About Us
I am an animal lover and at one time, the owner of three Labradors:
Finn - the chocolate, the calm and relatively sensible one.
Indie - the black, the only girl. The smallest and the bossiest.
Kody - the golden boy who liked to eat things he shouldn't and the reason I started The Pet Portal.
Kody's Story
Kody, as puppies do, ate a towel and needed a long complicated operation to remove the towel and fix the damage it had caused.
An unfortunate side effect of this operation was that he sustained a large burn to his back which did its best to heal but he was left with a portion of burn that just wouldn't go away.
I was lucky that Michael Nawrocki and the team at Vetspecs in Christchurch were able to operate and remedy the situation but there was a long rehab time where Kody was not allowed to lick or rub the wound on his back.
First, I tried the cone...
...his poor face says it all.
Next, I tried the inflatable cone. This was better, but not ideal as the other dogs would pull it off him.
Finally, I was given an MPS shirt to try by the Specialist Vet and it was life-changing, not just for Kody but for me too. I became obsessed with what a difference this product made to Kody found myself telling all everyone who would listen about it.
It opened my eyes to the need for quality products to be readily available for pet owners.
And just like that The Pet Portal was born.