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Having problems with your pooch? Does your
young dog need medical attention? Our online vet Tim
Roe can help.
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A VET'S LIFE: vet Tim Roe.
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Contact Tim
with your query and we will publish your puppy problem and
Tim's recommendations.
When he was four, Tim
Roe knew he wanted to work with animals. Now he runs his own
veterinary practice at Hellesdon. Where he devotes 12 hours
a day to treating and caring for those animals which, as a
youngster, he dreamed of helping.
His ambition to look
after animals started when he was a child living in Norwich.
And his passionate dedication to all creatures great and small
remains with him to this day.
Tim, born in 1958, has
three dogs, four cats and two goldfish of his own, said: "I
just adore contact with animals and I have never questioned
making this decision. If I had died the day I qualified I
would have died happy."
Surgery is his favourite
part of the job, at the Willow Veterinary Clinic, where he
can usually be found between 8am and 7.30pm every day.
He said: "I like
taking things apart and putting them back together again.
It's very energy consuming and the work is very tough. When
you do surgery from 8.30am to 1pm, you feel as if you have
done a complete day's work – it's a very tiring job."
Tim believes the profession
is getting tougher. He said: "You have to be a businessman
and vet and the two do not mix well. It is very much a team
effort – it's not just me at the helm. It's the people
around me doing important things. We are a group of people
who have a common goal and we all work very hard."
Look out for Tim's veterinary column
on EveningNews24
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