Category: News

Hello and welcome to Poppy.This very beautiful girl is young, full of life and very spritly!  But sadly she has been having trouble in her elbows. Mostly in her right side. Xrays showed sclerosis. There was minimal change in the left side thankfully. So the vet has referred for physio. She is also likely to…

Hello and welcome to Cody. He is a lovely Dachund. He has been referred regarding luxating patella. So his knee cap is slipping off to the side. Dogs cope with this suprisingly well. But it is almost certain that dogs with this will develop arthritis in the knee far sooner in life, so it needs…

Hello and welcome to Ernie. He is a beautiful British blue but he looks and acts like there is some Bengal in there!  He has got very early onset arthritis in his hips. So he has had to have both hip joints removed. With 4 months between surgeries, he has recovered very well. He is…

Hello and welcome to Hugo. This young man is a very happy chap. But he has had some trouble with his elbows. This can happen a little more frequently in these front heavy breeds.  He was referred to a specialist and who did an arthroscopy to shave and remove the excess bone and damaged cartilage.…

Welcome to Suzi. We don’t see many Airdales these days. She is very sweet. She has had many many issues with her health in her life. Thank goodness for an amazing mum who has not given up on her. As a result of so many problems, her arthritis was actually the least of the worries.…

Hello and welcome to Bentley. He is full of beans!  Sadly as a result he ruprured his cruciate ligamnet. At first it was thought to be his hips but an xray showed his hips were fine but his cruciate ligament had a full rupture! So he has had a TTA to stabalise the stifle or…

Hello and welcome to peanut. Such a good name for this little chap. Poor bean. At just 8 months old he had an accident and dislocated his left elbow. Such an incredible dog though. He has not let it show. His mum could see something was wrong, but he kept running and jumping like nothing…

Hello and welcome to Archie! So pleased to meet this little man. He has come having had spinal surgery. Sadly he had a few deteriorated spinal disks that needed cleaning out.  He has had a wonderful recovery but this can always be helped with some physiotherapy.  We have updated his home regime as he was…

Hello and welcome to Rio. This very hansome old man has joined because his mum had started to see him age. But at 15.5y he is doing very well! He has slowed down over the years but not shown real issues. But 6 months ago he started to look lame in a fore leg. Vet…

Hello and welcome to Maggie. We seem to be meeting a lot more Bassett hounds lately! This lovely girl was happy and enjoying life until she woke up one morning with serious back pain. Her mum and dad got her straight down the vets, who investigated and then sent her to Fitzpatrick referals for spinal…