Pete the Vet's Podcast

This week, we discussed why Santa is reluctant to give pets as presents. Also, Pete told us about a Christmas crisis that he had to cope with the evening before.

Pete discussed pet food. Commercial pet food manufacturers are legally obliged to make sure that their pet food contains nutrients that pets need.

In this week's podcast, we discussed mange and dry skin in dogs. What a dog eats has an impact on the dogs skin condition. If a dog has a good diet, then a dog will have a healthy shiny coat.

keeping your pets safe at halloween, microchipping your pets and fitbit collars for pets.

It's common to find hedgehogs out and about at this time of year. If you find one, should you rescue it, or leave it to its own devices. Listen to this podcast to find out.

Pete discusses how we can help keep our pets safer over the dark winter months. He recommends putting reflective collars on our cats and using a lead with a neon strip running along it for our dogs.

In this week's podcast, we discussed the issue of rescue dogs and dog pounds and the value of pet adoption.

Pete describes the dangers of what can happen to dogs when they chase sticks.

In this week's podcast, we started by discussing pets that are fussy eaters, and we went on to discuss the seasonal problem of harvest mites

This week on East Coast FM, we discussed the new dog microchipping legislation which has just come into force in Ireland.

In this podcast, Pete discusses the subject of feeding your pet - something that all pet owners do at least once daily

To make a difference from the usual, Pete the Vet reports on his Ironman 70.3 race which he did in Dublin in August 2015

This week, we discussed cats - a recent survey revealed that there are over 800000 cats living in Ireland.

In this week's podcast, we discuss the recent court case where a man was just given community service for beating his dog to death. After this serious and rather depressing topic, we go on to discuss pet passports...

This week, a listener texted in a query about feeding raw potato skins and pea pods to their dog. After answering this, we went on to discuss dog nutrition in general.

In this week's podcast, a few listeners' queries are answered, including the tendency for large dark coloured dogs to overheat in hot weather, and a discussion on the early socialisation of puppies.

In this week's podcast we discuss the issue of safety when taking dogs for a swim.

This week, we discuss the animal welfare conference taking place in Dublin on 12th June 2015, and Pete answers a listener's query about how to stop her dog barking incessantly in the garden

Trap Neuter Release (TNR) is the best way to control feral cat populations. When the management of a local apartment complex informed residents that they had employed a pest control company "to remove the cats", many of the residents felt that this was inappropriate, so they contacted local cat enthusiasts for their support in finding an alternative answer. Listen to this podcast to find out more.

In this week's broadcast on East Coast FM, we started with a listener who had a problem with unwanted rats in her garden, and we moved on to talk about the timing of spaying kittens, then the issue of pets watching tv.

This week on East Coast FM, we discussed the importance of spaying and neutering pets: in most cases, it's good for pets' health, and it is the best way to deal with Ireland's big problem with pet overpopulation

This is the SpayAware radio advert for our 2015 campaign, to be broadcast nationwide in Ireland on Newstalk during SpayAware Week - from 24th to 31st May 2015.

Rabbits are misunderstood creatures and are often accidentally neglected as pets. In this week's podcast, four ways of improving rabbits' lives are discussed.

This week, a case of sheep being massacred on a local farm was discussed, followed by the complex subject of dog parks

Dog bites have increased in Ireland by 20% on a per capita basis in Ireland in the past 15 years. Why is this, and what can be done to prevent dog bites?