We've had a couple of dogs competing for the most accident-prone patients of Brunswick Central Vet Clinic since we opened however one family of dogs must take the cake...Ellie, Chloe and Chevy have enjoyed their visits to the clinic so much that they keep finding ways to come back.

Ellie started the process with a walk at the park resulting in a ruptured cruciate ligament in her knee. This is a fairly common injury - this is the ligament that footballers often injure. Dr Alex repaired Ellie's knee and pretty soon she was feeling great and getting around well.

In the meantime Chevy had a slight altication down at the park which resulted in the need for a few sutures.

Ellie in her dog strollerAll was going well for a few weeks with Ellie getting back to her old ways when a sprint down the hall resulted in her rupturing her other cruciate ligament. It is not uncommon for both ligaments to rupture within a narrow timeframe as there is often an underlying disease process occuring. Ellie was given some antiinflammatories for a few days and scheduled to have her second knee repaired.

Later that same afternoon, not to be outdone, Chevy decided that a tumble down a cliff was in order. Amazingly she was relatively unharmed apart from a number of large thorns protruding from various parts of her body. Luckily(?) a thorn tree broke her fall. Her owner removed these and rushed her into the clinic with a slightly sore hind leg the only evident injury. About a week later though, a large lump appeared on Chevy's side which was very painful to touch. Chevy was admitted toThe huge thorn that was removed the hospital and the lump was explored under anaesthetic - the lump was an abscess with a HUGE! piece of thorn buried inside it.

So with multiple trips into the clinic we thought the whole family deserved to be named as patients of the month - including Chloe who has been a great source of moral support for Ellie and Chevy and a great eater of treats!

Chloe was a great support to her family