DogFish-Hydrotherapy

24/04/2025

We highly recommend following Canine Arthritis Management and there Symposium is free to watch for the first 24hrs but you do need to sign up. Well worth a watch especially for those managing dogs with mobility issues.
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The Canine Arthritis Conference 2025 is just around the corner!

Here’s how to get ready:

📩 You’ll receive an email from MailerLite with your login details, sent to the email you registered with.
🔔 We’ll send reminder emails the day before the conference—don’t miss them!
💬 Need help? Email us anytime at [email protected] and our team will be happy to assist.

Get excited – two days of expert talks, practical tips, and everything you need to better support dogs with arthritis! 🐕

20/04/2025

Happy Easter 🐣 We hope you are all having a lovely day and enjoying the sun ☀️🥰

17/04/2025

PARKING NOTIFICATION!

Clients who are arriving to their hydrotherapy sessions today (Thursday 17th) please can you park by the mesh fencing. Our unit is getting repainted so the car park needs to be clear. Thank you for your understanding.

09/04/2025

If Dogfish was an action figure we think it would look like this 🐶🐾

05/03/2025

🛑 ROAD CLOSED🛑

If you are travelling from Letchworth/ Baldock way please allow extra time. Woolgrove road is shut under the bridge just before you turn onto Groove road. Please follow diversion signs which takes you past the college.

22/02/2025

Today is National Walk Your Dog Day 🚶🏼🐶

Did you know National walk your dog day started on the 22nd February 2010 to encourage owners to get outside to enjoy walks with their dogs to keep both happy and healthy 💙

Getting outside is a great way to bond with your dog and to keep them fit snd healthy, you also can do sniffy walks. This is just letting them sniff for 10 mins which can be equivalent to 1 hour walk 🤯, as it is a lot of mental stimulation.

Please share with us what walk your dog is doing today and your best walks you have taken your dog on, we can’t wait to see them! 🥰

20/02/2025

We have been seeing Olive for fitness over the last couple of months, we noticed she wasn’t using her hind limbs fully in the pool. So we decided to put her into the underwater treadmill.

As Olive is unsure of new places we wanted her to get used to the treadmill before adding water 💦

So we worked with her owner to do some desensitisation. This means we opened up both doors to the treadmill letting Olive walk in and out on her own accord.

Her owner also put some treats on the belt and around the room letting Olive find them. This worked very well for Olive as she does a lot of scent training at home so allows her to use her skills whilst getting used to the treadmill and the surroundings.

Desensitisation is so important to every dog whether they are a puppy or an adult, as it reduces any negative reactions that the dog might associate with the environment they are exposed to. To desensitise any dog to any environment should be done in a controlled away with positive reinforcement as toys or treats.

We always encourage clients to bring their other dogs into the centre as if they need any hydrotherapy they are then used to us and the surroundings 🐾

13/02/2025

‼️ BACK IN STOCK‼️

We have recently re stocked Leucillin antiseptic spray.

We have all sizes available:

💜 50ml
💜 150ml
💜 250ml
💜 500ml

Why Leucillin is good to have 🤷🏼‍♀️

➡️ 100% safe, can be used near eyes, ears, sensitive skin and broken skin
➡️Non toxic and non irritant
➡️ Quickly calms, smooths and reliefs any itchy skin
➡️ Gentle application doesn’t sting / irritate
➡️ Safe to use on all skin types
➡️ Can be used on wounds
➡️ Doesn’t need to be raised off once applied

26/01/2025

We’ve had the pleasure of meeting Ace 🐾

Ace wasn’t so sure on the treadmill on his first session. So his owner brought some cheese on his second session and did an amazing! 🐾☺️

We can’t wait to see his progress! 💙

25/12/2024

We would like to wish all our clients and patients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year🎅🏼 🥳

Just want to say thank you to all our amazing clients for the continuous support over the past year 🥰

We look forward to continue to treat all the lovely patients in the new year and meeting new patients as well 🥰🐾

20/12/2024

As it’s nearly Christmas why not treat your pooch with a Ruff and Tumble drying coat or some JR treats! 🐶

Why a Ruff and Tumble drying coat 🤷🏼‍♀️

🐾 Easy to take on and off
🐾 Very durable
🐾 Double thickness cotton towelling, which helps to absorb the water quicker to keep your dog warm and dry
🐾 Machine washable
🐾 Can be used as a cooling coat as well

Why JR treats 🤷🏼‍♀️

🐾 100% fresh meat
🐾 No additives
🐾 No preservatives
🐾 The Pate can be cut up to how small or big you would like and can be frozen
🐾 Gluten and grain Free
🐾 Single source protein

03/12/2024

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19/11/2024

Meet Edward, the adorable Labrador belonging to our wonderful Nurse Laura! 🩵
Edward has started Hydrotherapy to build strength ahead of his luxating patella surgery (his knee keeps slipping out of place).

Hydrotherapy will help improve the range of motion in his affected knee joint and provide gentle resistance, boosting flexibility and strength. Edward was super brave and absolutely aced it! 💧👏🏼 ~ we love Edward Pupdates!

09/11/2024

Love this 😊

The Autumn of Life

A client with a very elderly dog said to me yesterday
“She’s started sitting outside in the evening, just looking around, sometimes gazing up at the stars. It’s like she’s taking it all in while she still can”

And I thought that was such a beautiful observation and consideration to make.
So often we continue to judge a dog’s quality of life by whether they can still go on decent walks.
There are so many other opportunities to allow them to engage with the world around them, at a pace that is comfortable and ideal for them.

Watch this space for ideas coming on POPPERING (positive opportunity providing) for our elderly dogs (suitable for younger dogs with pain, sensory, ill health, emotional challenges too of course)

31/10/2024

⭐️ Meet Molly ⭐️

Molly is a 15year old Border Collie and is attending hydrotherapy to help manage arthritis in her hips. Molly started her hydrotherapy journey in July and is coming once a week 🐾

As we can see in the video Molly’s range of motion is much greater in the water than on land. This is due to the buoyancy in the water taking all her weight off her joints which then enables her to fully extend each limb.

Keep up the good work Molly 🐾😁

31/10/2024

Pre natal Hydrotherapy! this lovely little lady is Envy, she has been continuing her regular hydrotherapy (with some adjustments) to maintain her fitness and crucial core strength right up until she gave birth yesterday to 13 very healthy puppies. Well done and congratulations Envy 🥰

26/08/2024

🐾 Happy international dog day 🐾

Show us what your dogs have been up to over the bank holiday weekend 🥰

15/08/2024

🥳 Happy 6th birthday Apollo! 🥳

Apollo had his weekly fitness session today on his birthday, what a lovely birthday treat! 🎈 🥰