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Brudine Veterinary Hospital
Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT

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Brudine is open from 830am to 12pm* on Saturdays. The pace feels the same as a weekday, albeit without scheduled surgery.

* At the time of shooting. Brudine is now open from 830am to 4pm on Saturdays.

 

Overnight stay. 23 December 2017. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Dr Jessica Winsall and her dog, Narla. 24 February 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Dr Arianne Lowe in consultation with Mr Tickles, an Ecclectus parrot, and owner Elise de Rota. 24 March 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Dr Arianne Lowe doing pathology in-house, a feature of veterinarian health that is dissimilar to its human counterpart. 24 March 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

 
 
 

Dr Fiona Starr reviews an x-ray. 23 December 2017. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Dr Louise Grey (left) and Dr Arianne Lowe. 6 January 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

The one true constant of veterinary practice - laundry. 13 January 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Practice Manager Bri Smith is working in reception today and, consequently, one of her duties is to fill prescriptions for things like worming tablets. 6 January 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Nurse Skye Longley readies Turbo to be picked up by his owner after he spent the week in the practice recovering from invasive orthopaedic surgery. 17 March 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Neridah Waters waits for Turbo, who is going home today after invasive surgery to repair a significant spiral fracture to his rear-right tibia. 17 March 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Staff return Turbo to his owner, Amber Waters (right) and her mum, Neridah, after he spent several days in the practice recovering from major orthopaedic surgery to one of his legs. 17 March 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Marilena Caputo has brought Coco to Brudine since he was an eleven week old puppy (in 2002). The now sixteen year old’s body is working with the usual effects of aging to health but he doesn’t seem to care too much. 24 February 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

 
 
I’ve been seeing Coco for years; I remember giving his puppy vaccinations.
— Dr Karen Viggers
Old dogs with few teeth. The ones that come in with their tongue hanging out because they’ve got no teeth left, and they’re just like a real senior citizen; you can imagine their little old man voice if they could talk. And I just love them.
— Receptionist Kelly Haslop
 

Nurse Chelsea Rose sits with Tiah who undergoes single-agent chemotherapy (Doxorubicin) to treat aggressive lymphoma. Tiah's owner, Tristyn eschewed an oncology specialist recommendation by her vet, Dr Fiona Starr; Tristyn preferred trusted the staff at Brudine. 23 December 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

 
She had a couple of days where she was off her food and she vomited once and that was it. She went from having very little energy and on the third or fourth day she was out being like, ‘Let’s go walking. Where’s my toys? C’mon, let’s play!’ Her quality of life after that first five days was back to being how she’d been six months beforehand.
— Tristyn Lowe (Tiah's Owner)
We don’t achieve cure/recovery from lymphoma, rather we aim for good quality of life while maximising remission times.
— Dr Fiona Starr
That was when the decision to euthanase was made. I got another six weeks of having my dog, and it was ‘her’ until that last week [when she succumbed to liver failure]. She was playful, she’d go and get toys and play with them, she was back to her normal self, which was really special.
— Tristyn Lowe (Tiah's Owner)
 

Receptionist Kelly Haslop fields a list minute request for a consultation today, although Haslop has to find another time as the practice shuts in one minute. 13 January 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.

Closing time means sweeping, mopping and cleaning, today by Receptionist Kelly Haslop. 13 January 2018. Brudine Veterinary Hospital, Ngunnawal Country / Charnwood, ACT.