Canine Fitness Centre

23/04/2025

18/04/2025

Happy Easter to all our clients.

16/04/2025

Diet plays a major roll in your dogs overall health. As part of working with clients we do lots of nutrition talks and diet adjustments. There is a huge increase of owners moving away from a 100% kibble diet for their dogs which is great however there is alot of misinformation about what your dog needs nutrionally if you are moving to a home made or raw diet. If you are making this change for your dog please make sure that you do your research and yay your dogs diet is nutrionally balanced otherwise you will be causing long term damage to your dog.

So many Vets are against home-made diets because people think meat, veggies & rice is an appropriate diet for a dog; it is not, it is so incredibly lacking in a wide variety of nutrients.

An occasional meal or short-term is fine, but long-term, no.

Nutritional deficiencies that turn into health conditions can take some time to turn up, and by the time they do, the owner has no inclination that they are related to the homemade diet they're feeding their dog.

If you insist on feeding this diet and you're on a budget, then please, add at the bare minimum a budget balancing supplement like Predamax, it won't cover all the missing nutrients, but it's better than nothing.

If you want to know how to make a balanced diet at home, post below or reach out to us, we'll help you for free, we have an incredible amount of resources.

12/04/2025

This is an interesting read for those who have dogs that have either had a IVDD issue or who are prone to it. We have treated many dogs who have battled this with a combination of dogs who have had surgery and those whose owners have elected to treat conservatively.

🩺 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝘀. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗩𝗗𝗗 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀 - 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?

Watching your dog wobble, yelp in pain, or even collapse is every pet parent’s nightmare. These are signs of spinal issues like IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease) — a condition common in breeds like Dachshunds and Frenchies. You’re usually told: “It’s either surgery OR rest and meds.”

But here’s the surprising truth:
👉 📊 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 + 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀) 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆. YES, Really!!

🧠 For dogs who are paralysed but still have sensation in their legs (Grade 4), 𝟵𝟲% 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 - just like those who had surgery.
�Even those who were completely paralysed (Grade 5) had a 48% recovery rate with conservative care vs. 52% with surgery. And when natural therapies like acupuncture, infrared laser therapy and natural supplement were added? 💥 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝟬–𝟵𝟬%.

So before rushing into a $20k+ surgery… know that a less invasive, more natural path may work just as well — if not BETTER, when done properly. You just need the RIGHT PLAN!

📖 Want the full breakdown + research stats? CLICK HERE 👉 https://animalholistictherapies.com.au/blogs/aht/ivdd-in-dogs-conservative-treatment-vs-surgery-what-s-the-best-option-for-intervertebral-disc-disease

🦴 For a natural spinal support supplement to help your dog recover?
Try what we use every day in our clinic: Canine Vital 👉 https://caninevital.com.au

09/04/2025

Easter closure - we will be closed for Good Friday 18/4 and Easter Monday 21/4. We will be open as normal for Easter Saturday. If you do not want your spot on the 19/4 please let me know asap so that I can offer to other clients.

We are also closed the following Friday 25/4 for Anzac Day. I am aware that this unfortunately means Friday dogs will miss two sessions. If you are a Friday client and would like me to find you a spot on another weekday (or possibly Saturday) please let me know asap.

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26/03/2025

Guess the breeds?

Which dog breed was originally bred to fight Lions?

24/03/2025

Guess the breed?

Which dog is known as the 'barkless' dog?

21/03/2025

Trivia question: True/False
Dogs have more teeth on their bottom jaw?

19/03/2025

Trivia question: True/False?
Dogs can move their ears individually?

17/03/2025

Trivia question: TRUE/FALSE
Dogs have 2 eyelids?

16/03/2025

Some facts about a dogs nose that I am sure many funny didn't know.

15/03/2025

The benefits of raw feeding are significant and a lot more people are trying their dog on a raw diet or adding more raw to their kibble each night...either way, here are some myths and facts on raw feeding.

12/03/2025

I am about to place an Antinol order. I will be ordering packs of 180 however if anyone wants a tub of 720 I can add those to this order.
The tubs work out at about $0.63 a capsule as opposed to $0.82 a capsule in the smaller packs.
If you would like a tub please let me know asap and I will need payment direct into my bank account.

180 capsules is $150
720 capsules are $435

10/03/2025

We are back and open...LeBron approves and is getting rid of his cabin fever.

09/03/2025

We will be remaining closed for Monday 10/3 morning. We will reassess at 12pm whether we open tomorrow afternoon. All affected clients have received a text message.

08/03/2025

How is everyone? Does anyone need assistance? If so please post on here (or just post to let me know you are ok) and maybe we can pull together to help each other. At this stage we are fine... huge winds and rain but currently have power - just no water as water pressure is non existent. Close call with a neighbours gum tree but thankfully it fell away from his house and the hydrotherapy shed.

Once I see what today brings I will make a late call in regards to opening tomorrow- all clients booked in will receive a text to let them know by 6pm.

07/03/2025

True or False?

Dogs were the first animal to be domesticated by people?