feel the needle go in.”
‘I wish I’d known about this sooner’
Owner Sara is concerned that not enough owners are aware that their dogs can donate blood.
She encourages more to get involved and says:
“In my heart I would like to think other dogs would help Henry if he needed someone else’s blood. I wish I’d known about this sooner as I think it’s one of the best things we’ve ever done.”
Sara supports Henry during his blood diffusion
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StandfirstHendon Medivet practice is launching more doggy donor days to obtain life-saving blood donations.
Hendon Medivet veterinary practice calls for more dog blood donations, as not enough pet owners are aware of the urgent need for dog blood donations.
The practice organises doggy donor days to raise awareness and get more doggy blood donors.
‘The blood is lifesaving’
Blood Bank supervisor, Tess Coakley, explains:
“The blood is 100% life saving and we really want more donors. We’ve had 8 donors today, 8 bags of blood and the potential to save 8 lives.”
Hendon Medivet urgently needs blood donations in emergency situations to save dogs’ lives. Vets store the blood and transfuse it to dogs in need.
Medivet needs a constant supply of different blood types. For example, if a dog in need is of a positive blood type, and only a negative bag of blood is available, that blood cannot be transfused.
Dogs can only donate every three months, so Medivet requires more donors to ensure they have a regular supply of blood.
Anxious dogs
Sara is proud of her dog Henry who donated a whole bag of blood. He was quite anxious to begin with. The Blood Bank team had to calm him down before the procedure and move him to a different room.
Tess Coakley explains how Medivet handles distress in dogs donors:
“We do fully minimal restraint with the dogs, they are not here for us to pin them down and take their blood.”
“We only take a small sample, we don’t do too much clipping or too much stabbing with needles. We numb the dogs so don’t feel the needle go in.”
‘I wish I’d known about this sooner’
Owner Sara is concerned that not enough owners are aware that their dogs can donate blood.
She encourages more to get involved and says:
“In my heart I would like to think other dogs would help Henry if he needed someone else’s blood. I wish I’d known about this sooner as I think it’s one of the best things we’ve ever done.”
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