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Office Hours
(09) 534-8118

Weekdays: 8.00am-7.30pm
Saturdays: 8.00am-5.00pm

Consultations
by appointment:

Weekdays: 8.00am-12.00pm
                   2.00pm - 7.00pm
Saturdays: 9.00am -12.00pm
                   2.00pm - 5.00pm
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After-Hours Clinic
(09) 277-8383

After hours Accident and Emergency service is provided by the Manukau After Hours Veterinary Clinic. 2/586 Great South Road
Papatoetoe

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Accessing "My Records"  

Updated Interactive Features on our Website

Did you know that by logging in to "My Records" you can do the following things?
 
Request an appointment time, with a reply sent by email or text (if we have your email and cellphone number recorded).
Find out when your pet’s vaccination and other reminders are due.
Update your personal information or address.
Notify us if your pet has changed owners or passed away.
Look at your billing history and search by product to see when you last purchased an item (for example flea control).
Track your pet's weight using data recorded at previous visits. 

To be able to do this you need to have a password (the initial default is your client number - which can be found on any of our invoices you may have), and a username (this is your email address).   Please email us a request for your client number at petmd@bbvet.co.nz if you do not know it (or if you are not sure we have your current email address).  Note that it takes 2-3days after registering for your login to be activated.

Areas We Service  
Bucklands Beach, Highland Park, Howick, Dannemora, Sunnyhills, Pakuranga Heights, Pakuranga, Mellons Bay, Cockle Bay, Golflands, Farm Cove, Eastern Beach, Shelly Park
Welcome to our website  

At the Bucklands Beach Veterinary Hospital we are committed to providing high quality veterinary care for your pets. We strive for excellence in service and communication.  We hope that you will use our website not only as a source of information about our Veterinary Hospital but as your first choice when looking for any pet care information you need.

This month is Pet Diabetes Month. 
As part of the campaign we will be providing free urine test strips for you to check your dog or cat at home for glucose in the urine. You will simply need to dip the test strip in your pet`s urine to indicate a positive or negative test.. 
As with so many diseases early diagnosis is important. Signs that your pet may be at risk of diabetes include urinating too much, often accidents inside, drinking too much water, weight loss, lethargy and a thinning dry and dull coat.
Bucklands Beach Pet Photo Competition!
We are now running a pet photo competition and all our clients are encouraged to enter, so get snapping and your pet could win their very own personalized bag of goodies and have their photo displayed for all to see in the clinic! Our very first competition will be running from 5th December 2011 - March 5th 2012 and we will keep you posted on our next competition date. So download a form (enter link!) for more information and to submit your photo or ask for one from our reception.  
Our current photo competition runs until June 19th, so anyone who entered previously is welcome to enter again as your pet could win a personalised bag of goodies!

Please download the Entry Form  to send in your photos.  Email entries do make it easier for us as well as having the photos in a digital format (hint, hint!) but of course if you can't do this just drop them into the clinic for scanning.
Clinic and Staff News  
Our May Newsletter is now available for download by clicking on this link Newsletter 38.

Kim will hopefully be returning at the end of May.  Her back surgery went very well with immediate relief of pain.  Sadly Sam is moving on to a full-time nursing position at Ponsonby Veterinary Clinic.  So Karen will be filling in along with a new part-timer.

South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW)

One of our permanent staff nurses, Nicky, is a fundraising volunteer for the organisation South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW), which provides free veterinary care to the animals in the islands of Tonga and the outer islands of E'ua, Vava'u and Ha'apai. This is a New Zealand based charity which runs on the help of volunteer vets and vet nurses who travel to the islands on their own expense to provide veterinary treatment to a whole range of animals and also to educate the villages. 

So to help with the on-going costs of medical supplies and to purchase medical equipment that will help with providing better veterinary care, Nicky is helping with the sale of hand embroidered hand towels, beautifully made by another SPAW volunteer.  Click on this LINK to view a pdf with pictures of the towels.

The towels cost $15 each and come in a huge range of different dog and cat breeds. We have some available at the clinic or drop us a request by emailing petmd@bbvet.co.nz  Alternatively, you can help support SPAW by having a look at their wishlist (http://spaw.org.nz/help/wishlist) and donate any items you may have.  Thank you for your support!
Photo Competition  
Dog Owners Take Note  
Changes To Dog Licencing Fees

We have been sent a fax outlining the Auckland Council Draft Long-term Plan 2012-2022 indicating some significant proposed changes in Dog Licencing and Animal Management Fees.  Click on this LINK to see a pdf of the whole page.   The main relevant increases for fees paid before 1/8/12 are:

Standard Dog Registration from $104 to $160
Dog Owner Licence with Desexed dog   $47 to $120
Dog Owner Licence with entire dog   $53 to $180
De-sexed dog, no Dog Owner Licence      $75 to $120
Superannuitant with CS Card            $47 to $50
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