Articles
Our beautiful Molly gained another 5 years to her life after being treated at SASH for cancer. At the age of 14 she underwent major cancer surgery to her “girlie bits”. We didn’t expect this surgery to be performed nor did we expect the outcome of the success of Molly’s surgery. Everyone at SASH was…
Christmas and NY of 2023/24 did not go how we expected. We wake up bright and jolly on Christmas morning with Chester feeling very under the weather with symptoms of vomiting, lethargy, lack of appetite, panting and general discomfort. A wait of 3 hours to see [another] emergency hospital, it ended with pain relief and…
One evening at dinner we noticed Doug our Border Collie panting more than usual. My daughter patting him then discovered a dreaded tick! We raced to SASH Emergency at Tuggerah and he started to go downhill really quickly. The SASH team took him in and began treatment with the advice that recovery was uncertain. It…
Our Tuppence’s 1st birthday present was brain surgery. Tuppence is a beautiful Border Collie with severe hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain) and secondary syringohydromyelia. Tuppy is one of the sweetest natured dogs I have ever had the privilege of knowing and her story is one of courage, love, kindness, patience and survival. I’m telling it…
Coco presented at home very lethargic and wanted to sit and lay away from everyone which was out of character for her. we took Coco to our local vet who performed an X-Ray and it showed Coco had swallowed a foreign object and they recommended us to go to SASH. We travelled early at 4am…
Fergus the Airedale came into our lives after he made it through a very long 9 hour bus ride down the New South Wales Coast. His breeders did describe him as the boy who ‘always made sure he got his fair share of food’. Little did we know that being so food motivated would become…
Harlow is a Weimaraner with a personality as big as her ‘Dobby’ ears, who has endured a journey of phenomenal perseverance. Harlow was diagnosed with an extremely rare illness that had her described at one stage as “the sickest dog this department has seen”. The tremendous care provided by SASH specialists, and Harlow’s awe-inspiring drive…
Dannan is a mini dachshund and is the most important cutie in my life. We got Dannan in January 2021. He’s so playful, loves kisses and is a ‘velcro’ dog. He has the most caring nature and makes us laugh everyday. He’s part of the family and can’t imagine life without him. He was for…
Yodi’s Abscess In January 2023, I was sitting down with Yodi giving her, her daily scratches when I noticed a blueberry sized lump under her chin. Straight away this concerned me and I booked in with the incredible Exotics department at SASH North Ryde. They have always taken such incredible care of Yodi. Yodi had…
Our Daisy is the most softess most gentle and beautiful natured toy poodle who gives the biggest and longest cuddles ever. A few months ago Daisy lost her best friend Rosie. Still to this day Daisy always waits at the door before she goes outside and looks for Rosie to go out first. Recently Daisy…
Sophie was not herself for the 4 previous days had spent the day with our local vet having bloods and examinations. She did not improve and by the Friday I arrived home to her very distressed and paralysed in her rear legs. We went to our local vet who was aware I had pet insurance…
We rescued Scruffy from the street. He had been neglected. He’d been living it rough on the streets. After a period of time we had noticed a sore on his head that wouldn’t heal. We were referred to SASH and were very lucky to have Dr Katy Townend. She assessed him and gave us options…