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0:00 The humans give blood right down to the treat afterwards. Douglas is a seven-year-old cattle dog and brave enough to donate blood today.
0:09 For our dogs they need to be, um, over 17 kilos and under eight years of age fully vaccinated. This clinic’s blood stocks are so low that Douglas’s blood had to be given to another dog immediately.
0:22 We’re pretty desperate, I think we’re down to using staff dogs at the moment and obviously dogs and cats can only donate every so often, but at least at the most of the three months.
0:29 vet clinics across the state need cash and dog donors blood is most often used in surgeries and to treat illnesses including cancer dogs are a little bit easier and definitely more common to have the need for blood transfusions and dogs but cats are just as critical because it is harder to find suitable
0:46 donors and they even get a little treat at the end just like us humans owners will get I think free bag of food as well at the end of the donation you can register on the small animal specialist hubs website save the lives of the animals in surgery that need that blood in that sort of intense moment
1:03 as well as in recovery. Emily Steinhardt, 7 News.
