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Tag: cruciate
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Welcome to Merlin
Hello and welcome to Merlin! This dog is insanely strong and keen! Just a week after his surgery he was pulling on his lead like nothing ever happened! Sadly his cruciate ligament ruptured so this needed repair. His surgery went so well. He was also over weight which is never helpeful, but we are always…
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Welcome to Chase
Hello and welcome to Chase. A very cute little dog! He has damaged his cruciate and had surgery. Sadly there was a complication and he had to have a crimp removed (part of the implant). He came for physio to aid the recovery. Chase and his family had a home plan to follow. They have…
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Welcome to Rebel
Hello and welcome to Rebel! Such a cute Yorkie. He really is a dear little dog with a huge personality! This little bean refused to let a sore knee slow him down! He was crazy difficult to keep calm! Fortunately it is far easier to conservatively manage a small dog with a ruptured cruciate. So…
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Welcome to Roxie
Hello and welcome to Roxie. Roxie is a very cute Icelandic sheepdog! She is going through a lot at the moment. Luckily she has the most dedicated mum! Originally she was sent for physio for her arthritis and a possible cruciate ligament degeneration. Luckily this all was very mild. She soon had pancreatitis diagnosed and…
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Welcome to Lexi
Hello and welcome to Lexi. Lexi is super chilled! Poor little bean. She had her hip and knee having issues at the same time! She had surgery to fix the issues and this went well. However, she lost all confidence in using the leg and so she didnt use it well. This meant she lost…
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Welcome to Emma
Hello and welcome to Emma. Such a sweetie! Poor thing has had to have both her knees repaired. Her cruciate ligaments went. Shockingly common. What is not so common, is that this time the bone didnt heal properly around the impant. This is called non union. So she has been sent to physio. It is…
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Welcome to Wispa
Hello and welcome to Wispa. Such a little darling. She has had quite a life! She has been in Diana brimblecoombe Animal Rescue Center. They clearly love all thier rescues and want the best life for them all. Wispa arrived with a ruptured cruciate ligament and the other in a questionable condition. She had surgery…
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Welcome to Priya
Hello and welcome to Priya. Such a sweetie, though a little nervous. She has been diagnosed with a stretched cruciate ligamnet, so not needing surgery, but does need rehab. So we have started her on a program of strengthening, limb confidence building and ultrasound. Mum has taken to the home regime well and we look…
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Welcome to Willow
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…
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Welcome to Parker
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…