Koda, a Northern Inuit male dog, decided to try eating a fishing hook – it didn’t get far- just part way down the oesophagus.

A three-year-old Doberman presented to us at West Midlands Veterinary Referrals with a large hygroma, fluid filled sac over the lateral elbow.

Panda was in heart failure secondary to fluid accumulation within the sac around the heart. The squeeze of this fluid on the heart prevented the heart from filling properly and from pumping blood efficiently. This had led to the accumulation of fluid elsewhere in the body, including within the abdomen.

Nibble had a rannula, a collection of saliva under mucosa, that formed after a rostral mandibulectomy to remove the front of the jaw. The rannula was marsupialised, opening it into the mouth cavity so that it could drain.