Tag: disease

  • Welcome to Robbie and Mahny

    Welcome to Robbie and Mahny

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    Hello and welcome to Robbie and Mahny! There is quite a history here! I met Mahny and Robbie 12 years ago when I worked for the Pet spa at Harrods. Mahny and Robbie are a fabulous team and brought us the original Doga. You may have seen them on Britain’s got talent a few years…

  • 3 swimmers disease kittens

    3 swimmers disease kittens

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    A few days ago I shared a reel about my 3 swimmers disease kittens. Here is their story. Swimmers disease isn’t that common but I have seen it more than I would like. It is incredibly uncommon and unlucky to have a litter and 3 of them have this disease! It’s very sad as historically…

  • Welcome to Falcon

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    Hello and welcome to Falcon. Such a sweet whippet x. Sadly she has had some back problems in her past. She recovered well. But she started to slow down and look a little stiff. So mum and dad decided it was time to see if there was anything else that could be done. She came…

  • Welcome to Henry

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    Hello and welcome to Henry. A very nervous Weimerana. But so loving and sweet. He has come for physiotherapy to help with his hip arthritis and disk disease that was all diagnosed at the vets. Mum is keen to keep him comfy and off the drugs for as long as possible. As a physiotherapist, we…

  • Welcome to Mami

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    Hello and welcome to Mami. Such a sweet little jack russel cross. This little one has had an arthrscopy in the elbows. This means a camera went into see the damage in the elbows that was causing pain. Whilst in there, they removed bits of cartilage that had become detached, and cleaned up the area.…

  • Welcome to Crystal

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    Hello and welcome to Crystal. This was a feisty little pek! It involves one of travel and proves that moving continent does not mean we don’t take our problems with us. Poor crystal had suffered intervertebral disk disease in South Africa. She had recovered well and was under her SA physio. But the family relocated…

  • Welcome to Monty

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    Hello and welcome to Monty. So sweet. He had an intervertebral disk disease issue a few years ago that was fixed and everything seemed to be fine. But then it seemed to happen again. The owner did really well and was very pleased with opting for conservative management, so no surgery. The healing was quite…

  • 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 Larry

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    Hello and welcome to Larry. Such a sweet german sheppard. And massive one too! He has currently been crate rested following his hemilaminactomy. He is doing wonderfully well. This was not a straight foward disk disease as it took a while for the symptoms to come on enough for the vets to diagnose it. But…

  • Welcome to Hershy

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    Hello and welcome to Hershy. She has been doing very well in her later years but has sadly rescently deteriorated and needs some more help. She has a calcifed disk in her neck, possible intervertrable disk disease and possible cruciate ligament disease. She has seen a specialist. She has now been referred to us for…