Pets
Stray cat gets new outlook on life
November 15th, 2022
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Two years ago, a stray grey tabby cat showed up in a neighbourhood in south Regina, Sask. Since then, “George” has stolen the hearts of many people there — including Christine Holzer. “I feed birds and squirrels, so there’s a lot of food and fresh water out all the time. I’m sure the birds probably attracted him to my yard,” …
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Saving Ooma Girl
When Allan and Maureen Zaleski arrived at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) at 2 a.m. one morning in July 2021, they were ready to do whatever it took to save their dog. The couple, both in their late 70s, had driven all night from Winnipeg, Man., to seek surgery for Ooma Girl, their three-year-old French bulldog. During the …
April 07th, 2022 Full story »
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Canine care on campus
Since 2013, you’ve likely seen one or more therapy dogs on campus, bringing puppy peace to stressed students during exam season. One of the handlers, Colleen Dell, professor in the Department of Sociology and School of Public Health, and Research Chair in Substance Abuse, looks at the use of pet therapy and its effect on patient recovery and mental health. …
October 08th, 2015 Full story »
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Fund helps to relieve therapy cat’s pain
Since Clijsters and her feline partner Stosur have come to live at Mark and Karlinda Weiderick’s home near Outlook, Sask., the two young cats have transformed the life of the couple’s nine-year-old son Peyton. They’re not just family pets: they’re therapy cats for Peyton who has been diagnosed with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a sensory disorder. That’s why …
May 13th, 2015 Full story »
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How Joey got his bounce back
Linda Jensen knew it was bad news when her veterinarian called her on a Sunday night. Dr. Bernard Chapuis, a practitioner in Jensen’s home town of Prince Albert, Sask., had recently removed a lump behind the left front leg of Jensen’s Airedale terrier Joey. “The pathologist at the university [Western College of Veterinary Medicine] had sent back the results and …
January 10th, 2015 Full story »
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Anka, the dog who never lost her smile
On February 3, 2012, our beautiful Norwegian elkhound Anka succumbed to complications from bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma or TCC) just a few weeks shy of her fifteenth birthday. Anka bravely fought her cancer for over two years. She never lost her smile through the operations, tests and treatments. And she never lost her unique ability to make every adult …
September 17th, 2013 Full story »
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Canine cancer survivors still enjoy life
Gambit is a 15-year-old Shih Tzu-poodle cross who loves to roll on his back. “I call it his happy dance,” says his owner Sharon Morgan of Saskatoon, Sask. “When he’s on his back wiggling and rolling around, either in the grass or the snow, you can just tell he’s ecstatic. He’s in that doggy heaven, and life is good.” As …
February 01st, 2013 Full story »
