Author: Brian_S

  • Welcome to Willow

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    Hello and welcome to Willow. This is a sweet spaniel. He ruptured his cruciate ligament. He had a TPLO surgery. This is a very successful type of surgery. His recovery waa good, but as so often with these cases, he had extensive muscle loss. So we set a program to encourage muscle to not deteriorate…

  • Welcome to Sakura

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    Hello and welcome to sakura. Poor lovely Sakura is a husky. She ruptured her cruciate ligament. She had a TPLO at Hamilton referral. It was excellent and her recovery was fantastic. She came for physio to help the rehab, but when the surgery goes so well, this is the easy bit. We set her program…

  • Welcome to Hamish

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    Hello and welcome to Hamish. This is a very sweet dog who wouldn’t say boo to a goose! His mum felt he was starting to have trouble with the stairs, so it was time for some help. The vet referred her straight to physio. We did an exam and found her weaknesses and her areas…

  • Welcome to Tilly

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    Hello and welcome to Tilly. She is an anxious collie but full of love. She has had a mass on her carpus/ wrist for many years. More rescently mum started to notice her struggeling on at limb. She saw the vet who prescribed pain relief and physio. On exam we noticed that the wrist actually…

  • Welcome to Dexter

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    Hello and welcome to Dexter. So sweet, but a little shy. This poor boy had elbow dysplasia. So he went for a much needed arthroscopy. The bad bits of elbow were removed. Whilst this all sounds wonderful, as it often is. This is not a perfect surgery an sometimes they are seemingly worse after. It…

  • Welcome to Marley

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    Hello and welcome to Marley. A scrumptious lab with a heart of gold. He suddenly seemed lame in a front leg. He saw the vet who localised it to the shoulder and concluded it was probably arthritis. Mum and dad wanted a holistic care plan and have brought all thier dogs to us, so Marley…

  • Welcome to Parker

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    Hello and welcome to Parker. Such a cute young man! He became lame and mum felt she wanted to try physio before option for anaesthetics and x-rays. The vet agreed this was a good idea as they also had not found anything significant . There was conciderable mucles loss in the lame limb but no…

  • Welcome to Deckland

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    Hello and welcome to Deckland. He is a very big and beautiful german sheppard. One of the ailments they are famous for is called CDRM. This means they get very weak in thier hind. So Decland has been suspected of this disease and sent for physio. Although this is a progressive disease and does get…

  • Welcome to Charlie

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    Hello and welcome to Charlie. This is a very sweet dog, but also, such a challange! Charlie is very nervous, but totally handlable. But it does make the excercises a challange. There was very little to find in Charlie. The vet also has not found the reason for the lameness, so we are working together…

  • Welcome to Billy

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    Hello and welcome to Billy. This very sweat dog has highly compassionate owners. His dad saw he was getting weak in his hind and wanted to make sure he was doing his best for him. So he came for his physio assessment. He was not doing badly at all, but we can always make improvements.…