Author: Brian_S

  • Welcome to Mazie

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    Well this one will be a quick blog! This super sweet staffie cross lots of other things, has an amazing mum, who takes her little one to agility. She decided it was time to get her checked over thoroughly to ensure there was nothing detrimental going on. This is an excellent idea. Picking up issues…

  • Welcome to Louie

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    Hello and welcome to Louie. Such a sweet cavalier king charles spaniel. He was seeming off balance and his mobility was getting worse. He was referred to fitzpatric and diagnosed with degenerative myleopathy. This was confirmed with genetic testing which came back positive. Sadly it means this illness will never be cured. Its very sad.…

  • Welcome to Meg

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    Hello and welcome to Meg. Such a sweet wire haired dachund. And no bad back this time! Yay! This little angle has come in because mum noticed she was starting to look stiff in her hind. Her vet noticed a creeky stifle (knee) so referred for physiotherapy. We are pleased to say, we did our…

  • Welcome to Dolly

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    Hello and welcome to Dolly. She is a very cute and well behaved little dachund. Sadly this breed are very prone to poor disks. This is the case in most dwarf breeds. The issue was detected quickly and she was rushed for surgery and the spine was fixed. However there was already damage done to…

  • Welcome to Archie

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    Hello and welcome to Archie. Such a sweetie. These young boys do get themselves in trouble at times and Archie is no acception. Archie was in an accident and was hit by a car. Poor thing had his pelvis seriously broken. The vets questioned weather it was right to keep on trying to save his…

  • Welcome to Hendrix

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    Hello and welcome to Hendrix. This very sweet pomeranian is very old. He has developed criciate disease. This can be more common when old as your muscle reduces and so there is less support for the joints. As a small dog they do recover easier and are less lilely to require surgery. So Hendrix came…

  • Welcome to Jess

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    Hello and welcome to Jess. Such a sweet dog and so so nervous. But its fine. We did her assessment in a kind way in our non clinical, homely environment, and she coped well. She has been referred regarding elbow dysplasia. Such an aweful disease, it can be so painful and debilitating. So we have…

  • Welcome to Elwood

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    Hello and welcome to Elwood. Such a sweet kind natured man. Sadly he has very sore elbows. He has has arthroscopy for his elbow dysplasia on both sides. Elbow dysplaisa is a really nasty disease and can be so debilitating. We see alot of it. We can help Elwood become and stay more comfortable, but…

  • Thank you from Owlsmoor Primary School

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    We wanted to share the thank you from Owlsmoor primary school. Last month we spent a day telling the students of Owlsmoor primary school, what its like to be an animal physiotherapist, what we do, and how we do it. It was well recieved at the school. But we have been really touched by the…

  • Welcome to Mia

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    Hello and welcome to Mia. Such a sweet lady. She really is a heart melter! But so crazy! She ran into a horse jump and managed to fracture her spine in her neck. She was instantly rushed to the vets who quickly sent her to the RVC for specialist investigation. Amazingly very little issue was…