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10/09/2024

Please donate pet food so that I can be distributed to local dogs around the area.

09/09/2024

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On we're celebrating police dogs past and present across the UK, who give selflessly 24/7 to keep us all safe. Thank you for your service! 🐶💙🇬🇧

09/09/2024

New Pet First Aid Course. You can come weekly throughout October and November. Message for more details.

07/09/2024

Is there anyone local who would like to meet up each week and learn about pet first aid?
This is a fully accredited Pet First aid course with a certificate at the end. It can be tailored to your own needs. If you are a dog walker or pet professional, emergency services or just a conscientious pet parent. This will cater for everyone.

05/09/2024

Puppy exercise



https://www.fur-ever-fit.com/post/puppy-exercise-and-the-5-minute-rule

04/09/2024

Oooh I feel a visit is needed

03/09/2024

Please donate food for local animals

02/09/2024

https://www.fur-ever-fit.com/post/pet-first-aid-video-of-the-week

02/09/2024

I’m loving watching

02/09/2024

Pet first Aif video of the week

CPR

https://www.fur-ever-fit.com/post/pet-first-aid-video-of-the-week

30/08/2024

27/08/2024

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27/08/2024

New video of the week.

Ibruprofen and pets

26/08/2024

Toffees first time with a new scent tonight. She didn’t take long to get the hang of it clever girl.

24/08/2024

From 24th August 2024 the Pet Abduction Act will become law in England and Northern Ireland.

Campaigning to help owners with stolen and missing pets.

23/08/2024

Great course being held in Laxfield village hall

Come and learn all about Pet First Aid in this beautiful rural location. Make sure that you know what to do if your pet is unwell.
https://www.protrainings.uk/classrooms/274435/signup

14/08/2024

This will keep her busy while I work xx

13/08/2024

What could be more amazing than training on the beach with a dip in the sea every now and then to cool off.
With a set of 6 cavalletti you can do your dog conditioning anywhere. To be fair you could also do it without the cones and poles.
Toffee is used to training in different places as well take out kit whenever we are away.
She was a star today and was happy to play in the sea and then focus on training when asked ♥️

09/08/2024

This Pet First Aid course is being held in Laxfield Village hall.
Learn what to do if your pet is unwell or has been hurt.

This course will be a relaxed enjoyable morning and you will get a certificate if you pass.

https://www.protrainings.uk/classrooms/274435/signup

03/08/2024

Do you own a cocker spaniel and planning on competing at the Kennel Club International Agility Festival this August? If so, carry on reading as we need you...!

The CGC is undertaking a small research project funded by the Kennel Club Activities Health and Welfare sub-group investigating the genetics involved in Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD), and whether genetic risk factors differ between small and medium agility cockers.

We are looking for any type of KC-registered English cocker spaniel (working or show) that are competing at the KCIAF at Grade 4 or above in either the small or medium height classifications.

Throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the KCIAF organisers have given us space and support to collect DNA samples and undertake ulna/back length measuring of a selection of competing cockers.

If you are interested in helping us in our research, and have dog(s) that fit our criteria, please do book a 15 min slot via our online booking page - https://canine-genetics.org.uk/research/ivdd/KCIAF-booking. Please limit each 15 min slot to one household and up to 2 dogs, making multiple bookings if you have more than two dogs.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3251640828465276

02/08/2024

Over the past couple of years, some of you may have heard of the Cambridge Vet School non-surgical IVDD study. The results have just been published. It’s a great write-up and quite groundbreaking!

Dogs unable to walk due to disc extrusion (IVDD) were cared for WITHOUT surgery. They had an MRI scan at the start of the study and another MRI scan after 12 weeks. These scans helped to make the diagnosis, and they also showed how compressed (squashed) the spinal cord was in each case.

The big questions were:
❓How many of these dogs would start walking again without having had surgery?
❓How compressed was each dog’s spinal cord at the start of the study?
❓Were they still just as compressed at the end of the study, 12 weeks later?

Results were interesting and included the following:
✅Out of the dogs that had deep pain sensation, NEARLY ALL of them (49 of 51 dogs, 96%) started walking again within 12 weeks. Most of them walked much sooner than this.
✅Out of those with NO deep pain sensation, nearly half of them (10 of 21 dogs, 48%) started walking again within 12 weeks. That’s WITHOUT surgery.
✅Spinal cord compression reduced in some dogs over the 12 week study period. That’s despite not having had surgery to remove the disc material that caused this compression.
✅Many dogs started walking again despite the fact that their spinal cord was still compressed, ie ‘Recovery was not dependent on the resolution of compression’

💛The authors concluded that if spinal surgery isn’t possible as it’s not available in the area or is too expensive, non-surgical management is a valid alternative.

There’s plenty of detail in the write-up, and it’s free for all to read or download via this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jvim.17149

Many thanks to Jep for this photo

02/08/2024

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