DSVP Veterinary Rehabilitation & Hydrotherapy Centre

20/01/2025

🌟 We are absolutely thrilled to share the exciting news that WE HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE 🌟

A huge thank you to the wonderful person who has nominated us for the Animal Star Awards 2025! 🐾✨ It truly means the world to be recognised for the work we do with your incredible four-legged friends.

As a tiny one man band, it took almost 10 years to be able to fund the creation of my dream rehab centre! Alongside raising my daughter for 4 years as a single Mum, at times I thought I just couldn't carry on and that I physically wouldn't be able to achieve my bigger aspirations and goals for DSVP. To be nominated for this award brings it home how far my little business has come. It truly is an honour to be able to, and to be trusted to, help so many pets recover from their surgeries and injuries and to work with so many incredible athletes to maintain their high performance levels.

Thank you so much for your continued support and recommendations - we couldn't do it without you guys!

What a great way to start 2025! 💕🥰

17/01/2025

Benji is a 1 year old mixed breed rescue dog that has been attending hydrotherapy and physiotherapy with us following surgery to correct his left antebrachial angular limb deformity, as you can see in the first image 🦴

🏥 Surgical correction helped fix this, and on clearance from his surgeon, he began physiotherapy and weekly hydrotherapy with us to:

💪🏼 improve his tricep atrophy,
⚖️ Help re-establish even weightbearing
🤸🏼‍♀️ Improve his forelimb range of motion ✅️.

Alongside consistent hydrotherapy💧his owners have been diligently doing targeted physiotherapuetic exercises at home and have implemented some home management changes to help Benji 🏡

Being a rescue dog, Benji is nervous so it hasn't all been plain sailing as we started off with a dislike of water 🙈. However, after a slow introduction and lots of time to build his confidence with us, the centre smells and sounds, and the equipment; he now enjoys treatment in the underwater treadmill (and we love seeing his gorgeous little face 🥰)

Benji's speedy and successful rehab is a result of a combined team approach consisting of his first line vet at Castle Vets, his refferal surgery team at Wessex Orthopaedic Vets in Poole, a team effort from Roisin and Ellen at DSVP and of course, his dedicated and committed pawrents who deserve so much credit 💖

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www.dsvp-rehab.co.uk

29/12/2024

Alongside treating so many of their lovely ponies, we love supporting the littlies having so much fun in The Pony Club by donating a voucher to be given as a prize in Portman Hunt Pony Club Mini Major Christmas event 🎄🎉

24/12/2024

🎄🎁 Wishing all of our cherished clients a very Merry Christmas and sending a heartfelt thank you for your continued support throughout the year 🥰

Your trust means the world to us, and we’re so honoured to be part of your journey, be it a rehab one from start to finish, or helping you to maintain peak wellness for your animal 🐾❤️

Here's hoping everyone has a festive period filled with love and joy. Sending love and best wishes to those who find this time of year extremely difficult 💕

20/12/2024

Happy Friday!🙌This is Herbie, the long haired daschund, who is removing from IVDD surgery. He's getting so much stronger💪🏻He's been able to stand and walk more at home unassisted! He comes in for hydro weekly😍

14/12/2024

Today's the day!!

We're so excited to meet you all! The tunes are playing, the mulled wine is warming, the mince pies are ready and we're feeling festive 🎄🤶🏼

09/12/2024

Monday cuteness with a pre-existing clients lovely new puppy Goose 🪿 🤩

08/12/2024

We have recently started stocking the wonderful in our centre 💕 We have a small selection of dog themed Christmas cards in stock now!

24/11/2024

21/11/2024

❄️ Snow Day ❄️

My 15.5year old 🐶 is snuggled up in her and popping out for short toilet breaks. The 8year old Spaniel is a different story altogether 🌪️🤣 Here are their perfect pawprints 🥰

Show us your dogs enjoying the snow, or keeping warm in the house - we know how much the cold can aggravate already sore joints 🌡️🥶

19/11/2024

I try to stay out of political things, but today I am on my soapbox and very firmly;

🚜🌾 Standing with Farmers Against Unfair Tax Laws 🌾🚜

👩🏼‍🌾 Farmers are the pinnacle of our communities, ensuring that we have food on our tables and the landscapes we love. Yet, the proposed changes to family farm inheritance tax laws threaten their livelihoods and the future of family-run farms.

💰 This new law doesn’t just tax property or the rich tax evaders who put their money in land as a dodge. It taxes generations of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication to the land. It jeopardizes the ability of young farmers to take over family farms, forcing many to sell their inheritance and potentially ending the only lifestyle they have known. Younger generations inheriting a farm simply do not have the money to pay the proposed inheritance tax without selling up to cover it.

Farmers may appear asset rich, but I assure you that their hourly rate is pittance. We're not talking minimum wage, we're talking £2 per hour. A recent client informed me that they are up at 3am EVERY DAY (no weekends or holidays) with additional alarms throughout the night to tend to their cattle if needed. They don't finish at lunchtime, they work until night fall.

I fear that this law risks us all losing fresh, naturally grown food. The alternative? 3d printed 'meat', shelf grown 'vegetables', food with unbelievable air miles and climate impact.

This law WILL and has already increased mental health issues in farming families.

We stand in solidarity with farmers who are protesting this unjust legislation. Family farms are more than businesses—they are legacies. They are a source of food security and environmental stewardship.

We urge policymakers to listen to the voices of those on the front lines of agriculture. Let’s ensure that these farms remain in the hands of the families who built them, not sold off due to crushing tax burdens.

We stand with those who provide for us all year round 💪🏼

12/11/2024

This is Finn! Finn is a 9 month old cocker spaniel who has recently been diagnosed with elbow dysplasia! He has stared hydrotherapy this week to strengthen his forelimb muscles, improve his elbow range of motion, correct his compensatory posture, and improve his overall joint health! 👏 We are looking forward to seeing his progress 😀

11/11/2024

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning...
We will remember them 💜

05/11/2024

This lovely German Sheppard is Ruby! She currently has a mixture of physiotherapy and hydrotherapy💧 to conservatively manage her cruciate ligament injury. Ruby's owners recently noticed a change in her movement associated with a chnage in weather so she had a physiotherapy session✅️ and her exercises were adjusted accordingly to help her cope 💪🏻
Ruby also loves her cheese 🧀 when in the water treadmill!

25/10/2024

We know some of our lovely Dachsie owners will appreciate these nails!!! 🐶

Hattie's Haven is just up the road from us in Henstridge!

16/10/2024

Awooooo!!!🐩 It's Spooooky season. Don't let spooky habits haunt your dog's health!

🎃👻 Slippery floors, jumping from heights, and using ball chuckers can lead to traumatic injuries, like slipped discs, or repetitive strain on the body. These stresses cause dogs to develop compensations and altered movement patterns, which place incorrect loads and forces on their bodies and can eventually lead to injury.

This week we've seen a cruciate ligament rupture from jumping out of the car, disc extrusions from ball chasing and psoas injury from prolonged compensatory patterns.

Keep your pup safe from these hidden dangers with regular physio maintenance checks and appropriate home management. We are often able to pick up on small changes in their musculoskeletal system that can allow us to implement changes to prevent this becoming an injury 🦴🐾👀

Your dog doesn't have to be limping to benefit from physio! 💪🏼

 

07/10/2024

The most scrumptious Herbie joined us today for continuation of his rehab journey following spinal surgery at

Here he is keeping warm after his first session in the underwater treadmill in his perfect autumnal coloured dressing gown 🍂