Swimming is not rehabilitation

In recent years, dog rehabilitation is becoming recognized as an important step in recovery after injury. However, many dog owners think that swimming is the answer. In many cases, swimming can make things worse. Many dogs don’t like or are not natural swimmers. This makes them struggle in the water;…

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Rocktape trial in dogs

here are a couple of dogs trialing Rocktape  Weimeraner with Wobblers. He definitely walked better with Rocktape stuck on. Post surgery for disc rupture, hopefully this will reduce the dragging of the hind feet.

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New-old Idea Rocktape

Just found out about Rocktape. I can’t wait to try it on my doggy patients. It has been used on people for awhile now and is entering the horse world. I can think of quite a few ways I can use this in dog rehabilitation. This is me in a…

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The benefits of treating puppies

We’ve all heard that prevention is better than cure. This is true for our furry companions too.  I occasionally get clients bringing in very young puppies because they can’t walk ‘properly’. the results have been very rewarding. Take the ‘swimmer’ puppy that could barely get up at three weeks old…

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Cruciate ruptures in dogs

One of the most common problems that come to me are the dogs with a ruptured or damaged cranial cruciate ligament. In football terms, it is the footballer’s knee and they are usually out of the season after undergoing a knee reconstruction. Dogs of all shapes and sizes can suffer…

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Bad Backs and paralysed Dachshunds

Apart from the constant trickle of dogs that need their knees rehabilitated, I have had a run of bad backs and paralyzed dogs recently. When people damage their disc, they get back pain, referred leg pain and so on. Unfortunately when dogs damage their disc, their symptoms can range from…

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