Pupper Hutt Hydrotherapy Clinic

31/01/2025

🐾 Tonka 🐾 This sweet Samoyed is 11 years young and has started hydrotherapy to supplement his lazer and physio sessions which will help assist him with his osteoarthritis and hind limb weakness. Tonka’s workmates are also being mindful about how many treatos he gets during the day 😉

30/01/2025

🐾 V***N 🐾 The next border collie off the rank is 5 year old V***n. This sweet girl suffered inflammation in a couple of her forelimb tendons but she is recovering really well with some hydrotherapy, physio (thanks to .physio ) and laser sessions with her Mum. 🥰

25/01/2025

Please mind where your dogs are when out and about in Wellington 🥺

Eating just a small amount of the algae - the size of a 50-cent coin - can be enough to kill a dog.

24/01/2025

You can bring your dogs! Looking forward to meeting lots of puppers

12/01/2025

Follow up to Freya, it’s Freya’s little bruv, Fenric! Isn’t he a stunner? Such a clever boy too, carries his toy around his neck when he is finished playing when on a walk. 🥰

10/01/2025

🐾 Freya 🐾 This sweet girl is 11years young and has been visiting Pupper Hutt for the last wee while to help restrengthen her hind limb after cruciate surgery. Freya is so happy to be back doing her scent work and loves, loves, loves a floor based towel-off session on her back 😊 (and she has a really cute lil bro but I’ll do a separate post for him)

08/01/2025

📖A mini Series on conditions we commonly encounter as Hydrotherapists 📖 Weight Management

🌟Weight management is an important aspect of dog guardianship. We (as the dog’s guardians) are almost always, solely responsible for the “nutritional admin” for our companions. They rely on us to help keep them in great condition and “what” and “how much” we choose to feed our dogs, can have a direct consequence in terms of their health and wellness.

🌟Mobility is optimised by the dog having a diet which is balanced for their specific needs. Different combinations of fats, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins and minerals are required for supporting the dog through initial growth phases, varying life stages and through injury and illness and it’s important that we adapt according to their requirements.

🌟Actual scale weight shouldn’t be the only indicator of your dog’s health. A Body Condition Score (BCS) is one way to determine whether your dog falls within a healthy range, dependent on their breed, age, s*x etc. Your dog’s vet can help give you an indication of when they might need to gain or lose some condition and how to make sure they can retain or build muscle to help support their activity levels.

🌟When your dog has an injury or condition that negatively impacts their activity levels, it’s super important to reduce their food intake while of course making sure that they have access to plenty of water and correct calorific and nutritional requirements.

🌟If your dog is being crate rested to assist with recovery, their vet might recommend as much as 30% less food for the period where their activity is restricted. This is to help limit weight gain from not expending their usual levels of energy. By keeping a dog lean and within a healthy BCS, you’re limiting the stress that those healing structures need to compensate for.

🌟Your dog might be prescribed low impact, gentle exercise to assist recovery and either grow or maintain muscle mass.

💦Hydrotherapy via an underwater treadmill can be a brilliant tool to help facilitate that. By choosing a hydrotherapist facility from the New Zealand Association of Canine Hydrotherapists, you can be assured the therapists are certified and undergo continuing professional development, have premises that are hygienic and well maintained and will work with a multi-disciplinary team to make sure your pup, gets the best treatment.

08/01/2025

January 25th, put it in your calendar!!

08/01/2025

Love that there are so many options now for off lead, private bookable dog parks. If this sounds like something you're interested in, have a look at these links...

Canine Country Club, Wainuiomata
Goodwood Private Dog Park, Wellington, Tawa
Zoomie Zone NZ, Upper Hutt

If you know of any more, mention in the comments!

Send a message to learn more

04/01/2025

Picked this sweet young pup up off the road this morning as he was looking a little lost. Took him to the vet for a chip scan and he was home within the hour! Great result! Please microchip AND REGISTER your dogs in cases where like this guy, you turn your back for one second and he jumps up and opens a door and goes on his own little adventure…

18/12/2024

🐾 Little Luca 🐾 - 8yr old, mixed breed, pocket rocket Luka underwent surgery to fix a cruciate tear but forgot how to use his repaired limb, holding it up as he walked. After some hydrotherapy, Luca has the realised that he can put his limb on the ground and he is going from strength to strength, quite literally! Great job Luca!

16/12/2024

Gracie brought the festive spirit to hydro today! Christmas 🎄

11/12/2024

Tess’s tail made its debut a couple of weeks ago but here is the rest of Tess in all her huntaway glory! 6yo Tess came to Pupper Hutt with an old hind limb injury after an accident as a wee pup and a new injury on her other hind limb. Seems on the surface, like a really bad situation but Tess has persevered with her rehabilitation and once she got over her initial worries about the water, there was no holding her back. Tess is always so happy to come to hydro and it’ll be amazing to see her graduate early next year.

10/12/2024

Such a cool pup! Tonka took everything in his stride today for his first hydro appointment 🥰

10/12/2024

Wahooooo! 🙌🏻

09/12/2024

🐾 Mila 🐾 11yo dachshund Mila is a regular visitor to Pupper Hutt after undergoing surgery for IVDD (intervertebral disc disease) and is gaining strength and muscle mass with her underwater treadmill sessions.

06/12/2024

Pupper Hutt Hydro is super excited to share the new range of nutritional supplements. These premium pet products are NZ made and backed by science so talk to me next time you’re in to see about picking some up for your precious pooch! 🐾🐾

05/12/2024

Kaos by name, sweety-pie by nature. This laidback senior lab is 12.5 years old and is visiting Pupper Hutt hydro to help keep his vintage joints moving well and help retain his muscle mass. He delightfully queues at the door waiting to be let in. Lovely to have you on board Kaos! 🐾 🐾