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	<title>Pet Care and News from Grove Lodge Vets</title>
	
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		<title>Please, get your pets microchipped</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BSVA-Sussex-2010-253.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1618" title="BSVA Library pictures: Brighton practices 2010" src="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BSVA-Sussex-2010-253-150x99.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="99" /></a>I know we have said this before and keep banging on about it but please, if you do one thing for your pet, get it microchipped. 
 
I had a horrid start to the day today. On my way to work, the car in front of me witnessed a young tabby cat being hit by <a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1617/please-get-your-pets-microchipped/">read the rest of &#8220;Please, get your pets microchipped&#8221;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good badger, bad cow – is it that simple? by Andrew Ash, Director of Grove Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is bovine TB such a problem? It's a slowly developing bacterial disease of animals and man. In man, the disease may kill up to 50% of those infected and occurs most commonly in immuno-suppressed people. In 2009, 25,000 cattle were slaughtered in the UK to control TB at a cost of £63million to the tax payer. 
 
It has been scientifically proven that badgers spread TB to cattle and <a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1612/good-badger-bad-cow-%e2%80%93-is-it-that-simple-by-andrew-ash-director-of-grove-lodge/">read the rest of &#8220;Good badger, bad cow – is it that simple? by Andrew Ash, Director of Grove Lodge&#8221;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FARM FRESH PUPPIES READY FOR CHRISTMAS by Andrew Ash, Director of Grove Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Farm fresh" sounds like a good healthy message. So why do puppy farms go to such lengths to hide the origin of the puppies they sell?<img class="alignright" title="Advice on buying a pupp" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Grove/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.IE5/GTYK0MYB/MP900448586[1].jpg" alt="" width="212" height="309" /> 
 
I firmly believe that the owners of these businesses are in it for the cash – not for the animals. They know that the British public wouldn't knowingly support the industry so they <a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1609/farm-fresh-puppies-ready-for-christmas-by-andrew-ash-director-of-grove-lodge/">read the rest of &#8220;FARM FRESH PUPPIES READY FOR CHRISTMAS by Andrew Ash, Director of Grove Lodge&#8221;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>You can call me Al</title>
		<link>http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1598/you-can-call-me-al/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Al-the-cat.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1605" title="Al the cat" src="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Al-the-cat.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="97" /></a>We received this lovely piece for inclusion into the Book of Remembrance about a lovely cat called Al, who is very sadly missed by his owner: 
 
"He would always nudge under my armpit for me to move it so he could sleep under my arm. He always had to have his body very tightly close to me <a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1598/you-can-call-me-al/">read the rest of &#8220;You can call me Al&#8221;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bow Wow Factor!</title>
		<link>http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1602/the-bow-wow-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/17-10-2008-highdown-with-Delphi-India-and-Blinkie-010.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1603" title="17 10 2008 highdown with Delphi India and Blinkie 010" src="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/17-10-2008-highdown-with-Delphi-India-and-Blinkie-010-150x112.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="134" /></a>If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, head to <a title="Highdown Tea Rooms" href="http://www.highdowntearooms.co.uk/">Highdown Tea Rooms</a> – and don't forget your dog! 
 
Highdown Tea Rooms is hosting The Bow Wow Factor on Sunday 4 December 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm. 
 
There will be <a href="http://blog.grovelodge.co.uk/1602/the-bow-wow-factor/">read the rest of &#8220;The Bow Wow Factor!&#8221;</a>]]></description>
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