Author: Brian_S

  • Welcome to Khioni

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    Hello and welcome to Khioni. This is a very sweet dog that had a mild, but noticable lameness in the fore limb. These amazing owners were determind to fix the problem. So they had all the tests under the sun, at one of the top referral centres…. Sadly, no diagnosis found. So she opted for…

  • Recyceling pet food packaging

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    We are pleased to share how you can recycle your pet food packaging! See the picture for all the information you need including drop off areas. We are also happy to help keep this simple. So if you are one of our clients, just bring your packaging that is elligable on the list above, to…

  • Passed the RCVS audit

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    We have been audited by the RCVS (royal collage of veterinary surgeons). This is a necessary part of being an RVN (registered veterinary nurse). We are audited to ensure we are doing enough CPD hours, or continued education. We are proud to say, we flew through and it proves the RCVS are happy we have…

  • Welcome to Rudi

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    Hello and welcome to Rudi. This is a very special dutch kioni. A real fluff ball! Sadly he managed to rupture both his cruciate ligaments. His recovery was going well, but mum wanted some further help so they were referred to us for Physio. This was much needed as there was conciderable muscle loss, which…

  • Welcome to Charlie

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    Hello and welcome to Charlie. It was lovely to see a standard poodle as they have become quite a rare breed. Charlie was a lovely, but quite nervy boy. He has been quite weak in the hind so mum felt physio would help. She had tried hydrotherapy but as he was quite stressed, it wasn’t…

  • Welcome to Nelly

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    Hello and welcome to Nelly. This very cute labrador has elbow disease. Also know as elbow dysplasia and developmemtal elbow disease. This is incredibly common and its severity varies. It is a nasty dysfunction of the elbow that leads to pain, cartilage damage and eventually arthitis. Getting help early is essential. Nelly did have her…

  • See gravity force in action on limbs.

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    One of my clients kindly filmed this video when she was at the beach with her dog. It clearly shows gravity force in action. Our dogs body and limbs go through a lot during ball play. Here you can see how the paw prints change depth in the sand dramatically, when the ball is clearly…

  • Welcome to Storm

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    Hello and welcome to Storm. Such a happy, massive labrador. Poor thing has been suffering arthritis in his hocks from an early age. It was so bad that he was referred to a specialist orthopeadic surgeon who felt the only solution was an arthrodesis. This is not uncommon and involves using a plate to stabalise…

  • Welcome to Monty

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    Hello and welcome to Monty. This is a very sweet and excitable dog who loves to have a lot of fun! Monty was out having fun in a lake, when he came back severly bleeding. He had managed to cut right through 5 of his digital tendons on his hind limb! He had emergancy surgery…

  • Welcome to Scarlett

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    Hello and welcome to Scarlett. A very nervous standard poodle. But very sweet. Her mum told us at the end of the session, that she had never laid down in a therapy session anywhere before. So we were super proud of how well she relaxed for us! She was no stranger to physio, but her…