Month: February 2017

  • Welcome to Harvey

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    Hello and welcome to Harvey. Handsome German pointer. He had had an amazing healthy life. But at nearly 12years, he has now been diagnosed with possible spondylosis.  This can be incredibly painful. It is arthritis of the spine. Anyone with a bad back would sympathise.  So he is on pain relief from the vet, and…

  • Welcome to Wuffa

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    Hello and welcome to Wuffa Such a beauty. He is a 50:50 westie cross mini poodle. He has the test to prove it!  He has rescently been diagnosed with a grade 1 luxating patella. Something we see quite alot these days.  So he has been referred for physio. We have done our assessment and got…

  • Welcome to Poppy

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    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…

  • Welcome to Cody

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    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…

  • Welcome to Ernie

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    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…

  • Welcome to Hugo

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    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

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    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.…

  • Welcome to Bentley

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    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…

  • Welcome to Peanut

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    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…