Tag: spine

  • Welcome to Murphy

    Hello and welcome to Murphy! That was one very cute dog! So well behaved! Poor thing has a bad back. All seemed well, until one day he came in looking super sore and his back was arched Vet exam concluded he may have some disk damage. He was given pain relief and physio suggested, so…

  • Welcome to Teddy!

    Hello and welcome to Teddy! This super cute cockerpoo sadly has IVDD. Intervertebral disk disease. This caused paralysis over a matter of hours. It was super scary for the poor parents. Teddy was rushed to the referral hospital and diagnosed quickly. He had surgery, a hemilaminectomy, where they open the spinal bones and release the…

  • 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 Monty

    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…