15/10/2025
My own beautiful girl, Ellie, is here today to talk about joint care and weight (because yes, even my dog needs my help at times!)
Ellie lives with severe hip dysplasia - a condition inherited from her dad, Bob - and struggles with exercising too much on land these days.
As we all know, swimming is an excellent way to exercise for anyone with sore legs - the water supports the weight of the dog, which combined with the warmth from the pool and the pressure of the water on the joints, helps to give normal joint movement, pain relief and reduces inflammation around the affected joint!
Ellie’s swims, however, aren’t just giving her those benefits - no sir, she also benefits from weight management (or loss!!) with it!! Because she can’t go for the walks she used to these days, her weight has crept up to a frankly embarrassing level (don’t worry Els, i feel you!!), so we use her sessions not only to improve her joint health where we can, but to help reduce her weight!
She gets weighed regularly, and her diet gets tweaked when needed to help her shed those kilos!
All in all, her swims are benefitting EVERYTHING!!
(She is very lucky though - she lives with me, and has free access to pools, weighing scales and lasers for additional pain relief!)
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