Tag: arthritis

  • 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 George

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    Hello and welcome to George. This sweet man is slowing down. As his sister was alreasy seeing us, mum decided to bring him in to get checked over too. She is thrilled that she did! We have given him the once over. We identified his issue areas and we have set up a new home…

  • 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…

  • Welcone to Jack

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    Hello and welcome to Jack. Such a sweet man. He is also great proof of how well a patient can relax in our chilled, homely environment. He is a rescue and has clearly had a difficult past, so the vets sent a care warning with his referral. Well, we have never seen anything other than…

  • Welcome to Harley

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    Hello and welcome to Harely. He is massive! Continental giant! And so beautiful. This one really knows how to pull your heart strings. Harley was starting to have some mobility issues. So an x-ray was done. This showed arthritis in both knees. Harley was referred to physio. It soon became apparent that the issue was…

  • Welcome to Tico

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    Hello and welcome to Tico. Such a sweet little cat. Mum noticed she had started over grooming her belly. She saw a vet but nothing was found. But mum was still worried and had a physio session to explore the mobility better. On watching her move we could see there was a slight gait abnormality…

  • Welcome to Chloe

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    Hello and welcome to Chloe. Such a sweet newfoundland x collie. She is such a cheeky bean though…she demands her cuddles and really shouts when you stop! Bless her! Poor thing has been though the ringer in her life. She has had bladder cancer and chemo. Which worked really well and she has now finished…

  • Welcome to Jess

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    Hello and welcome to Jess. Such a sweet old lady. She was rescued in her greyer years when her previous owners were too old to care for her or themselves amymore. Rehoming makes a scar on anyone and any animal. So Jess was fearful for quite some time. Her owner had 2 dogs and one…

  • Welcome to Coco

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    Hello and welcome to Coco. A very excited and very sweet Springer spaniel. His cruciate ligament ruptured and he went for surgery very quickly and it was a massive success. However, further down the line some issues started to appear. This can happen as the cruciate ligamnet rupturing has a big impact in the body.…

  • Welcome to Molly

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    Hello and welcome to Molly. Such a sweet old lady. She has serious arthiritis and she was so sore. On top of that she also got an auto immune disease that was making her skin so sore. So her mum made a great effort to do all she could to make her more comfortable. The…