Tag: spinal

  • Welcome Tippi

    Hello and welcome to Tippi. It’s not the best photo! Little monkey was having a woof and a play! So cute! Tippi had spinal surgery at the Ralph Referral centre. It went really well and there was a great recovery. Tippi had benefited hugely from hydrotherapy. However, they felt he hadn’t made a full recovery…

  • Welcome to Hector

    Hello and welcome to Hector! This dog is a machine! He has truely awesome powers of healing. He had a tumor on his spine and had surgery to remove it. It was beneign and thought to have been present for a while! So it wasnt the easiest to remove. There was worry about how well…

  • Welcome to Poochie

    Hello and welcome to Poochie. Such a happy little jack russel. She has been through alot though. In her mid-life she had a herniated spinal disk and surgery was performed. She made a full and strong recovery and had no further issues for many years. Then, seemingly out of the blue, Poochie became paralysed again.…

  • Welcome to Dolly

    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 Chilli

    Hello and welcome to Chilli. Chilli is such a sweet old man. He is now 16y! He has made it through most his life pain free. But he slowed down in the last year. In the last 3 weeks he really got lame in one leg and it looked more like there was a possible…

  • Welcome to Tess

    Hello and welcome to Tess. Such a dear little mini Dachund. Sadly her back was an issue. She has actually been a highly sprightly little tyke, running and jumping all around the home. You would think that would have built up her core muscles well. But sadly her disk buldged into her spine and caused…

  • Welcome to Widget

    Hello and welcome to Widget. Such a lovely cat. He shares a home with our Smokey. This little bean managed to escape thier garden through a hole a fox must have dug. Mum has an amazing safe garden, but foxes are fast workers and cunning! Widget must have somehow managed to get home. He was…

  • Welcome to Bertie

    Hello and welcome to Bertie. A sweet dog but very anxious. He has been plaged with issues for most of his life. He was diagnosed with pancreatitis. This was then managed but is a life long problem. Mum soon realised that it was not the whole story. She felt he was still in pain. He…

  • Welcome to Bently

    Hello and welcome to Bently. He is a young cockerpoo and full of beans. He suddenly went off his hind. He was immediatly rushed to Fitzpatrick referrals. Following an MRI he had spinal surgery. His recovery has been incredible. There is very little evidence of an issue. But there was some delay in paw placement…

  • Welcome to Tia

    Hello and welcome to Tia. She is a very sweet Jack Russel.  She has a happy life at home with her fellow dogs. But one day, less than 2 weeks ago, she went to run around the corner to greet her dad as usual, and 2 of her legs didn’t work. Dad rushed her to…