Animal Star Awards 🌟 💜 we are over the moon!! Just being here is winning, being surrounded by like minded people who give their life and souls to what they do! We can not thank everyone enough for supporting us, we wouldn't be doing what we do without you all!! ❤️
Meet Bebe, she is one of our amazing spinal patients🐾. The symptoms started on the 5th September, and was seen by specialist spinal consultants by the 9th September. She underwent surgery imaging and surgery the same day.❤️🩹Following surgery while her wound healed, Bebe was on crate rest and home physio performed by her owners, who done a fantastic job with her.Bebe started having hydrotherapy and physiotherapy with us on 1st October. Since starting with us, she has shown some fantastic improvements.‼️She first started to walk unaided in the treadmill and the very next week, she started to walk on land with our physio, with just a bit of pelvic support. Even at 13 years old and age not being on her side, Bebe is showing no signs of slowing down and we can't wait to see just how far this little fighter can go.💕
Some of you may know, some of you may not. We have in-house physiotherapy and laser and they are amazing.🤩 Combined with hydrotherapy the results are almost limitless.♾️Physiotherapy can help with core strength, balance, isolating and strengthening specific muscles and muscle groups, releasing muscle tension, pain and trigger points(knots). Laser can help with wound healing post surgery, muscle healing, pain relief and relaxation.💕 When physiotherapy and laser is done immediately prior to hydrotherapy, we get much better results in the pool or treadmill.💦 The patients can be more relaxed, in less pain and more comfortable. Their muscles can be looser, allowing for better joint movement. What more can you ask for? Why not give your beloved family members the best they can get?🐾 #loveyourphysiotherapist
One of the benefits of our aquatic treadmill💦 is gait re-education.‼️ As you can see, just by having the buoyancy and resistance of the water, how much the gait has improved. As sessions continue, we also implement a variety of techniques to aid in gait re-education. Over time ⏰ the gait will continue to improve both in the treadmill and on land. This then takes the strain and pressure off the other limbs and joints, helping to prevent re-injury and compensatory related conditions.This is one of the reasons why pre and post operative rehabilitation is so important to your pets recovery❤️🩹Without this vital portion of the rehabilitation process, pets can be more prone to re-injury and secondary compensatory related conditions and injuries. These could include, early onset arthritis, muscle strain, dysplasia and ligament rupture.🐾 #hydrotherapy
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT‼️
For the month of November, we are discounting you and a friend’s dog grooms 🫧
To apply for our ‘Refer-A-Friend’ discount, all you have to do is refer us to one of your friends and we will provide a 5% discount for BOTH you and your friends fluffy companions NEXT groom with us during the month of November🐾
#ReferaFriendtoday #novemberchallenge #friendshipgoals
They say things happen for a reason and Dave knew we all needed a win today and by God did he deliver!!
Dave has a spinal condition called IVDD and this left his hind legs completely paralysed. Through Physiotherapy Hydrotherapy 💦 & laser and a shed load of dedication from his owners Dave took his first steps today!!!! Lauren held back tears as she sat in the treadmill trying to keep it together to carry on the session as normal while Lynsey was in floods of tears because these are huge moments, it's hard to not get emotional! We are beyond proud of this little warrior ❤️ one step at a time is the way forward 🐾 THIS is why we do what we do, moment like these!
#ivdd #hydrotherapy #physiotherapy #caninerehabilitation #walkagain #onestepatatime #spinal #hydrotherapyfordogs #underwatertreadmill #spalding #lincolnshire #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #bestjobever
We had a fantastic day raising money for such a worthy charity, which is so close to our hearts.... Broken Biscuits. We raised an impressive £240 washing dogs + another £90 in generous extra donations, bringing us to an outstanding total of £330!! Every penny has already gone to Broken Biscuits Fundraising Page. 🐾🥳
Thank you to everyone who turned up today, some familiar faces and some new. Without you we couldn't have raised such an impressive amount of money, which will go a very long way to help disabled animals get the care and treatment they deserve.
We would also like to say a massive thank you to Kayley Hall for kindly donating her time to help us. Without you, we couldn't have done what we did today, we are really proud to have you as a member of our team 🩷. Thank you to everyone who helped make today possible!
All our love and thanks,
Andrew and Lauren
We tend to post on social media/talk about IVDD and the positive benefits of hydrotherapy & physiotherapy and talk about positive progress and all the amazing magical moments of recovery but there is a side to it that we don't tend to talk about and that's the owners perspective and their journey dealing with IVDD.
George was one of our IVDD dogs here who proved just how much hydrotherapy can help with a spinal condition. His rehabilitation journey was amazing, it was full of so many amazing moments. His progress was phenomenal but it wasn't all smooth sailing, there were plenty of bumps along the way that affected his whole family. Sadly George recently went on his final journey and crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈 but his story is still inspiring and gives so many owners hope and comfort. He is talked about so much here. His memory will long live on.
Beth bravely came in to talk to us and reflect on their unique IVDD journey with George.
To Beth & Graham thank you for trusting us with your precious George and allowing us to be a part of his journey. We send you both and of course Benson so much love 💕
To George, it was truly an honour to know you. Thank you for allowing us to help you and love you along the way. You will be forever missed but forever remembered. Run free little sausage 🌈 All our love Andrew & Lauren 🩷
As most of you know, we are hosting a charity dog wash on Sunday 29th September to raise money for a fantastic local charity‼️ What some of you may not know, is where your money will be going. Broken Biscuits are a disabled animal charity in Lincoln who take in disabled pets in need as well as providing support to dogs and owners in their own homes 🏠 . Your money will help these amazing animals receive the best quality care possible by means of veterinary care, rehabilitation, wheels, grooming and so much more. Not every animal is fortunate enough to be looked after by their owner when they have such complex needs. Not every animal is as fortunate as Dave, Shadow, Milo or George, to name just a few. 🐾Thankfully broken biscuits is here to help both the animals and the owners through what is a life changing condition. Your money will help them have the same chance at a good quality of life as an animal who is lucky enough to stay with their owners their entire life. 💕
S is for September but also for Spine. With September being our spinal awareness month and as many of you know, Andrew having a spinal condition himself 🥺, we wanted to get a bit personal and share his story, thoughts 💭 and hopefully impart some helpful advice along the way.
Fun fact! Lauren is not only a fully trained hydrotherapist but she is also a professional at dog cuddles 😉😂
All of our dogs work so hard and are just too cute not to give cuddles to🥰 and our furry-friends never complain 😉
#cuddletime #cutenessoverload